Travis Konecny scores twice, Flyers beat Blues to end road skid

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Travis Konecny scored twice, Hayden Hodgson had a goal and an assist in his NHL debut and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Thursday night.

The Flyers snapped a 13-game winless streak on the road, winning away from home for the first time since Dec. 29 at expansion Seattle.

"I’ll say we were due, that’s for sure," Flyers interim coach Mike Yeo said. "But you know, especially considering we played a lot of really good road games, we just haven’t always gotten wins."

Patrick Brown also scored, Joel Farabee added an empty-netter, and Martin Jones made 26 saves for Philadelphia. Cam York and Kevin Hayes each two assists.

Vladimir Tarasenko and Alexei Toropchenko scored for St. Louis, and Jordan Binnington made 22 saves. The Blues have lost three of four.

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Philadelphia Flyers' Travis Konecny (11) celebrates after scoring during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the St. Louis Blues Thursday, March 24, 2022, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

"The work ethic wasn’t there, the compete level and intensity wasn’t there from a lot of guys — I’m very much in that group," Blues defenseman Justin Faulk said. "Didn’t have a good game by any means. But that’s just not acceptable. We’ve kind of had that. It’s been a little bit of a theme, starting slow and thinking we can score our way through in the seconds and thirds and finding ourselves back in games and then win."

The Flyers had the jump from the start, outshooting the Blues 9-4 and taking a 2-0 lead in the opening period.

"We just wanted to have a good start and not worry about you know what was on the other