Things started well: Less than two minutes into the game, the Flyers took a 1-0 lead. Andrei Kuzmenko chipped the puck off the boards in the defensive zone to Scott Laughton, who sent it to Travis Konecny to complete the breakout.

In a game that was anything but pretty, the Philadelphia Flyers found a way to secure a hard-fought 3-2 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins, snapping a five-game losing streak and heading into the 4-Nations break on a much-needed high note.

BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Flyers will try to end their five-game skid when they play the Pittsburgh Penguins. Philadelphia is 23-26-7 overall with a 6-10-1 record against the Metropolitan Division. The Flyers have given up 187 goals while scoring 156 for a -31 scoring differential.