Lucky bounces happen a lot in hockey, but Thursday night in a tilt against the Nashville Predators at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia Flyers forward Morgan Frost got one of the luckier bounces of the 2023-24 season.
Early in the first period, Frost positioned himself along the end boards behind the net to settle a bouncing bank pass from linemate Bobby Brink. Instead, the puck went airborne off of his leg, floated over the net and bounced into the net off the back of All-Star goalie Juuse Saros.
It doesn’t get much luckier than that.
“The play came behind the net and I just tried to get body position,” Frost told NBC Sports Philadelphia’s Ashlyn Sullivan during the first intermission. “Fortunate one there, but obviously we’ll take it.”
Frost later went on to earn the primary assist on Sean Couturier’s power-play goal early in the second period.
Frost, after being in head coach John Tortorella’s doghouse to start the season, has appeared in every game since November 25, logging two goals and four assists over that 12-game span. The 24-year-old has logged four points over his last four games.
