PHILADELPHIA _ Right after he scored his second goal of the night, Travis Konecny looked at James van Riemsdyk and yelled, "What a pass!"
It sure was.
Konecny and van Riemsdyk hooked up for the Flyers' first two goals, made Alain Vigneault look like a genius, and led the way in a 4-1 win over the limping Kings.
Joel Farabee scored for the second consecutive game and Brian Elliott made 34 saves in his second consecutive strong outing.
The only bad news was that winger Michael Raffl had to leave the game with an injury shortly after he was flattened by Dustin Brown three minutes into the final period. There was no penalty on the play, but interference could have been called.
Vigneault tinkered with his lines again after a disappointing loss to Montreal on Thursday. His most notable move was putting Claude Giroux at center between van Riemsdyk and Konecny in his search for offensive consistency.
"We've shown some good chemistry in the past," van Riemsdyk said. "I think we are three smart players, we fill in the right spots on the ice, and we are able to make some good plays."
Giroux has played on a wing this season, most recently on Kevin Hayes' line.
Van Riemsdyk also ended a 12-game goal drought with a power-play tally in the third period. He has assisted on three Konecny goals in the last three games.
It was Elliott's first win at the Wells Fargo Center in nearly three months, as Carter Hart has been given most of the work at home. Hart is expected to be out for a few more games with an abdominal strain.
Elliott had an excellent stop on a backhander on a partial breakaway by former Flyer Jeff Carter early in the third, but he couldn't stop Brown seven minutes later.
Konecny's first goal allowed the Flyers to have the lead after the first period for the first time in 12 games. The last time they played the last-place Kings was Dec. 31, when they trailed, 4-0, after the first period.
Beyond being able to breathe a little easier during the first intermission Saturday, the Flyers put some heat on the Kings, who were at the end of a five game road trip _ the last four in the Eastern time zone. Los Angeles was 0-18-1 when trailing after the first period, 0-11 on the road.
The Flyers scored twice in the second and had another goal disallowed on a goalie interference call when van Riemsdyk collided with Jack Campbell. Or, in Vigneault's eyes, Campbell banged into van Riemsdyk.
The Flyers unsuccessfully challenged the call, but they managed to kill the corresponding penalty.
