Lose a game. Lose a couple of games. Run into some bad luck. Experience the pain that can be hockey. It happens.

What should not happen --- but what is happening to the Flyers in their series with the New Jersey Devils --- is that they continue to lose the same way: By being pushed to the outside on the offensive end and settling for bad shots and turnovers.

"They are coming hard with their forecheck," Peter Laviolette said after a 4-2 loss that dumped the Flyers in a 1-3 series hole. "They are turning over a lot of pucks. So we have to do a better job of getting out of our end."

In Game 1, the Devils took the first 11 shots.

In Game 2, the Flyers nearly went an entire period without a shot on goal.

Sunday, they went approximately 17 mid-game minutes without a shot on Martin Brodeur.

A minor league team would create more chances.

"We are not skating," Kimmo Timonen said, repeatedly, afterward.

Fine. Skating will help. But at some point, Laviolette has to find a way to make a max-financed offense generate some responsible, big-league hockey shots.

"I expect a lot of meetings tomorrow," Timonen said.

Good idea.

Check out my column in the Daily Times Monday and, as usual, on delcotimes.com