As the zebra-painted shirt with the orange armband skated toward the penalty box late in the third period, fans inside the Wells Fargo Center knew the impending doom that was about to arrive. A retaliatory cross-checking penalty was being assessed to Philadelphia Flyers winger Joel Farabee.

John Tortorella did not speak after the Flyers’ 7-5 loss to the Florida Panthers Thursday night. “I just didn’t think it’d be productive,” the coach said Friday as his team practiced below the news conference room at the Flyers training center.