Well, having both of your team's goals in a 9-2 defeat has to count for something, right? van Riemsdyk put home the existentially-meaningless goals against Ilya Samsonov in the first and third periods. Overall this season, the veteran forward has tallied 20 goals and 33 points across 73 games played. He posted better numbers during the pandemic-shortened season if you want to put his current numbers in perspective. 

Near the end of the first period, van Riemsdyk picked up an assist on Joel Farabee's goal against Juuse Saros. He would do the goal-scoring damage himself with 48 seconds remaining in the second period. That goal tied up the contest and set the stage for a tense third period which was ultimately decided in favor of Nashville by a Tanner Jeannot goal with under a minute remaining in regulation. On the whole this season, van Riemsdyk has now logged 17 goals and 30 points across 66 games played. The veteran forward has had reserve value for fantasy purposes in the past, but his 2021-22 campaign has been a forgettable one to this point.

Van Riemsdyk was the first Flyers player to find the back of the net in this game. His goal came 13:02 into the first period and was assisted by Joel Farabee and Cam Atkinson. He now has 16 goals and 28 points in 65 games played. van Riemsdyk also extended his point streak to three games after this performance. He now has six points in his past seven appearances.

It was van Riemsdyk's fourth multi-point game of the 2021-22 campaign. He has 11 goals and 20 points in 48 contests.