Remember that scene in the end of “The Wizard of Oz” where Dorothy clicks her heals together and repeats: there’s no place like home, there’s no place like home?

Ray Emery and the rest of the Philadelphia Flyers might be doing that as we speak.

For the third consecutive game the Flyers lost on the road, this time falling to the Avalanche, 5-4. The Flyers were out-worked and out-played through the first two periods before playing an inspired third session. Even with their two third-period goals, the hole the Flyers had dug themselves was just too big to overcome.

A week ago this team was making its case as a top team in the Eastern Conference. Lately they have looked pretty average. Emery struggled mightily Monday night, giving up five goals in two periods just a few days removed from allowing six goals in a loss to the Sharks.

The Flyers finish off their five game road trip on Wednesday against the Islanders. Normally the Islanders are the perfect team to play when a team is looking to fix its woes, but that has not been the case this season. New York has stayed in the thick of the (early) playoff mix, staying above .500. The team is a statistical oddity as it has won just nine of its 24 games, yet at 9-8-7 they have as many points (25) as the Flyers.

After that it is back home to take on a Sabres team that has split two meetings with them this season.

 Three bad games in November is not the worst thing in the world but it is cause for concern.

And unlike Oz, this is no dream.