On a tough second half of a back-to-back and the Flyers’ fourth game in six days, the Flyers went to Newark and beat the Metropolitan-leading Devils 5-3. They’ve ended a difficult four-game, Thanksgiving week road trip at an impressive 3-1-0 mark, and they now sit squarely in third in the Metro standings.
The basics
First period: 5:18 – Owen Tippett (Christian Dvorak, Trevor Zegras), 12:08 – Simon Nemec (Jesper Bratt, Nico Hischier)
Second period: 0:53 – Matvei Michkov (Travis Konecny, Travis Sanheim), 3:16 – Travis Konecny (Cam York, Sanheim), 13:01 – Trevor Zegras (Tippett), 19:32 – Timo Meier (Bratt, Dawson Mercer) (PPG)
Third period: 6:28 – Dawson Mercer (unassisted), 18:45 – Owen Tippett (unassisted)(EN)
SOG: 31 (NJ) – 31 (PHI)
Tippett opens the scoring, Flyers buzzing in first
For the second consecutive night, the Flyers jumped out to a lead in the first period.