On a day the Flyers lost one of their greats, the team opened up their 2025-26 exhibition season with a rather entertaining tilt. One that saw Matvei Michkov tie things up late and Emil Andrae win it in a shootout in the 11th round to give Philadelphia a 3-2 shootout win.
The basics
First period: 2:42- Rodrigo Abols (Jack Nesbitt)
Second period: 4:01- Kyle Palmieri (Matthew Schaefer, Scott Mayfield), 16:48- Marshall Warren (Mathew Barzal, Kyle Palmieri)
Third period: 18:42- Matvei Michkov (Jamie Drysdale)
Overtime: No scoring
Shootout: Max Shabanov- No goal, Trevor Zegras- No goal, Jonathan Drouin- No goal, Matvei Michkov- Goal, Mathew Barzal- Goal, Denver Barkey- No goal, Matthew Schaefer- No goal, Nikita Grebenkin- No goal, Bo Horvat- No goal, Jack Nesbitt- No goal, Kyle Palmieri- No goal, Jamie Drysdale- No goal, Tony DeAngelo- Goal, Noah Cates- Goal, Gleb Veremyev- No goal, Alexis Gendron- No goal, Anders Lee- No goal, Samu Tuomaala- No goal, Luca Romano- Goal, Rodrigo Abols- Goal, Tomas Poletin- No goal, Emil Andrae- Goal
SOG: 30 (PHI) – 34 (NYI)
Some takeaways
Zegras debut
Trevor Zegras got his first taste of Flyers action, taking the opening faceoff and delivering a decent check in the Isles zone before heading off.