In the first game of a five game homestand, the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the New York Islanders by a score of 4-3, notching their first shootout win of the season. Here is everything you need to know.
The basics
First period: 9:51 – Simon Holmstrom (J.G. Pageau) (SHG)
Second period: 6:15 – Anthony Duclair (Marshall Warren, Anders Lee), 10:29 – Christian Dvorak (Trevor Zegras, Matvei Michkov)
Third period: 1:53 – Trevor Zegras (Dvorak), 4:21 – Maxim Tsyplakov (Warren, Tony DeAngelo), 7:32 – Zegras (Bobby Brink, Noah Cates)
Overtime: No scoring
Shootout: Brink – no goal, Bo Horvat – no goal, Zegras – goal, Holmstrom – goal, Michkov – goal, Duclair – no goal
SOG: 26 (NYI) – 26 (PHI)
Takeaways
Zegras makes another ridiculous pass…
With the Flyers down two goals in the second period, and earning very few high-danger chances, the Flyers needed a flash of skill from anyone.