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Rick Tocchet’s Philadelphia Flyers (9-5-3) are in Texas to take on Glen Gulutzan’s Dallas Stars (11-4-3). The Flyers have gained points in five straight games, going 3-0-2 in that span. The Stars, meanwhile, are coming off a 7-0 blowout win over the Montreal Canadeins on Thursday
Philadelphia Flyers overcame multiple deficits to ultimately defeat the St. Louis Blues via shootout, 6-5 (1-0), at Enterprise Center on Friday night. The Flyers trailed by scores of 1-0, 3-1, and 5-3 but came back each time to knot the score.
The trio of Owen Tippett (one goal, three assists), Trevor Zegras (two goals, one assist) and Christian Dvorak (two goals, one assist) had a monster game for the Flyers. Later, after being denied on an overtime penalty shot, Zegras netted the only successful shootout attempt for either side.
The Blues sandwiched an early first-period tally by Jordan Kyrou (6th) and mid-period tally by Jimmy Snuggerud (5th) around a Zegras goal (5th). St. Louis took a 2-1 lead to the first intermission.
Justin Faulk (4th) extended the Blues’ lead to 3-1 shortly before the seven-minute mark of the middle frame. However, the Flyers struck back for goals by Dvorak (4th) and Zegras’ second goal of the game (6th of the season) to get the game tied at 3-3 heading into the third period.
The Blues forged a 5-3 lead in the third period on an opening minute goal by Dylan Holloway (5th) and a Robert Thomas goal (3rd) before the frame was even five minutes old. The resilient Flyers pushed for Dvorak’s second goal of the game (5th of the season) and a tying goal by Tippett (6th).
Friday was a nightmarish game for the goalies. Samuel Ersson made just 12 saves on 17 shots before going 3-for-3 in the shootout. Jordan Binningtom stopped 26 of 31 Philadelphia shots on net before he went 1-for-2 in the shootout.
Where to watch
Time and broadcast: 8:00 p.m. ET on NBCSP
Listen online: FlyersRadio 24/7
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In-game watch party (Maher Media): click here
Projected Flyers Lineup
The Flyers will not have a morning skate on Saturday. Dan Vladar will return to the net in Dallas. Nikita Grebenkin, a healthy scratch the last two games, may or may not replace Nicolas Deslauriers. The rest of the lineup is likely to be the same as Friday in St. Louis.
Trevor Zegras – Sean Couturier – Matvei Michkov
Tyson Foerster – Noah Cates – Bobby Brink
Owen Tippett – Christian Dvorak – Travis Konecny
Nicolas Deslauriers – Rodrigo Abols – Garnet Hathaway
Cam York – Travis Sanheim
Nick Seeler – Jamie Drysdale
Emil Andrae – Noah Juulsen
Dan Vladar
[Samuel Ersson]
Scratches: Nikita Grebenkin (healthy), Egor Zamula (healthy), Adam Ginning (healthy)
Let’s Go Flyers! Now’s the time to trade Tippett! His value has never been higher