Postgame RAV4: Flyers Fall to Ducks

The Philadelphia Flyers lost to the Anaheim Ducks, 5-4, in a seesaw affair at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Saturday afternoon. The Flyers held leads of 2-0 and 3-2, but the game went to the third period tied at 3-3. Anaheim pulled ahead in the third period.

The Flyers controlled most of the play in the first period. A 5-on-3 power play goal by Matvei Michkov (7th) and a 5-on-4 tally by Porter Martone (3rd) sent the Flyers to intermission with a 2-0 lead.

Philadelphia controlled the first seven minutes of the middle frame. However, a turnover down low led to a Leo Carlsson goal (3rd). Subsequently, A.J. Greer (2nd) tied the game at 2-2.

Tyson Foerster (SHG, 2nd) briefly restored a Flyers lead with a shorthanded goal. However, Judd Caulfield (2nd) soon re-tied the score.

Two minutes into the third period, defenseman Tristan Luneau (1st) scored a short-side bleeder that found the net for a 4-3 Anaheim lead. Beckett Sennecke (PPG, 6th) added an insurance power play goal.

A few minutes later, Michkov scored his second of the game (8th of the season) to bring Philly back within 5-4.

Joseph Woll turned away 21 of 26 shots in the loss. Lukas Dostal made 28 saves on 32 shots.

The Flyers went 2-for-7 on the power play. They were 1-for-4 on the penalty kill.

1ST PERIOD

Noel Acciari threw a big hit on the game's first shift.

Sean Couturier had the game's first Grade A chance off a feed from Tyson Foerster.

The Flyers went to the game's first power play at 5:42. Jackson LaCombe went off for high sticking. Matvei Michkov was stopped by Dostal in transition. The Flyers had two chances near the net as the penalty expired.

The Flyers generated six of the first 10 shots in the period.

Hunter McDonald landed a big hit on Sam Colangelo. McDonald ended up fighting Sam Colangelo at 13:41. The Flyers ended up with a two-minute 5-on-3, as Colangelo got an initial roughing penalty and A.J. Greer was penalized for instigation (with an automatic 10-minute misconduct).

Taking a pass from Jamie Drysdale, Michkov moved over the middle and wristed home a shot through traffic at 5:48. The assists went to Drysdale and Trevor Zegras.

Philly also cashed in the remaining 5-on-4. Porter Martone went to the back door and tucked a cross-seam Travis Sanheim feed into the net for a 2-0 lead at 15:02. The assists went to Sanheim and Zegras.

An even-up call came at 16:53. Noah Cates went off for tripping. Acciari was slashed on a shorthanded breakaway at 17:41. LaCombe went off. The teams played with four men a side.

Shots: Flyers 11 -- Ducks 6

Faceoffs: Flyers 12 -- Ducks 9

2ND PERIOD

The Flyers' fourth line generated an early chance in transition. Dostal denied Cole Knuble. At 1:46, Oliver Bonk took a pass-out but was stopped from the right circle.

Tyson Foerster ran out of room on a partial breakaway.

Philly won a pair of puck battles. Dostal stopped a Sanheim point shot with traffic in front.

Acciari created a power play at 5:48 as LaCombe interfered with him on a potential Flyers breakout. The Flyers generated puck movement at will with Anaheim back on their feet.

Under Anaheim's forecheck, Nick Seeler turned the puck over. The puck went to Carlsson, who scored at 8:38. The lone assist was credited to Cutter Gauthier.

Acciari created another power play at 9:47. Carlsson went off for tripping.

Anaheim's Greer (2nd) tied the game at 13:07. In a scramble at the net, the puck hit the post and danced across the goal line. Replays showed it completely crossed the line. Assists went to Tim Washe and Tristan Luneau.

Couturier got a marginal roughing penalty called against him at 13:52. On a shorthanded rush, Foerster looked like he'd pass, then shot from a sharp angle on the right side. The puck snuck home under Dostal's glove at 15:04. Seeler received the lone assist.

Anaheim got the goal right back at 16:19. Woll denied an initial attempt by Killorn. The puck went airborne. Caulfieldbatted it home. Luneau got the secondary assist.

At 17:57, Knuble set up Zegras at point-blank range. Dostal made the save.

Zegras weaved into the right circle. Dostal made the save with 53.5 seconds left in the period.

At 19:17, Washe knocked down Zegras as he leapt for the puck. Acciari came to his defense. In the ensuing scrum, Acciari received a roughing penalty. Woll made pad and glove saves on Gauthier to preserve the 3-3 deadlock.

Anaheim took 1:17 of power play time into the third period.

Shots: Flyers 10 (21 overall) - Ducks 14 (21 overall)

Faceoffs: Flyers 9 (21 overall) - Ducks 12 (21 overall)

3RD PERIOD

In nearly a carbon copy of Foerster's goal, Woll was beaten by Luneau at 2:00. The assist went to Travis Mitchell.

At 5:48, Jacob Gaucher was called for a neutral zone trip on Mikael Granlund. The Ducks scored with the Flyers unable to work the puck out of the defensive zone. Sennecke, camped out at the net, directed a Carlsson setup home at 7:10. The assists went to Carlsson and LaCombe.

Martone kept a play alive near the net. Michkov swooped in and scored his second of the game at 8:17. Cates, who had the initial save, got the secondary assist.

Dostal made two saves on Sanheim in the same shift. Woll saved a 2-on-1 chance for Greer at the other end.

With the Flyers skating 6-on-5, Sennecke took a holding penalty on Drysdale with 40.7 seconds left. Philly went to a 6-on-4.

Shots: Flyers 11 (32 overall) - Ducks 5 (26 overall)

Faceoffs: Flyers 10 (31 overall) - Ducks 11 (32 overall)

FLYERS STARTING LINEUP

Trevor Zegras - Christian Dvorak - Noel Acciari
Porter Martone - Noah Cates - Matvei Michkov
Alex Bump - Sean Couturier - Tyson Foerster
Denver Barkey - Jacob Gaucher - Cole Knuble

Travis Sanheim - Oliver Bonk
Nick Seeler - Jamie Drysdale
Hunter McDonald - Rasmus Ristolainen

Joseph Woll
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POSTGAME RAV4 (RAV 4 Things Revisited)

1. Michkov point streak

The young Flyers winger tied a career-best point streak with points in five straight games. He has six goals and eight points in that span. The Russian forward has generated a pair of multiple-goal games during the run.

2. Special Teams

The Flyers went 2-for-6 on the power play. They were 3-for-4 on the penalty kill. Philly's Foerster scored a shorthanded goal.

3. Controlled aggression

In the first period, the Ducks lost their composure. The Flyers made them pay with back-to-back power play goals.

4. Between the pipes

Woll had his first roller coaster game of the 2026-27 season.