The Philadelphia Flyers pushed back from a 2-0 deficit in the third period to force overtime against the Seattle Kraken at Xfinity Mobile Area on Tuesday. Ultimately, the Flyers dropped a five-round shootout, 3-2 (2-1).
Bobby McMann (PPG, 3rd goal of the season) gave Seattle an early lead in the first period. The Kraken took it to intermission.
The Flyers didn't lack for physicality, feistiness, or scoring chances in the second period. They also got a huge penalty shot save from Dan Vladar on Jordan Eberle. The Flyers still couldn't finish and left trailing 2-0 on a Ville Ottavainen (1st) goal through a double screen.
In the third period, goals by Christian Dvorak (2nd) and Trevor Zegras (1st) knotted the game at 2-2. Zegras also provided an emotional spark to his team during the second period.
Matvei Michkov converted a second round shootout attempt. However, Matty Beniers and McMann scored for Seattle.
Dan Vladar made 29 saves on 31 shots. He was 3-for-5 in overtime. Philipp Grubauer stopped 24 of 26 shots then went 4-for-5 in overtime.
The Flyers went 0-for-3 on the power play. They were 4-for-5 on the penalty kill.
1ST PERIOD
Trevor Zegras had the game's first scoring chance from between the circles. Grubauer's stick sent it wide. A dump-in by Simon Benoit nearly caught Grubauer unaware and the puck barely missed going in the short side.
Seattle got the game's first power play at 6:35. Newcomer Jack Studnicka went off for a tripping minor on Ben Meyers. Vladar made a Grade A save moving across to stone Berkly Catton. At 7:57, a bouncing puck went to McMann, who put home a shot high to the short side. The assists went to VInce Dunn and Jordan Eberle.
Studnicka had a good scoring chance at 10:17. Grubauer made the save.
At 16:52, Eberle was caught slashing Owen Tippett as the Flyers forward skated past him. The Flyers had some perimeter puck movement -- primarily the second unit -- but never generated a meaningful scoring chance.
Shots: Flyers 6 - Kraken 6
Faceoffs: Flyers 9 - Kraken 7
2ND PERIOD
Sean Couturier was stopped at the net after a partially blocked Zegras pass got to him. It started with Philly winning a puck battle in the neutral zone. On the next shift, Matvei Michkov created a good chance for Cates.
Denver Barkey won a puck battle in his own zone, leading to a transition chance for Philly. Oliver Bonk fired a point shot through a Michael Bunting screen that Bunting tried to deflect.
Eberle was awarded a penalty shot at 6:23 after he got past Jamie Drysdale and moved in toward the net. Vladar made a great recovery pad save after he failed a poke-check attempt and the shooter went to the backhand.
Shots through 8:21 were 7-5 Seattle.
Seattle made it 2-0 at 8:54. Vladar was heavily screened by Matty Beniers and Simon Benoit and was beaten by Ottavainen's point blast. The assists went to Mackie Samoskevich and Josh Mahura.
The Flyers went to their second power play at 9:32. Eberle went off for hooking Tippett.Porter Martone had a scoring chance. Michkov made a late play. The Flyers didn't score.
With play back at even strength, Zegras created a good opportunity for Couturier. At 14:00, after a scrum near the net, Zegras mixed it up with Seattle players and got the lone penalty (slashing).
Travis Sanheim had a strong shorthanded rush and then recorded a solid hit on Chandler Stephenson. With 38 seconds to go on the initial power play, the Flyers went down two men. Cates received a tripping minor.
Zegras exited the box, fired a shot on Grubauer. The goalie pushed the puck at the Flyers and Zegras shot it right back. The two jostled each other. Zegras got unsportsmanlike conduct at 16:08, along with roughing on Grubauer.
Shots: Flyers 12 (18 overall) - Kraken 10 (16 overall)
Faceoffs: Flyers 12 (21 overall) - Kraken 10 (17 overall)
3RD PERIOD
Sanheim created a chance down low at 3:25. Zegras got hit with the puck on a Couturier shot that almost bounced into the net,
Oliver Bonk used his feet to move around behind his net, skate up ice and made a pass intended for Tyson Foerster. Instead it went eventually to Dvorak, who ripped a shot into the back of the net at 6:07. Bonk and Vladar assisted.
