Tippett scores twice for Flyers in win against Kraken

PHILADELPHIA -- Owen Tippett scored two more goals for the Philadelphia Flyers in a 5-2 win against the Seattle Kraken at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Monday.

Travis Konecny also scored for Philadelphia (3-2-1), which has won its past two games. Cam York had three assists, Sean Couturier had two assists and Dan Vladar made 20 saves.

Tippett has scored in three straight games and has five goals in six games this season.

"I think our execution was better than last game (2-1 overtime win against the Minnesota Wild on Saturday)," Tippett said. "Little slip there in the second period, but I think we stuck with it and turned it around."

Jordan Eberle and Jani Nyman scored for Seattle, which lost in regulation for the first time this season (3-1-2). Joey Daccord made 16 saves on 21 shots through two periods. Philipp Grubauer stopped all six shots he faced in the third period.

"We just can't lose the battles we lost," Kraken coach Lane Lambert said. "Just too many of them. We played slower today for whatever reason. We have to get more consistent in our thought process that way. But we've got to be faster, and we've got to be more committed to winning battles and I just didn't think we won enough battles."

Eberle was at the front of the net when Cale Fleury's shot deflected off his stick at hip height and past Vladar to make it 1-0 at 7:16 of the first period. Kraken forward Berkly Catton, making his NHL debut, was credited with an assist for his first NHL point.

Tippett tied it 1-1 at 9:56 on a redirection of Nick Seeler's shot. The play was set up after Daccord misplayed the puck on the boards.

Tippett has four goals during his streak; he didn't score his fifth goal until his 25th game last season.

"He's a power forward-type of guy," Flyers coach Rick Tocchet said. "The short time I've been here with this coaching staff, he's been a pleasure to coach. He's been in the room, he's asking questions, he's in the video room, he's taking the information. He's really taken a hold, and a leader type of role. That's what I see. I don't know what happened in the past, but he looks like a guy that's dialed in."

Tippett's hot streak coincides with his move to a line with Couturier and Konecny. Those three combined for five points Monday.

"I think we've played together at times in the past, and 'Tipp' is hot right now, so just trying to give him the puck and use his shot, his speed," Couturier said. "He's playing really well. Think we're just trying to extend some [offensive] zone time and create some cycles, bring pucks to the net and capitalize."

Tyson Foerster put the Flyers ahead 2-1 at 13:19 with a power-play goal from the left face-off dot that went past Daccord's glove. It was his 50th NHL goal, as well as Philadelphia's first power-play goal at home this season.

Konecny made it 3-1 at 4:59 of the second period when he tapped in Egor Zamula's pass through the crease on the right side. It was his first goal of the season.

Noah Cates redirected York's point shot for a power-play goal to put the Flyers ahead 4-1 at 5:32.

"We weren't too happy with [the power play] early," Tocchet said. "But obviously the play, that Zegras shot to York was something we talked about in the pre-scout, and it took us to the third power play to get it."

Nyman got the Kraken back to within two at 8:33 on the power play. His wrist shot from the right face-off circle got past Vladar's glove thanks to a flurry in front of the net that left that side vulnerable, making it 4-2.

It was the fifth straight game Seattle scored a power-play goal, but it couldn't capitalize on two-man advantage chances in the third period.

"We had a couple short-handed chances, we had a breakaway to make it 2-1," Lambert said. "We had a 2-on-1 as well and we didn't capitalize on those, and they came back and scored. They didn't get much on their power play, but they capitalized on it."

Tippett scored his second from a sharp angle that found its way between the left post and Daccord's pad to make it 5-2 at 15:40.

NOTES: Flyers forward Trevor Zegras had an assist on Cates' goal to extend his point streak to five games (five assists). ... It was the first time York had three points in an NHL game. ... Couturier's two assists gave him 342, tying Mark Howe for 10th all-time in franchise history. ... Philadelphia's two first-period goals matched its total from the first period of its first five games. ... Kraken forward Chandler Stephenson had an assist on Nyman's goal to extend his point streak to three games (five points; two goals, three assists).