Post Game Thread: The Flyers defeated the Devils in overtime with a final score of 3 to 2 – December 19, 2023 @ 07:00 PM EST


## [Philadelphia Flyers](/r/flyers) (18-10-3) @ [New Jersey Devils](/r/devils) (16-12-2)

## Final/OT: 3 – 2 Flyers

## Game Videos/Summaries
* [Three Minute Recap Video](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6343569056112)
* [Condensed Game Video](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6343568097112)
* [Game Summary](https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20232024/GS020487.HTM)
* [Event Summary](https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20232024/ES020487.HTM)
* [Play by Play](https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20232024/PL020487.HTM)
* Face Off [Summary](https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20232024/FS020487.HTM) [Comparison](https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20232024/FC020487.HTM)
* [Shot Summary](https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20232024/SS020487.HTM)
* TOI Report: [Flyers](https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20232024/TV020487.HTM) [Devils](https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20232024/TH020487.HTM)

## Stars of the Game
* First Star: [O. Tippett](https://www.nhl.com/player/8480015) (PHI) Goals: 1, Assists: 0
* Second Star: [R. Poehling](https://www.nhl.com/player/8480068) (PHI) Goals: 2, Assists: 0
* Third Star: [M. McLeod](https://www.nhl.com/player/8479415) (NJD) Goals: 1, Assists: 0

## Linescore
||1st|2nd|3rd|OT||TOTAL|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|[Flyers](/r/flyers)|0|2|0|1||3|
|[Devils](/r/devils)|1|1|0|0||2|

## Scoring Summary
|Per./Time|Team|Description & Video Link|Score|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|1st 14:16|[NJD](/r/devils)|[Michael McLeod (7) snap, assists: Nathan Bastian (4), Curtis Lazar (6)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6343561886112)|1-0 NJD|
|2nd 01:10|[PHI](/r/flyers)|[Ryan Poehling (3) snap, assists: Joel Farabee (9)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6343564600112)|1-1 |
|2nd 02:44|[NJD](/r/devils)|[PP – Jesper Bratt (13) snap, assists: Nico Hischier (8), Jack Hughes (24)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6343565479112)|2-1 NJD|
|2nd 08:19|[PHI](/r/flyers)|[Ryan Poehling (4) snap, assists: Travis Konecny (10), Travis Sanheim (18)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6343565998112)|2-2 |
|OT 03:25|[PHI](/r/flyers)|[Owen Tippett (11) wrist, unassisted](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6343568850112)|3-2 PHI|

## Penalty Summary
|Per./Time|Team|Type|Description|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|2nd 01:44|[PHI](/r/flyers)|2:00 Minor|Tripping – Committed by Scott Laughton. Drawn by Nathan Bastian. |
|2nd 10:30|[NJD](/r/devils)|2:00 Minor|Elbowing – Committed by Kevin Bahl. Drawn by Garnet Hathaway. |
|2nd 13:19|[NJD](/r/devils)|2:00 Minor|Tripping – Committed by Luke Hughes. Drawn by Scott Laughton. |
|3rd 07:48|[NJD](/r/devils)|2:00 Minor|Hooking – Committed by Kevin Bahl. Drawn by Garnet Hathaway. |

## Game Stats
||SOG|FO%|PP|PIM|Hits|Blks|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|[Flyers](/r/flyers)|26|39%|0/3|2|28|21|
|[Devils](/r/devils)|26|61%|1/1|6|25|12|

|[Flyers](/r/flyers) Skaters|G|A|+/-|S|Blk|PIM|FO|TOI|
|:–|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|
|^R [B. Brink](https://www.nhl.com/player/8481553)|0|0|0|1|0|0|0/0|14:32|
|^R [T. Konecny](https://www.nhl.com/player/8478439)|0|1|1|1|1|0|0/0|22:01|
|^C [S. Couturier](https://www.nhl.com/player/8476461)|0|0|0|2|0|0|13/28|23:28|
|^R [G. Hathaway](https://www.nhl.com/player/8477903)|0|0|-1|1|0|0|0/0|12:31|
|^C [S. Laughton](https://www.nhl.com/player/8476872)|0|0|-1|1|0|2|1/4|09:26|
|^C [R. Poehling](https://www.nhl.com/player/8480068)|2|0|2|3|3|0|5/9|16:55|
|^L [N. Deslauriers](https://www.nhl.com/player/8475235)|0|0|-1|0|0|0|0/0|09:36|
|^C [M. Frost](https://www.nhl.com/player/8480028)|0|0|1|0|2|0|2/11|16:05|
|^R [T. Foerster](https://www.nhl.com/player/8482159)|0|0|0|4|0|0|0/0|20:37|
|^R [O. Tippett](https://www.nhl.com/player/8480015)|1|0|1|6|1|0|0/1|14:52|
|^L [J. Farabee](https://www.nhl.com/player/8480797)|0|1|2|2|1|0|0/1|17:34|
|^R [C. Atkinson](https://www.nhl.com/player/8474715)|0|0|1|0|0|0|0/0|13:48|
|^D [E. Zamula](https://www.nhl.com/player/8481178)|0|0|-1|1|1|0|0/0|14:59|
|^D [T. Sanheim](https://www.nhl.com/player/8477948)|0|1|2|0|1|0|0/0|21:11|
|^D [C. York](https://www.nhl.com/player/8481546)|0|0|0|0|3|0|0/0|23:16|
|^D [N. Seeler](https://www.nhl.com/player/8476372)|0|0|1|2|2|0|0/0|19:38|
|^D [S. Walker](https://www.nhl.com/player/8480336)|0|0|2|1|3|0|0/0|19:02|
|^D [R. Ristolainen](https://www.nhl.com/player/8477499)|0|0|-1|1|3|0|0/0|20:01|

|[Flyers](/r/flyers) Goalies|Saves/Shots|Save %|TOI|
|:–|:-:|:-:|:-:|
|[S. Ersson](https://www.nhl.com/player/8481035)|24/26|92.3%|63:08|
|[C. Petersen](https://www.nhl.com/player/8477361)|-|-|00:00|

|[Devils](/r/devils) Skaters|G|A|+/-|S|Blk|PIM|FO|TOI|
|:–|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|
|^R [A. Holtz](https://www.nhl.com/player/8482125)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0/0|09:27|
|^C [N. Hischier](https://www.nhl.com/player/8480002)|0|1|-1|5|0|0|8/18|17:38|
|^R [N. Bastian](https://www.nhl.com/player/8479414)|0|1|1|1|0|0|0/0|13:07|
|^L [O. Palat](https://www.nhl.com/player/8476292)|0|0|-1|2|1|0|0/1|17:25|
|^C [M. McLeod](https://www.nhl.com/player/8479415)|1|0|1|2|0|0|16/18|14:03|
|^R [T. Meier](https://www.nhl.com/player/8478414)|0|0|0|0|1|0|0/1|13:22|
|^C [C. Lazar](https://www.nhl.com/player/8477508)|0|1|1|2|1|0|0/0|12:30|
|^L [E. Haula](https://www.nhl.com/player/8475287)|0|0|-1|2|0|0|2/4|15:46|
|^L [J. Bratt](https://www.nhl.com/player/8479407)|1|0|-2|2|0|0|0/0|19:14|
|^R [T. Toffoli](https://www.nhl.com/player/8475726)|0|0|-1|0|0|0|0/0|14:50|
|^C [J. Hughes](https://www.nhl.com/player/8481559)|0|1|-2|1|1|0|4/7|22:16|
|^C [D. Mercer](https://www.nhl.com/player/8482110)|0|0|0|1|0|0|3/5|11:38|
|^D [B. Smith](https://www.nhl.com/player/8474090)|0|0|-1|0|1|0|0/0|18:15|
|^D [J. Marino](https://www.nhl.com/player/8478507)|0|0|0|1|1|0|0/0|25:05|
|^D [S. Nemec](https://www.nhl.com/player/8483495)|0|0|0|3|1|0|0/0|21:14|
|^D [L. Hughes](https://www.nhl.com/player/8482684)|0|0|-1|1|0|2|0/0|17:39|
|^D [J. Siegenthaler](https://www.nhl.com/player/8478399)|0|0|-2|2|5|0|0/0|22:43|
|^D [K. Bahl](https://www.nhl.com/player/8480860)|0|0|1|1|0|4|0/0|18:03|

|[Devils](/r/devils) Goalies|Saves/Shots|Save %|TOI|
|:–|:-:|:-:|:-:|
|[A. Schmid](https://www.nhl.com/player/8481033)|-|-|00:00|
|[V. Vanecek](https://www.nhl.com/player/8477970)|23/26|88.5%|63:25|

## Metropolitan Standings
|Rank|Team|Wins|Losses|OT|Points|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|1|[New York Rangers](/r/rangers)|22|7|1|45|
|2|[Philadelphia Flyers](/r/flyers)|18|10|3|39|
|3|[New York Islanders](/r/newyorkislanders)|15|8|8|38|
|4|[Carolina Hurricanes](/r/canes)|17|12|3|37|
|5|[Washington Capitals](/r/caps)|15|9|4|34|
|6|[New Jersey Devils](/r/devils)|16|12|2|34|
|7|[Pittsburgh Penguins](/r/penguins)|14|13|3|31|
|8|[Columbus Blue Jackets](/r/bluejackets)|11|17|5|27|

## Metropolitan Division Scoreboard
[Blue Jackets](/r/bluejackets) (9) @ (4) [Sabres](/r/sabres) – Final

[Golden Knights](/r/goldenknights) (3) @ (6) [Hurricanes](/r/canes) – Final

[Rangers](/r/rangers) (5) @ (2) [Maple Leafs](/r/leafs) – Final

[Oilers](/r/edmontonoilers) (1) @ (3) [Islanders](/r/newyorkislanders) – Final

^^^Last ^^^Updated: ^^^12/19/2023 ^^^10:01:02 ^^^PM ^^^EST

29 comments
  1. 3rd in the East, 8th in the league basically at Christmas. I did NOT have that on my bingo card in September

  2. I’m obsessed with the heart of this team. That OT celly just shows how much fun and camaraderie they have. After the last few years, it melts my cold dead soul.

  3. I think this team might be the real deal. If you’re still saying they should be tanking, you may need to reevaluate that idea. This team is a contender, and they are proving it every time they hit the ice.

  4. Story lines you would have expected a few months ago: “After an embarrassing loss to a Santa Clara County team, Philly went on to establish themselves as the best team in the league for the rest of 2023, including statement wins over hated division rivals”

    It’s just the missing team name isn’t what you would have expected

  5. Watching the devils fans lose their shit after the OT goal was a shot in the veins. FNJ.

    Side note: looked ahead, schedule is brutal starting 12/28. 5 games in 8 days with a 4 game west coast trip mixed in. 😬

    EDIT: Math.

  6. Love all the Devils fans seething in their post-game thread calling Ersson an AHL goalie 😂😂😂

  7. Congrats on the dub, Philly fans from a Devils fan. The Devils seem the Philly Eagles of hockey this year…. Ultra talented but we aren’t a lick of help from this coaching staff without Brunnette like last year

  8. Lol NBCSP saying Tortorella is the head coach of the Eagles

    Preparing for heaps of jokes about it on Twitter

  9. LOL. The graphic under Torts on the postgame interview:

    JOHN TORTORELLA Eagles Head Coach

    They wish!

  10. Samuel Errson is the best goalie in his draft class from 2018, he has the most wins for a goalie from that draft as well.

  11. I know as a Ranger fan I’m supposed to hate you guys but god damn do I have a soft spot for this team. I’m also a huge fan of torts. Got a chance to meet him once and he was unbelievable. Rooting for this team when they’re not playing NYR. Great game btw Tippett is a beast.

  12. I turned to my brother in the second period and said “Tippett looks like shit. Guarantee he scores the game winner.”

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