The Philadelphia Flyers (34-23-12) continue their winning ways, beating the San Jose Sharks (32-30-6) 4-1 on Saturday at the SAP Center, sweeping the California road trip, and extending their road winning streak to 7 games.

Philly did this, once again, with 11 forwards and 7 defensemen, with Sean Couturier, Luke Glendening, and Denver Barkey each missing their second-straight game. Emil Andrae had to step in and play forward for the team once again.

Owen Tippett, Christian Dvorak, Travis Sanheim, and Noah Cates scored for the Flyers. Dimitry Orlov scored for the Sharks.

It was a tight game for nearly 50 minutes, if not longer. After a scoreless first period, the Flyers scored early in the second, which was matched by the Sharks before the period ended. Philly took the lead in the third period, fought off an aggressive Sharks attack, and came away with the regulation win.

Here is how we got to the final score.

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Scoreless after one

It took nearly four minutes for the first shot on goal to be registered. It took about half that time for the first fight of the game.

In just his second game back in the NHL in over six seasons, Garrett Wilson dropped the gloves with one of the league’s toughest competitors, Ryan Reaves. Each player threw a couple of shots before Wilson had Reaves on the ground, followed by Reaves getting back up, still swinging.

Each player got five minutes for fighting, but Reaves spent his penalty getting his hand looked at after the fight.

5:09 into the game, Alex Bump drew a holding penalty on Collin Graf. The power play looked better, but Philly’s struggles with the man-advantage ultimately continued, as they did not score.

Just over three minutes after the Sharks got the kill, they got a power play chance of their own after Trevor Zegras got called for kneeing. Despite being down a man, the Flyers had the best chance on the Sharks’ power play. Owen Tippett was inches away from his 4th shorty of the season, but Kieffer Sherwood was there to swipe the puck away before it crossed the goal line.

Later in the period, the Sharks were given another chance on the man-advantage after a questionable too many men on the ice penalty. Once again, the Flyers killed it off.

Shots were tied 6-6, and the first period ended in a scoreless tie.

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Tippett stays hot, gives the Flyers the lead

The second period was off to a similar start as the first period – not a lot of action. But the Flyers changed that.

To the surprise of nobody, Owen Tippett (24) continues his scoring hot streak with a goal from the left side. Noah Juulsen (9) got the puck to Trevor Zegras in transition, who found Tippett at the blueline. Tippett danced around Nick Leddy for the score, putting Philly up 1-0.

The Flyers had a chance to really build some momentum after a long-delayed penalty on Philipp Kurashev. They did not score with the extra attacker, but still had the two-minute man-advantage. Still, the Flyers could not score on the power play.

However, they started to put real pressure on the Sharks. As a whole, Philly looked to have a clear advantage, but it was the Grebenkin-Zegras-Tippett line that was really dominant. Tippett had a breakaway that almost led to another score, but he tried to go low on the near side, and Alex Nedeljkovic was ready for it.

Emil Andrae was called for a delay of the game penalty for putting a puck over the glass, giving the Sharks another power play and a chance to halt the Flyers’ momentum. That’s just what happened.

Sharks tie it up

William Eklund (3) skated down to the goal line, turned, and found Dimitry Orlov (3) in the slot, who put the puck past Dan Vladar and tied the game at one. Macklin Celebrini (61) earned the secondary assist with a great pass to set up Eklund. He now has his first career points against the Flyers, and he has points against every team in the league except the Sharks.

Before the period ended, the Flyers had a chance to retake the lead after Eklund was called for holding on Owen Tippett. Again, no goal, but they were getting more shots on goal.

During the power play, Trevor Zegras got crushed into the boards by Barclay Goodrow. It was certainly a clean hit, but a nasty one at that. Noah Cates, for the second time this season, dropped the gloves in defense of a teammate.

Still, play continued, and neither team scored, sending the game to the second intermission tied at 1. The Flyers outshot the Sharks 11-7 in the period, grabbing hold of the shot battle.

Garnet Hathaway drew the ire of Mario Ferraro after laying a big hit on Macklin Celebrini. Ferraro went after him, but in anti-Hathaway form, he did not fight back. That gave Ferarro two minutes for roughing and the Flyers the power play.

Flyers regain the lead early in the third and hold on for the win

That power play resulted in a Flyers goal, something that the Flyers had not seen in their previous 20 attempts.

Matvei Michkov (21) found Travis Konecny (35) at the left side dot. Konecny found Christian Dvorak (14) all alone on the right side, who buried the goal, returning the lead to the Flyers.

The Flyers scored early in the third, but that meant they had to hold the Sharks scoreless for virtually a whole period.

The first scare came when Collin Graf found Michael Misa all alone in the slot. It was a high-danger chance, which was neutralized when Misa’s stick snapped, keeping him from getting the shot off. Moments later, Zegras and Celebrini got tangled up, and Zegras was sent to the penalty box for a tripping minor.

The Flyers were able to get the kill, and a big one at that. San Jose was aggressive in trying to find that game-tying score. They dominated possession the entire power play, but could not beat Dan Vladar.

Play went on, and the Sharks tried to tie the game back up. Celerbini tried to force a cross-ice pass that was picked off by Travis Sanheim, who buried the empty-netter. Moments later, Christian Dvorak (27) forced the puck to Noah Cates (15), who sealed the deal with his empty-netter.

The Flyers extend their road winning streak to 7 games with their 4-1 win vs. the San Jose Sharks.

What’s next

The Flyers return home for another must-win matchup vs. the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday, with puck drop at 7:00 p.m. EST at Xfinity Mobile Arena.

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