Down three forwards from their overtime win the night before, the Philadelphia Flyers (33-23-12) gutted out a 4-3 shootout win vs. the Los Angeles Kings (28-24-16) at Crypto.com Arena on Thursday.

Travis Konecny, Noah Cates, and Travis Sanheim scored for the Flyers. Quinton Byfield, Anze Kopitar, and Artemi Panarin scored for the Kings.

After a slow period with the Kings dominating possession in the first, the Flyers answered with a busy and high-scoring second period. The Kings tied the game with just about half of the period remaining in the third. Neither team scored, forcing yet another Flyers game to overtime. Five extra were not enough, so the Flyers had to win it in the shootout.

Here is how we got to the final score.

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Flyers go down late in the first, tie it early in the second

The Flyers opened the game bruised before the game even started. Down three forwards, they had to deploy 11 forwards and 7 defenseman.

Once the game began, Owen Tippett got called for an early high-stick, giving the Kings a chance early. Already down two penalty-killers in Couturier and Glendening, and another in Tippett is in the box. It was a scary chance early for the Kings.

Sam Ersson held his own, and the Flyers were able to kill off the penalty.

The Kings absolutely dominated the zone time in the first period, but for a while could not break through. With less than a minute to go in the period, there were a combined 8 shots on goal. On the 9th, the Kings took the lead.

Quinton Byfield (14) put his team up 1-0 heading into the first intermission with assists from Trevor Moore (12) and Alex Laferierre (16).

The Flyers gave up a goal in the final minute of the first period. So, naturally, they tied it in the opening minute of the second period. Travis Konecny (25) tied the game at one with a tally from the high slot, assisted by Rasmus Ristolainen (6) and Alex Bump (2).

The tie game only lasted 21 seconds before the Kings regained the lead.

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The goals kept coming

In his final game against the Flyers, Anze Kopitar (11) puts his team back on top, 2-1. His goal was assisted by Brandt Clarke (30) and Artemi Panarin (49).

The goals started flowing in this one. After scoring an ugly, unconventional OT-winner on Wednesday, Noah Cates (14) found the score sheet again, knocking the loose puck past Dary Kuemper after a battle in front with Scott Laughton. He had assists from Matvei Michkov (19) and Rasmus Ristolainen (7).

Just under three minutes later, the Flyers scored again. Michkov (20) made a great play to extend the possession, pushing the puck from behind the red line to Cates. Cates (23) then found Travis Sanheim (7) at the point, who held and fired, giving the Flyers their first lead of the game, 3-2.

After over 19 minutes of scoreless hockey in the first period, the two teams combined for four goals in the first 7 minutes of the second period.

10 minutes after the Sanheim goal, Travis Konecny got called for a high stick, putting the Kings back on the power play. As the Konecny penalty was killed off, Drew Doughty got two minutes for tripping Owen Tippett, giving the Flyers their first power play.

Philly’s power-play struggles continued, and it did not score. In fact, neither team scored in the final 13 minutes of the period, and the game went into the second intermission with the Flyers leading 3-2.

65 minutes – once again, it’s not enough

A Noah Cates hooking penalty in the late seconds of the second period gave the Kings a power play to start the third. The Flyers came away with a big kill. They even had a good chance at the other end, but did not score.

Matvei Michkov took a massive hit from Drew Doughty, but no call. The Flyers did get a chance on the power play a few moments later after Artemi Panarin got called for holding. Once again, the struggles continue, and Philly did not score.

The Kings really put the pressure on the Flyers as the period went on. It did not help that Matvei Michkov got called for hooking on Trevor Moore on the zone entry. That gave LA a big power-play opportunity.

Philly was aggressive on the penalty kill, and it was looking really good. The Kings eventually reestablished possession in the zone, and Artemi Panarin (23) does what he does best, scoring against the Flyers.

The Kings tied it at 3 on the power play. It was a brand new game with less than 10 minutes to play. Both teams battled it out until the last horn of regulation, but nothing went. Once again, the Flyers went to overtime.

After an exhilarating shootout on Wednesday, Thursday’s OT was quite the opposite. Too much resetting, not enough back-and-forth. Neither team scored in the five-minute extra frame, so the game went to a shootout.

Kempe’s attempt was saved by Ersson. Zegras gets in tight and scores on his attempt. Panarin’s shot was gloved by Ersson, and Michkov wins it for the Flyers in the shootout. That is six straight road wins for Philly, all of which have come after regulation.

It was an improbable, gutsy 4-3 win for the Flyers vs. the Kings.

What’s next for the Flyers

The Flyers will wrap up their California road trip on Saturday with their meeting vs. the San Jose Sharks at 4:00 p.m. EST at the SAP Center.

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