Talk about a signature win.<\/p>\n
The Flyers sure delivered one Friday night with a 7-3 stunner over the juggernaut Avalanche at Ball Arena.<\/p>\n
Owen Tippett led the Flyers’ charge with a hat trick. His second goal snapped a 3-3 tie just 56 seconds into the third period before Matvei Michkov added insurance only 1:04 minutes later.<\/p>\n
Tippett then punctuated his night on a shorthanded breakaway. Michkov sealed the game with an empty-netter.<\/p>\n
The Flyers took the final stanza, 4-0, from a Colorado team that entered with an NHL-best plus-37 goal differential in the third period.<\/p>\n
Denver Barkey and Bobby Brink also found the back of the net for the Flyers.<\/p>\n
Samuel Ersson had a commendable effort in net.<\/p>\n
The Flyers (24-17-9) went 2-0-1 on their road trip against teams all in Western Conference playoff position. If they didn’t have a collapse against the Mammoth two nights ago<\/a>, they would have swept the trip.<\/p>\n Rick Tocchet’s club handed the league-leading Avalanche (34-6-9) just their second regulation loss on home ice. Colorado dropped to 20-2-4 at Ball Arena.<\/p>\n Before this loss, the Avalanche were 19-2 in games decided by three or more goals.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe star of the night for the Flyers catches up with Jim Jackson after a 7-3 win against the Avalanche.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u2022 Ersson denied 32 of 35 shots.<\/p>\n The 26-year-old was making his third consecutive start and sixth straight appearance. The Flyers didn’t help him early with a couple of penalties in the game’s opening five minutes. Ersson was outstanding, though, converting 17 first-period saves.<\/p>\n The Flyers took a surprising 2-0 lead into first intermission. But Colorado turned it on like it typically does, making it a 3-3 game 12:12 minutes into the second period.<\/p>\n Parker Kelly put the Avalanche on the board after Christian Dvorak committed a turnover that kept Colorado in the offensive zone. Victor Olofsson tied it up at 2-2 off a great pass from Nathan MacKinnon.<\/p>\n Brink responded 32 seconds later to regain the Flyers’ lead, but Cale Makar quickly countered for the Avalanche.<\/p>\n Colorado netminder Mackenzie Blackwood stopped just 13 of the Flyers’ 19 shots.<\/p>\n \u2022 Tippett now has a team-leading two shorthanded goals after coming into the season with none in his career.<\/p>\n