{"id":482455,"date":"2026-03-03T09:04:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/482455\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T09:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:04:29","slug":"flyers-pick-up-shootout-win-climb-in-standings-as-trade-deadline-nears-nbc-sports-philadelphia-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/482455\/","title":{"rendered":"Flyers pick up shootout win, climb in standings as trade deadline nears \u2013 NBC Sports Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Flyers are making things interesting.<\/p>\n<p>They beat the Maple Leafs, 3-2, in a shootout Monday night at Scotiabank Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Matvei Michkov and Trevor Zegras delivered in the skills competition for the Flyers, who improved to 9-11 after regulation.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Dvorak and Noah Cates provided the Flyers&#8217; regulation goals.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Vladar continued to be ultra reliable in net.<\/p>\n<p>The Flyers (28-21-11) matched their season-best winning streak of three games. It&#8217;s the third time they&#8217;ve won three in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Rick Tocchet&#8217;s club has earned at least a point in six of its last seven games (4-1-2).<\/p>\n<p>The Flyers were able to beat Toronto without their leading scorer Travis Konecny, who missed the game because of an upper-body injury. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/nhl\/philadelphia-flyers\/travis-konecny-misses-flyers-game-against-maple-leafs-with-injury\/718388\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/nhl\/philadelphia-flyers\/travis-konecny-misses-flyers-game-against-maple-leafs-with-injury\/718388\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">More on his status here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They also didn&#8217;t have Nick Seeler for the third period as the defenseman suffered a lower-body injury. If Seeler has to miss time, we&#8217;ll see if that changes how Danny Briere views Rasmus Ristolainen at the trade deadline. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/nhl\/philadelphia-flyers\/flyers-rasmus-ristolainen-not-new-to-nhl-trade-deadline-rumors\/717286\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/nhl\/philadelphia-flyers\/flyers-rasmus-ristolainen-not-new-to-nhl-trade-deadline-rumors\/717286\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">More on that here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Flyers went 1-1-1 in their regular-season series with the Maple Leafs (27-24-10).<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMatvei Michkov and Trevor Zegras scored two nasty goals in the shootout, and Dan Vladar denies Max Domi to give the Flyers a win.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 With the Bruins being idle, the Flyers moved to within four points of the Eastern Conference&#8217;s second wild-card spot. They have 22 games left and just one more before Friday&#8217;s 3 p.m. ET trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>The Flyers now go two days without a game. Boston will draw even with the Flyers in games played Tuesday night when it hosts the Penguins. It&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/nhl\/philadelphia-flyers\/standings\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/nhl\/philadelphia-flyers\/standings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">crowded playoff picture in the East<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the Flyers were never expected to be buyers at the deadline, they didn&#8217;t want to be major sellers, either. They didn&#8217;t consider this to be a playoffs-or-bust season, but they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/nhl\/philadelphia-flyers\/dan-hilferty-keith-jones-preach-continued-patience-but-flyers-no-longer-selling-mode\/683375\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/nhl\/philadelphia-flyers\/dan-hilferty-keith-jones-preach-continued-patience-but-flyers-no-longer-selling-mode\/683375\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">didn&#8217;t envision more significant subtraction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This mini run doesn&#8217;t hurt the Flyers&#8217; chances of at least staying together the rest of the way.<\/p>\n<p>When the Flyers return to action, they&#8217;ll have to prove they can do something that they haven&#8217;t done in over two years, and that&#8217;s win four straight. The last time they did that was Feb. 6-12 of the 2023-24 season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Vladar surrendered two or fewer goals for the 23rd time in 35 starts this season.<\/p>\n<p>He converted 29 saves on 31 shots and really carried the Flyers in the second period.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old had a rare blemish late in third period when he couldn&#8217;t cover a loose puck about six seconds before Toronto tied the game at 2-2 on the power play.<\/p>\n<p>But Vladar made up for it. He stopped four shots in overtime, including a point-blank look from Auston Matthews. He also denied Matthews and Max Domi in the shootout.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Stolarz, the former Flyers goaltender, made 23 saves on 25 shots for the Maple Leafs.<\/p>\n<p>After the Flyers fell behind 1-0 for the 40th time this season, Dvorak tied things up on the power play before first intermission. Cates, who had a two-point effort, gave the Flyers the lead in the third period.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Flyers are back in action Thursday when they host the Mammoth (7 p.m. ET\/NBCSP).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Flyers are making things interesting. 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