In a closely contested game, the Flyers took a 3-2 lead into the third period only to be tied by a power-play goal from Artemi Panarin at 10:28.<\/p>\n
That left it up to a shootout. And, as usual, Trevor Zegras and Matvei Michkov scored for the Flyers in a 2-0 decision.<\/p>\n
The Flyers were without the services of three players. Captain Sean Couturier was sidelined by an upper-body injury. Also, Denver Barkey and Luke Glendening were scratched.<\/p>\n
So the Flyers went with 11 forwards and seven defensemen. Forward Garrett Wilson made his Flyers\u2019 debut. Just called up from Lehigh Valley where he was captain of the Phantoms, Wilson wore jersey No. 10.<\/p>\n
Also, coach Rick Tocchet moved Emil Andrae, normally a defenseman, into center duty on the fourth line and that move seemed to work out OK.<\/p>\n
\u201cHuge win for us,\u201d Tocchet said in a televised interview after the game. \u201cProud of the guys, they dug in. Had some guys playing positions they\u2019re not used to. It was a good effort.\u201d<\/p>\n
Zegras, who turns 25 on Friday, continues his mastery in the shootout. He has the highest success percentage in the history of the tiebreaker.<\/p>\n
The Flyers refused to give up after Los Angeles tied it.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s nuts,\u201d Zegras said. \u201cWe have so much belief in how we do things here. Andrae stepping up and playing center tonight. \u2026 the penalty kill was unbelievable. That was a big two points for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
Noah Cates finished with a goal and an assist. He epitomizes that never-quit attitude.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust blocking shots,\u201d he replied when asked about the Flyers stubborn style. \u201cKind of a gutsy start. We could have folded but we stuck with it. A huge two points. We\u2019re having a ton of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sam Ersson played one of his best games of the season and picked up the win in goal for the Flyers.<\/p>\n
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Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty checks Philadelphia Flyers right wing Matvei Michkov, bottom right, into the boards during the third period Thursday, March 19, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo\/Jessie Alcheh)<\/p>\n
Down 1-0 after one period, the Flyers came roaring back in the second.<\/p>\n
They scored three goals and took a 3-2 lead into the third period. And they are 19-0-3 when leading after two periods.<\/p>\n
The Flyers needed only 26 seconds to initially tie on a goal by Travis Konecny. That was matched by Anze Kopitar just 21 seconds later, who used a fortuitous bounce off the end boards.<\/p>\n
Cates tied it on a goal from a goalmouth scramble at 4:12. Cates took control of a loose puck before goalie Darcy Kuemper could cover.<\/p>\n
Then the Flyers went ahead on Travis Sanheim\u2019s 61st career goal at 6:59. He fired a point shot through a Carl Grundstrom screen.<\/p>\n
The goal moved Sanheim into sole possession of fifth place on the Flyers\u2019 all-time defense scoring list.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe did a much better job in the second,\u201d Sanheim said in a televised second intermission interview. \u201cWe created more [offensive] zone time. Got some good looks and capitalized on them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sanheim acknowledged the Flyers are a resilient bunch, battling throughout the game despite missing three players.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust the group that we got,\u201d Sanheim said. \u201cThe character in the room. A willingness to win games. Unfortunate guys are out but next man up.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Kings posted the only goal of the first period.<\/p>\n
Quinton Byfield ended an 18-game goal drought when he connected with only 27.6 seconds left on the clock.<\/p>\n
Cam York was a bit slow getting over to the corner, and basically gave the puck to Trevor Moore, which gave him enough space to find Byfield in front for a shot past Ersson.<\/p>\n
Philadelphia did not generate a shot on goal for the first 13 minutes of the game and finished the first period with only three.<\/p>\n
Last game vs. Kopitar<\/p>\n
It looks like Thursday night\u2019s game will be the Flyers\u2019 last against Kopitar, who has announced he will retire at the end of the season.<\/p>\n
Tocchet said Kopitar has been one of the game\u2019s most complete players. He\u2019s a two-time Selke Trophy winner for league\u2019s best defensive forward and played the top pro game for two decades. Recently he passed Marcel Dionne for the Kings\u2019 alltime scoring lead.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe plays a 200-foot game, he plays the right way,\u201d Tocchet said of Kopitar before the game. \u201cI think guys like him and [Sidney] Crosby, if they wanted to, they could probably get 20 more points ]per season].\u201d<\/p>\n
Short shots<\/p>\n
The Flyers complete the three-game road trip with a meeting against the Sharks on Saturday at 4 p.m.\u00a0 in San Jose. \u2026 The top four on the Flyers\u2019 all-time defense scoring list: Mark Howe, 138; Eric Desjardins, 93; Tom Bladon, 67; Ivan Provorov, 65.<\/p>\n
Wayne Fish is a freelance writer. Follow his coverage at www.flyingfishhockey.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s something about playing on the road that has brought out the best in the Flyers this season.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5126],"tags":[5,186,1760,240,5303,793,145,5304,5302,4,56,43,5095],"class_list":{"0":"post-512937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-kings","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-kings","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-la-kings","12":"tag-lakings","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-kings","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-losangeleskings","17":"tag-nhl","18":"tag-philadelphia-flyers","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-top-stories-tmc"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116260791358530535","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}