The Flyers went the distance Thursday night for a gutsy, 4-3 shootout win over the Kings at Crypto.com Arena.<\/p>\n
Trevor Zegras and Matvei Michkov delivered in the skills competition. Zegras is a scorching 20 for 33 lifetime.<\/p>\n
Samuel Ersson picked up his 13th career shootout victory in 18 opportunities.<\/p>\n
This was the Flyers’ fourth straight overtime game and their 25th of the season. They lead the NHL with 15 shootout wins over the last two seasons.<\/p>\n
Travis Konecny, Noah Cates and Travis Sanheim provided the team’s goals in regulation.<\/p>\n
Michkov and Rasmus Ristolainen each had two assists. Cates also had a helper.<\/p>\n
The Flyers (33-23-12) improved to 2-0-0 on this three-game California road trip. They beat the Ducks, 3-2, in overtime Wednesday night<\/a>.<\/p>\n Rick Tocchet’s club is a commendable 5-5-1 in the second game of back-to-back sets. Last season, the Flyers were a dreadful 1-10-2.<\/p>\n They really gutted this one out. They had to roll with just 11 forwards and an extra defenseman.<\/p>\n The Flyers were without Sean Couturier, who missed the game because of an upper-body injury. It’s unknown if the injury is related at all to Couturier’s back, which has plagued the Flyers’ captain in the past<\/a>.<\/p>\n Denver Barkey (upper body) and Luke Glendening (lower body) were also out. Both have been considered day to day.<\/p>\n The Flyers have gone 8-2-1 over their last 11 games. The problem, though, is they received little help Thursday night in the playoff race (more on that below).<\/p>\n The Flyers went 1-0-1 in their regular-season series with the Kings (28-24-16). They suffered a 3-2 overtime loss in Philadelphia<\/a> at the end of January.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTrevor Zegras and Matvei Michkov came up clutch for the Flyers in the shootout in their win over the Kings on Thursday night.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u2022 Ersson converted 22 saves on 25 shots. He turned away Adrian Kempe and Artemi Panarin in the shootout.<\/p>\n The Flyers relinquished a 3-2 third-period lead when they gave up a power play goal to Panarin.<\/p>\n But Ersson was solid all night and the Flyers rewarded him with three second-period goals.<\/p>\n The 26-year-old has been a reliable guy since the Olympic break. In four appearances (three starts), he has recorded three wins, a 1.74 goals-against average and .920 save percentage.<\/p>\n Los Angeles netminder Darcy Kuemper stopped 17 of the Flyers’ 20 shots.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTrevor Zegras, Noah Cates and Rick Tocchet spoke after the Flyers’ shootout win over the Kings on Thursday night.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u2022 With 14 games left, the Flyers have matched their win total from last season,\u00a0when they went 33-39-10<\/a>.<\/p>\n They already have two more points than last season.<\/p>\n