PHILADELPHIA — This time last week, the Philadelphia Flyers were on the road to historic futility. Now, they’re celebrating a convincing win over one of the Stanley Cup favorites.
Despite missing five regular starters — Travis Konecny, Owen Tippett, Tyson Foerster, Rasmus Ristolainen and Cam York — and entering the game with an ugly 1-6-3 record, the Flyers found a way to take down the heavily-favored Colorado Avalanche by a 3-2 final score for their second straight win. Matvei Michkov led the way with two goals, while Noel Acciari celebrated his by-necessity promotion to Line 1 with his first goal as a Flyer.
Joseph Woll at long last earned his first win as a Philadelphia Flyer, stopping 24 of 26 shots (0.923 save percentage). MacKenzie Blackwood took the loss at the other end of the ice, allowing three goals on 24 Flyers shots.
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10 Comments (8 conversations)
Warren Broudy
Yes best game of season by far .
Richard
Excellent all around, but Tocchet’s refusal to give Michkov top-end minutes continues to be maddening.
Mike
I did hear that brain cell Zegras quote. Entertaining! Great points Charlie! Bonk – you said it all. Knuble and Bonk have earned roster spots until proven otherwise.
jaybes
Knuble had a nice showing. That give and go with Bump could have been really special.
Sanheim – Bonk is money.
Benoit should not see the ice for the rest of the year.
When we let the kids play we actually have a chance.
Heather FORD
Pot Kettle Z Pot Kettle
jonas
Only Tocchet could be so hardheaded as to give more ice time to Acciari than Michkov.
Kiall Jennett
Or he understands players that matchup well against the other teams players. There are two sides to hockey. Not getting scored on just as important to scoring. That shouldn’t need explaining.
Mike
This is true!
yoni
That was fun. New look Flyers I hope. Reminds me of ‘06- ‘10 now. Better goaltending though. Just a couple more years.
David LaVeck
Great upset game where the Flyers actually looked like the better team throughout and the Avs that were expected to show up, didn’t. I really enjoyed the games by your three stars as the goaltending, Michkov, and Zegras are the ones carrying the water for the team so far. The other good news is that the youngsters do not look out of place. While Tocchet may have mad e a 1-game good call on Acciari on the top line, he made an equally bad call with low minutes for Michkov still. I did however appreciate the final two minutes of the game but that only serves to highlight my previous point, had Michkov not received that extra time he would have been under 13 minutes which would have been really derelict of the Flyers coach. Since I am writing this after the Sabres game, hopefully this is the last game Michkov receives low minutes for the foreseeable future.