Matvei Michkov did it again in OT, lifting the Flyers to a 3-2 win over the Blues. John Tortorella's club is 8-2-2 in its last 12 games.
The prized rookie winger scored his third OT winner, lifting the Flyers to a 3-2 decision Saturday night over the Blues at Enterprise Center in St. Louis.Last season, the Flyers won only four games in overtime.Owen Tippett and Tyson Foerster also scored for the Flyers , who are 8-2-2 in their last 12 games. They've gone to OT in eight of those 12 games.
John Tortorella's club picked up its first win when playing on the second night of a back-to-back set. The Flyers were 0-3-0 in such situations and had been outscored 16-9 before beating St. Louis. They were able to build offIn this busy stretch of three games through four days, the Flyers won all three and allowed just five goals.. This time, they handed Jim Montgomery his first loss as the Blues' head coach. Montgomery, now 2-0-1 with St. Louis, was fired by the Bruins last week.
"When the game's on the line, when something needs to happen, some players sort of like to hide in those situations,"."Where he sort of likes to be the guy that says, 'Hey, give me the puck, I'm going to do something here.'"• Aleksei Kolosov was huge for the Flyers, converting 25 saves on 27 shots.
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