The Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Anaheim Ducks 3-1 on Saturday, with Morgan Frost scoring the game-winning goal early in the third period and Noah Cates extending his goal-scoring run to five games.
The Flyers, who had dropped four of their last five games, also had a goal from Joel Farabee. 31 shots were stopped by Samuel Ersson.
Lukas Dostal made 22 saves and Troy Terry scored for Anaheim.
Despite having little angle, Frost scored his sixth goal of the season 5:57 into the third minute by bouncing a backhand shot in off the inside of Dostal’s stick.
At 4:03 of the second, Cates gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead with a snap shot in front of the goal, tying Nashville’s Jonathan Marchessault for the league’s longest goal streak.
Takeaways
Flyers: Wing on the right In his 600th game, Travis Konecny became the seventh player from the 2015 NHL Draft class to accomplish that milestone.
Ducks: During the third period, defenseman Radko Gudas had a lower-body injury and was unable to return.
Key moment
On an empty-net goal with 2:20 left, Farabee put it out of reach. During a power play, the Ducks removed Dostal for an extra skater, but they were unable to convert. Farabee emerged from the box, stole the puck close to the blue line, had a breakaway, and then put it in while serving a penalty for the Flyers having too many skaters.
Key stat
The left wing of Anaheim In his debut against Philadelphia, Cutter Gauthier played 13 minutes, had two shots on goal, and was given a hooking penalty. The Flyers selected Gauthier fifth overall in the 2022 draft, but he refused to sign and was forced to trade to Anaheim the previous season.
Up next
On Sunday, the Ducks visit Edmonton while the Flyers go to Los Angeles.
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