On a day with Sean Walker extension and trade rumors aplenty, the Flyers still had a game to play. Unfortunately, the Orange and Black let a two-goal lead slip away en route to a 5-2 loss to yet another divisional opponent on the outside looking in.
First period: 1:52- Bobby Brink (Frost, Tippett), 18:23- Owen Tippett (Zamula, Frost) PPG
Second period: 4:34- Alexander Ovechkin (Wilson, Lapierre), 9:55- Sonny Milano (Pacioretty, Strome), 17:45- John Carlson (Lapierre, Sandin)
Third period: 6:04- Anthony Mantha (Strome, Wilson) PPG, 15:38- Dylan Strome (Pacioretty, Edmundson)
SOG: 26 (PHI) – 21 (WSH)
Some Takeaways
All Flyers in the first
The Flyers opened the game strong, on the backs of a newly formed Tippett-Frost-Brink line.