The Flyers played the Devils Thursday night at Wells Fargo Center while the Devils will face off with the Sabres tomorrow in a regular-season game in Prague. Confused? Get in line. Regardless, the exhibition season finale saw a few fights, three power play goals (not a typo), and a few players who knew they had something on the line.
The basics
First period: 4:00 — Olle Lycksell (Anthony Richard, Oliver Bonk), 10:35 — Ryan Schmelzer (Mikael Diotte, Jack Malone)
Second period: 1:28 — J.R. Avon (Rodrigo Abols, Oliver Bonk) (PPG), 18:36 — Kevin Labanc (Daniil Misyul, Justin Dowling), 18:52 — Emil Andrae (unasssisted)
Third period: 3:58 — Anthony Richard (Emil Andrae, Erik Johnson) (PPG), 11:19 — Kevin Lebanc (Justin Dowling, Mike Hardman) (PPG), 18:34 — Noah Cates (Anthony Richard, Emil Andrae), 19:49 — Kevin Lebanc (Cam Squires, Andy Welinski)
SOG: 29 (PHI) — 22 (NJD)
Some takeaways
Bonk better
Oliver Bonk looks like he’s heading to juniors, but he ended his stint of exhibition games on a high note, getting two assists through two periods and primarily looking strong on a pairing with Hunter McDonald.