Tyson Foerster nearly had a second hat trick in as many games, Sam Ersson was solid, and the Flyers booted the Islanders from playoff contention with a 4-3 shootout win Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia.
The basics
First period: No scoring
Second period: 3:28- Tyson Foerster (Sean Couturier, Matvei Michkov) (PPG), 10:54- Anders Lee (Noah Dobson, Tony DeAngelo) (PPG), 17:58- Noah Dobson (Bo Horvat, Scott Mayfield)
Third period: 4:29- Jakob Pelletier (Owen Tippett, Ryan Poehling), 10:34- Tyson Foerster (Owen Tippett, Noah Cates), 18:59- Bo Horvat (Tony DeAngelo, Anders Lee)
Overtime: No scoring
Shootout: Travis Konecny – No goal, Bo Horvat – No goal, Matvei Michkov – No goal, Maxim Tsyplakov – No goal, Tyson Foerster – No goal, Simon Holmstrom – No goal, Owen Tippett – No goal, Tony DeAngelo – No goal, Bobby Brink – Goal, Kyle Palmieri – No goal
SOG: 22 (PHI) – 39 (NYI)
Some takeaways
Michkov not missing any time
After taking a high stick earlier in the week which caused some bleeding, Matvei Michkov was back in the lineup on Saturday afternoon.