Trevor Zegras and Matvei Michkov scored in a shootout to give the Flyers a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday and continue Philadelphia’s extra-time winning ways on the road.
Noah Cates posted one goal and one assist while Travis Konecny and Travis Sanheim also tallied for the Flyers (33-23-12, 78 points), who have won six consecutive road games, all in extra time.
Michkov and Rasmus Ristolainen both collected a pair of assists. Flyers goaltender Sam Ersson made 22 saves through regulation and overtime and denied both Kings he faced in the shootout.
Zegras, his team’s first shooter, buried a forehand deke. Michkov sealed the victory with a perfect shot from the slot.
The Flyers are six points off a playoff position with 14 games remaining in the regular season.
Artemi Panarin collected one goal and one assist while Quinton Byfield and Anze Kopitar scored once each for the Kings (28-24-16, 72 points).
Goalie Darcy Kuemper stopped 17 shots through regulation and overtime.
Los Angeles, which has 14 games left in the campaign, holds the Western Conference’s second wild-card spot despite having alternated losses and wins over the past 11 games.
After a sluggish start to the clash, Byfield opened the scoring when he gained the puck just inside the right circle and ripped a top-corner shot with 29 seconds remaining in the first period.
It began a back-and-forth affair.
Konecny responded 26 seconds into the second period, burying a shot from the high slot through a screen.
Kopitar restored the Los Angeles lead 21 seconds later when he pounced on a loose puck for an easy tap-in to net his fourth goal in as many outings.
The Flyers responded with two goals in the next six-plus minutes to go in front. Cates shoved a loose puck over the line after Kuemper blocked a point shot but could not corral the rebound at 4:12.
Sanheim made it a 3-2 game with a seeing-eye point shot to end a dominating shift at 6:59 of the middle frame.
Panarin tied the affair just past the midway point of the third period with a top-corner shot for a power-play goal.
–Field Level Media
