Three Takeaways From Flyers OT Loss vs. Oilers

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October 16, 2024

A nail-biter of a sport between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Edmonton Oilers had no scarcity of targets, penalties, and heartstopping shut probabilities, however regardless of a robust outing by most of the Flyers gamers, they might finally fall in additional time.

It was a disappointing finish to an in any other case thrilling present placed on by each groups, the place there was clearly loads of rigidity—for the Flyers, desirous to get again into profitable methods, and the Oilers, who simply needed to win their first sport of the season.

The Mad Russian Arrives

The query on each Flyers fan’s thoughts since Opening Evening has been, “When will Matvei Michkov get his first NHL objective?”

Properly, in true Michkov vogue, he received his first and second targets in opposition to the Oilers (each on the powerplay).

It appeared solely becoming that the 19-year-old flex his offensive brilliance with two targets, and it actually fueled the Flyers to proceed attacking Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner with wave after wave of scoring probabilities. Though they nonetheless struggled to capitalize on some prime alternatives, the ambition and refusal to surrender on a play remains to be sturdy inside this workforce.

You Wanna Go?

Followers had been handled to 2 fights throughout this sport, and never from gamers you may need anticipated.

Sean Couturier dropped the gloves first, adopted by a brawl between Joel Farabee and Corey Perry after the 2 had been exhanging phrases for a while beforehand.

This Flyers group has by no means been afraid of getting bodily, however the throwing of fists is normally left to Nic Deslauriers or Garnet Hathaway. To see guys who do not normally struggle step up when challenged is a heartening factor, and a surefire technique to get the bench motivated when confronted with a state of affairs like that they had in opposition to the Oilers, who had a solution for each objective the Flyers scored.

Indefensible

Sam Ersson (and the goalposts) got here up large to cease the Oilers’ stars from scoring, however it highlighted how a lot the protection struggled all through the sport.

It is manifestly apparent that Jamie Drysdale wants a constant associate (which was slated to be Nick Seeler till a puck to the knee knocked him out of taking part in competition in the interim), whereas the partnership between Egor Zamula and Rasmus Ristolainen continues to not be all that spectacular.

Even the normally dependable pairing of Cam York and Travis Sanheim weren’t at their greatest in opposition to Edmonton, which left Ersson weak in opposition to the likes of Evan Bouchard, Leon Draisaitl, and Connor McDavid. The Flyers protection remains to be recovering from how war-torn they turned final season, and this can be a night time they’re going to need to neglect rapidly.

The Flyers will shut out their four-game highway journey in opposition to the Seattle Kraken on Oct. 17.