Considering some of the drama surrounding their team, the Flyers had a pretty good response to it all Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
But they fell short in another close game, suffering a 3-2 overtime loss to the Oilers at Rogers Place.<\/p>\n
Evan Bouchard won it for Edmonton just 47 seconds into OT. Christian Dvorak committed a turnover that led to an odd-man rush.<\/p>\n
The loss was the Flyers’ 10th in games decided by one goal. They’re 1-4-6 in such games.<\/p>\n
The Flyers, though, should absolutely take the one point they earned Wednesday night from forcing overtime. They played a strong game against a Western Conference contender that sports two of the best players in the world. Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl finished with an assist apiece.<\/p>\n
Tyson Foerster and Travis Sanheim provided the Flyers’ goals to erase a 2-0 deficit.<\/p>\n
The Flyers (5-10-6) are 1-1-2 on their five-game road trip. Prior to Wednesday night’s game, Danny Briere had to address the media, refuting a report about Matvei Michkov wanting out of Philadelphia<\/a>.<\/p>\n The report surfaced Tuesday, a day after Michkov and Nick Seeler had a heated exchange during the Flyers’ 3-1 win over the Canucks<\/a>. The two teammates downplayed the moment Wednesday when talking with reporters<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Flyers face the Oilers (14-3-3) again Sunday when Edmonton visits Xfinity Mobile Arena.<\/p>\n \u2022 Dan Vladar converted 21 saves on 24 shots.<\/p>\n On the Oilers’ game-opening goal in the second period, Vladar was burned by a tough bounce that went off the back boards and right to Zach Hyman. The Edmonton winger struck again a little under 10 minutes later on the power play.<\/p>\n But the Flyers countered on their own power play when Foerster cut his team’s deficit to 2-1 with 3:11 minutes left in the middle stanza.<\/p>\n In the third period, Sanheim tied the game with 8:18 minutes remaining on a good move to the net.<\/p>\n Oilers netminder Tristan Jarry stopped 30 of the Flyers’ 32 shots.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTravis Sanheim scored his third goal of the season to tie up the Flyers vs. Oilers game in the third period on Wednesday.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u2022 Michkov played 20:44 minutes, the most among Flyers forwards.<\/p>\n The 21-year-old winger recorded a secondary assist on Sanheim’s goal, giving him 13 points (eight goals, five assists) over the last 13 games.<\/p>\n Michkov and Porter Martone saw some minutes with Trevor Zegras. The three were intriguing together.<\/p>\n