The Philadelphia Flyers (32-23-12) sneak past the Anaheim Ducks (37-27-4) with a 3-2 win on Wednesday at the Honda Center after blowing a two-goal lead.

Luke Glendening, Owen Tippett, and Noah Cates scored for the Flyers. Cutter Gauthier and Leo Carlson scored for the Ducks.

The Flyers got out to a 2-0 lead following an early score in each of the first two periods. It took until the final minute of the second period for the Ducks to get on the board, and they evened the score within the final two minutes of regulation. The two teams battled it out in overtime before Cates sealed the deal for Philly.

Here’s how we got to the final score.

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Flyers score first, take the lead into intermission

The game started off quickly with a grade-A scoring chance for who else but Cutter Gauthier. Fortunately for the Flyers, Dan Vladar had the upper hand early. In fact, the Flyers had the upper hand within the first three minutes of the game.

Cam York and Garnet Hathaway (2) put in great work along the wall behind the red line, and eventually, York (21) found Luke Glendening (1) all alone in front of the net for his first goal as a Flyer, giving his team the 1-0 advantage.

Just over six minutes later, the Flyers had a chance to tack on to their lead on the power play after Tim Washe got called for elbowing. Against a struggling Ducks’ penalty kill, Philly still couldn’t generate much momentum.

Denver Barkey drew a tripping penalty from John Carlson, and the Flyers almost scored during the delayed call, but couldn’t. So, Philly was given a second chance with some built momentum. Still, no luck for the Flyers.

Play resumed at even strength for just over two minutes before Cam York got called for interference, putting the Ducks on their first power play of the game. Anaheim’s power play has been struggling, too, and that was evident early on Wednesday. It was an easy kill for the Flyers.

The period ended with some 4-on-4 after Matvei Michkov drew a roughing minor and Pavel Mintyukov drew a minor for unsportsmanlike conduct after trying to fight Michkov after Michkov landed a good punch on the defenseman.

Owen Tippett rang the iron on a breakaway, but did not get the favorable bounce.

Neither team scored, and the game went into the first intermission with the Flyers leading 1-0.

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Tippett stays hot, helps Philly hold on to the lead

It did not take long for the Ducks to get back on the power play in the second period. Just 1:12 after the first break, Christian Dvorak got called for holding, putting Anaheim back on the man-advantage.

The first penalty was killed off, but moments after the kill, Travis Konecny got called for holding, giving the Ducks a second chance. Philly killed that one off, too. The Flyers’ positive momentum kept coming.

Trevor Zegras forced a loose puck along the wall, extending the Flyers’ stay in the offensive zone. He got the puck to Travis Sanheim (23), who fired the puck in as Owen Tippett (23) was in the right place at the right time for the easy score, extending Philly’s lead to 2-0.

Not much happened as far as a Ducks’ response to the Tippett goal, as play settled down a little afterwards. The Flyers’ fourth line had a great chance on a delayed penalty, but Garnet Hathaway’s shot was robbed by the glove of Lukas Dostal.

So, the Flyers had to settle for the power play following a Gauthier high stick. Unsurprisingly, no goal there as the Ducks killed it off pretty easily.

The Flyers were forechecking aggressively throughout the game. Nikita Grebenkin forced a turnover at the blueline. Behind the play, Emil Andrae drew a cross-check from Jeff Viel, putting the Flyers back on the power play. That chance did not last long, as Michkov got called for holding the stick of Mintyukov, ending the Flyers’ power play.

Pavel Mintyukov (11) knocked the puck free from Rasmus Ristolainen and found Cutter Gauthier (35) all alone in front of the net, and cut the Flyers’ lead in half, making it a 2-1 game heading into the second intermission.

Cates is the OT hero, Flyers escape the Ducks

The Flyers entered the third period with a one-goal lead, and the Ducks started to put the pressure on Philadelphia.

Nick Seeler gave Jansen Harkins some payback from the last time these two teams met. The two players dropped the gloves at the blueline, and Seeler dropped Harkins with some relative ease. It’s worth mentioning that Harkins is the player who injured former Flyer Bobby Brink during the January meeting.

Following the bout, the Ducks really started to apply pressure on the Flyers. Vladar and the Flyers’ defense held their own for about 12 minutes before Anaheim pulled Dostal in favor of the extra attacker with just over two minutes to play.

Gauthier (26) fired a shot, but Vladar saved. Troy Terry (35) pushed the second-chance effort to Leo Carlsson (24), who tied the game with just under two minutes to play.

Glendening nearly answered seconds later, but he rang iron instead. That was the beginning of some late-season juice for the Flyers, but it would come to no avail. This game went to overtime.

This was one of the more entertaining overtimes of the season, with both teams just attacking. Both teams had their chances on the rush. It may not have been now it was drawn up, but Noah Cates got it done.

On a 2-on-1 with Matvei Michkov (18), Cates fed his teammate for a great chance, but Michkov could not finish. Instead, Cates (13) was behind the net for the second-chance effort and banked it in off the skate of Dostal.

The Flyers escape the Ducks with the 3-2 overtime win.

What’s next

It’s not time in between games for the Flyers, who will head straight to Los Angeles to take on the Kings on Thursday, with puck drop at 10:30 p.m. EST at Crypto.com Arena.

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