Zegras tripped Celebrini at 4:56. The Flyers won the first faceoff but Cam York turned over his clearing attempt. San Jose pressed the attack. Vladar stopped an Orlov one-timer. The Sharks maintained possession for the entire two minutes and the Flyers somehow survived.
At 7:40, the Flyers flurried and got a power play on a Celebrini slashing penalty. They were unable to add to the lead.
Philly got hemmed in the defensive zone. They hung in but York had to take an icing. At 12:11, Vladar gloved down an Alexander Wennberg one-timer from the right dot.
The Sharks pulled Nedeljkovic and called time out. At 18:48, Sanheim intercepted a pass intended for Smith and scored into the empty net from long distance. The goal was unassisted. Cates tacked on another empty netter, assisted by Dvorak, at 19:24.
Shots: Flyers 10 (28 overall) – Sharks 12 (25 overall)
Faceoffs; Flyers 5 (26 overall) – Sharks 13 (32 overall)
FLYERS STARTING LINEUP
Alex Bump – Christian Dvorak – Travis Konecny
Nikita Grebenkin – Trevor Zegras – Owen Tippett
Carl Grundstrom – Noah Cates – Matvei Michkov
Garnett Wilson – Garnet Hathaway
Travis Sanheim – Rasmus Ristolainen
Cam York – Jamie Drysdale
Nick Seeler – Noah Juulsen
Emil Andrae (7th defenseman/ 13th forward)
Dan Vladar
[Samuel Ersson]
Postgame RAV4 (RAV4 Things Revisited)
1. All hands on deck (again)
The Flyers once again did a good job of circling the wagons with three injured forwards and a grueling schedule. Emil Andrae once again saw time at center as well as on defense, for example. Dvorak made a goal-saving defensive stop in the first period and scored a go-ahead tally in the third.
2. Cates setting a tone
Cates, as he has often of late, helped set a tone
of resiliency and team-first focus. Most notably, he didn’t hesitate to step up on behalf of Zegras. Later, he further cemented the three-goal win.
3. Vladar back in net
The Czech Olympian was rock solid again. His poise stood out most of all.
4. Special teams
The Flyers went 1-for-5 on the power play. They were 3-for-4 on the penalty kill.