Shots: Flyers 15 (24 overall) – Blackhawks 10 (19 overall)
Faceoffs; Flyers 14 (22 overall) – Blackhawks 5 (13 overall)
THIRD PERIOD SYNOPSIS
Tippett hustled to beat out an icing. Zegras ripped the puck on net at 2:18.
Through four minutes, shots on goal were 4-2 in Philly’s favor. On the next shift, Bump made a strong play off the wall and cut to the inside.
Glendening tipped a point shot just wide from the slot as the period passed the nine-minute mark.
The Flyers went to their fourth power play at 10:49. Frondell went off for hooking. Drysdale ripped a center point shot on net with traffic in front. Zegras had a 40-footer with 31 seconds left in the 5-on-4.
Zegras was denied on a good scoring chance at one end. Ersson made an excellent save on the doorstep at the other.
Shots: Flyers 17 (41 overall) – Blackhawks 7 (26 overall)
Faceoffs; Flyers 11 (33 overall) – Blackhawks 7 (20 overall)
FLYERS STARTING LINEUP
Alex Bump – Christian Dvorak – Travis Konecny
Denver Barkey – Trevor Zegras – Owen Tippett
Carl Grundstrom – Noah Cates – Matvei Michkov
Sean Couturier – Luke Glendening — Garnet Hathaway
Travis Sanheim – Rasmus Ristolainen
Cam York – Jamie Drysdale
Nick Seeler – Emil Andrae
Samuel Ersson
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Postgame RAV4 (RAV4 Things Revisited)
1. Noah Cates
The Flyers’ center, who leads the team in scoring since the Olympic break, asserted himself in a major way as Philly bounced back quickly from a Chicago goal and started to pull away.
2. Puck possession and management
Chicago is a team that often struggles with turnovers in dangerous areas of the ice. The Flyers took full advantage to build a two-goal lead before the game was three minutes old.
3. Bear down on scoring chances
Philly converted each of their first two opportunities into goals and nearly scored again Overall, the first period was sloppy for both teams but the Flyers emerged from it well set up for the game. They remained opportunistic in the middle stanza — getting to the middle of the ice and attacking the net.
4. Contain Bedard
The Blackhawks’ leading scorer wired home his 30th goal to briefly narrow Philly’s edge. Through two periods, he had three shots on goal.