Travis Konecny had a goal and an assist to lead the Philadelphia Flyers past the Nashville Predators 3-1 on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
Matvei Michkov and Noah Cates also scored for the Flyers, and Dan Vladar made 23 saves.<\/p>\n
Ryan O’Reilly scored and Juuse Saros stopped 23 shots for Nashville, which had its three-game point streak snapped.<\/p>\n
Vladar improved to 5-0-1 against the Predators. He beat Nashville 4-1 at home a week ago in the opener of the two-game season series.<\/p>\n
O’Reilly scored at 1:44 of the first period. Filip Forsberg’s shot from the high slot deflected off Philadelphia defenseman Jamie Drysdale and then O’Reilly’s shoulder before getting by Vladar.<\/p>\n
O’Reilly has 26 points in 28 career games against the Flyers.<\/p>\n
Predators defenseman Nick Blankenburg also assisted on the goal, extending his point streak to a career-high four games.<\/p>\n
Early in the second, Cam York slid a pass from below the Nashville goal line on the left side to Michkov in the low slot, where he beat Saros with a wrist shot for his second goal of the season.<\/p>\n
York had two assists.<\/p>\n
The Flyers selected Michkov seventh overall in the 2023 draft held in Nashville.<\/p>\n
Cates made it 2-1 with 2:23 remaining in the second when he collected the rebound of Drysdale’s shot and tapped it by Saros, extending his point streak to three games.<\/p>\n
Konecny added an empty-net goal with just over a minute remaining in the third. He has at least one point in six straight games.<\/p>\n
Philadelphia held Nashville to just three shots on goal in the final period.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Flyers: Host the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Predators: Host the Dallas Stars on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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