Philly Leader

The Philadelphia Flyers secured a 3-2 overtime victory against the Chicago Blackhawks at Wells Fargo Center. The Flyers overcame a two-goal deficit in the third period to push the game into overtime.

Rookie Matvei Michkov scored his seventh goal of the season, receiving a pass from Travis Konecny to clinch the win at 1:06 in overtime. Travis Sanheim also assisted on the play.

In the first period, the Flyers had a 10-7 shot advantage and several scoring opportunities. Scott Laughton recorded five shots, but an early shorthanded breakaway was stopped by Chicago's defense.

A turnover during a Flyers offensive rush led to a Chicago counterattack. Lukas Reichel scored his second goal of the season at 11:29 with assists from Patrick Maroon and Connor Murphy.

The Flyers trailed 2-0 after two periods despite having more shots on goal. They started the second period with a power play but allowed Ilya Mikheyev a shorthanded breakaway that Alexei Kolosov saved.

Maroon extended Chicago's lead to 2-0 with his first goal of the season at 10:01 in the second period, assisted by Craig Smith and Reichel.

Flyers head coach John Tortorella adjusted line combinations late in the second period. In the third period, Sean Couturier narrowed Chicago's lead to 2-1 at 7:27, assisted by Rasmus Ristolainen and Konecny.

Noah Cates tied the game at 2-2 with his first goal of the season at 10:05 in the third period, following assists from Bobby Brink and Tyson Foerster.

By regulation's end, Philadelphia led shots on goal 36-21. The Flyers capitalized on a power play opportunity early in overtime due to Alex Vlasic's holding penalty.

Kolosov made 19 saves out of 21 shots faced while former Flyer Petr Mrazek stopped 34 out of 37 shots for Chicago.

Philadelphia converted one out of three power plays and successfully killed their only penalty opportunity.