Five Takeaways From Flyers' Overtime Loss to Oilers

The Philadelphia Flyers wrapped up their short homestand with a 2-1 overtime defeat to the defending Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers. Here are five takeaways from the matchup.

1. Late Drama Denied

With the score knotted at 1-1 and mere seconds separating the Flyers and Oilers from overtime, Philadelphia looked to have had its golden opportunity.

A perfectly executed zone entry ended with Owen Tippett finding Travis Sanheim at the top of the zone. Sanheim fired a shot that was tipped in by Travis Konecny with 23.5 seconds remaining, giving the Flyers a late 2-1 lead.

However, the goal was wiped away after Tippett crossed the blue line before the puck-carrying Sean Couturier, negating the orange and black a late game-winner.

2. Overtime Struggles Continue

In the extra frame, the Flyers’ overtime fortunes have cooled off. After starting the season 2-1 in games decided in the 3-on-3, Philadelphia has now dropped back-to-back overtime contests to Ottawa and Edmonton.

The Oilers sealed the win after Cam York lost control of the puck, sparking a 2-on-0 rush led by Matthew Savoie, whose cross-crease feed set up Jack Roslovic for the easy tap-in overtime winner.

3. Power Play Strike

A struggling Philadelphia power play connected late in the second period.

Konecny started the sequence by feeding Matvei Michkov, who worked the puck back to York at the blue line. York returned the pass, and Michkov buried the game-tying goal — his third straight game with a tally — while Konecny extended his point-streak to eight with the helper.

The power-play tally by Michkov was only the 10th goal scored on the man-advantage in 49 opportunities.

4. Containing McDavid and Draisaitl

The Flyers executed one of their better defensive assignments of the season against Edmonton’s superstars. Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl were largely neutralized throughout the night thanks to disciplined play from the Cates, Foerster, Brink line, as well as strong positional work by defensemen York and Sanheim.