The Philadelphia Flyers kept their home win streak alive as they beat the Nashville Predators 4-1.
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The Flyers won their fifth straight game at Xfinity Mobile Arena Thursday night against the Predators.
They move to 6-1-0 on home ice this season.
Trevor Zegras first three point game as a Flyers finished off his impressive first month in orange and black.
His first goal of the night opened the scoring just over the halfway point of the second period. Matvei Michkov won a puck battle along the boards before sliding the pass to a charging Zegras.
Michkov picked up his second assist three minutes later setting up Jamie Drysdale’s first goal of the season to make it 2-0.
Zegras capped off his night with a power-play goal in the third period, . It’s the third straight game the Flyers have scored on the man advantage.
In his first 10 games as a Flyer, Zegras has a team leading 12 points – four goals and eight assists.
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Matvei Michkov continues to get his confidence back after a slow start to his sophomore season. His two assists tonight set up the Flyers first two goals.
He has three points – all assists – in the past three games.
Sean Couturier did not return after taking a Noah Juulsen point shot to the mid section in the first period. He did take one more shift after talking to head athletic trainer Tommy Alva.
The Flyers announced mid-way through the second period that Couturier would not return due to injury.
Dan Vladar improves to 4-0-0 at Xfinity Mobile Arena after his 32 save performance tonight. In his four starts on home ice, Vladar has 1.49 GAA and .939%.
He improves to 4-2-0 with 1.68 GAA and .940%, both of which are second best in the NHL among qualified starters.
The Flyers return to action on Saturday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena when they host the Toronto Maple Leafs at 7:00pm.
PHOTO CREDIT: Bruce Bennett – Getty Images
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