Vegas Golden Knights at Philadelphia Flyers

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Vegas Golden Knights

14-6-2

Final
5 - 4

Philadelphia Flyers

9-10-3

Eichel scores shootout winner as Golden Knights top Flyers 5-4

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Philadelphia Flyers: Game Highlights

Ilya Samsonov followed up a 32-save performance by stopping all three shootout attempts.

Eichel scored in the second period, and Ivan Barbashev, Pavel Dorofeyev and Tanner Pearson also scored for Vegas, which won its third straight.

Emil Andrae scored his first career goal for Philadelphia, and Matvei Michkov netted his eighth goal of the season — the most among NHL rookies. He also leads the NHL in points among rookies with 17.

Morgan Frost and Sean Couturier also scored for the Flyers.

Ivan Fedotov made 26 saves for Philadelphia, which has lost three of four.

Takeaways Golden Knights: Noah Hanifin had a rough night for Vegas, as he was on the ice for all four of Philadelphia's goals.

Flyers: Frost added an assist on Michkov's goal. It was his second multipoint game of the season.

Key moment Frost had a chance to win the game for the Flyers on the power play late in the third period but missed a wide-open net from the doorstep. Vegas was able to keep it tied, killed off another penalty in overtime, and pulled out the victory in the shootout.

Key stat Samsonov gave up four goals on the first 14 shots he faced. He then stopped the next 25 shots he faced, including the three in the shootout. He made a sprawling glove save on Travis Sanheim in overtime.

Up next The Golden Knights wrap up a five-game road trip in Colorado on Wednesday. The Flyers visit Nashville the same night.

Regular Season Series

VGK leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 8:51	Morgan Frost Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Rasmus Ristolainen (4), Owen Tippett (7)
Goal	1st Period 12:07	Sean Couturier Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Travis Konecny (15)
Goal	2nd Period 0:28	Emil Andrae Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Garnet Hathaway (6), Scott Laughton (6)
Goal	2nd Period 7:42	Jack Eichel Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Ivan Barbashev (14)
Goal	2nd Period 11:32	Ivan Barbashev Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack Eichel (26)
Goal	2nd Period 13:18	Matvei Michkov Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: Morgan Frost (6)
Goal	2nd Period 18:10	Pavel Dorofeyev Goal (11) Slap Shot, assists: Shea Theodore (16), Tomas Hertl (10)
Goal	3rd Period 11:55	Tanner Pearson Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Noah Hanifin (9), Nicolas Hague (1)
Goal	5 0:00	Jack Eichel Goal Snap Shot

Statistics

VGK		PHI
14	Blocked Shots	15
28	Hits	14
6	Takeaways	6
30	Shots	36
1	Power Play Goals	0
1	Power Play Opportunities	3
100.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
31	Faceoffs Won	30
50.8	Faceoff Win Percent	49.2
14	Giveaways	13
3	Total Penalties	1
6	Penalty Minutes	2