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Cates scores twice to help Flyers rally to beat Panthers 4-3

Florida Panthers vs. Philadelphia Flyers: Game Highlights

Garnet Hathaway and Morgan Frost also scored for Philadelphia, which had multiple power-play goals in consecutive games for the first time this season. Sam Ersson made 20 saves as the Flyers won their second straight.

Sam Reinhart had two goals and Uvis Balinskis also scored as Florida lost for the sixth time in nine games. Sergei Bobrovsky had 25 saves.

Cates scored both goals in the third period, the first on the power play and the second on a breakaway. It was his second career multigoal game — first since his rookie season in April 2022.

Philadelphia trailed 2-0, tied the score and then gave up the lead again before scoring twice later in the third period to take the lead for good.

Takeaways Panthers: Reinhart had his fifth multigoal game of the season and scored multiple goals in consecutive games for just the second time in his 11-season career. Reinhart also scored twice in Florida's overtime loss to Boston last Saturday.

Flyers: Cates, who centers the Flyers' third line, has totaled eight goals and six assists in his last 15 games.

Key moment The Philadelphia power play ranks at the bottom of the NHL, but the consecutive passes from Jaime Drysdale and Matvei Michkov that set up Frost's goal that tied the score at 3-3 came after the Flyers had already overcome one deficit and immediately fell behind again.

Up Next Panthers play at New Jersey on Tuesday, and Flyers visit Columbus.

Regular Season Series

FLA wins series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 7:59 Sam Reinhart Goal (26) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 1st Period 9:34 Uvis Balinskis Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Evan Rodrigues (11), Nate Schmidt (6)
Goal 2nd Period 7:51 Garnet Hathaway Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 3rd Period 2:01 Noah Cates Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Travis Sanheim (17), Rasmus Ristolainen (11)
Goal 3rd Period 3:35 Sam Reinhart Goal (27) Wrist Shot, assists: Matthew Tkachuk (26), Aleksander Barkov (27)
Goal 3rd Period 5:59 Morgan Frost Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Matvei Michkov (18), Jamie Drysdale (8)
Goal 3rd Period 14:09 Noah Cates Goal (9) Backhand, assists: Tyson Foerster (8), Egor Zamula (8)

Statistics

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10 Blocked Shots 27
36 Hits 22
5 Takeaways 4
23 Shots 29
1 Power Play Goals 2
2 Power Play Opportunities 5
50.0 Power Play Percentage 40.0
1 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
28 Faceoffs Won 35
44.4 Faceoff Win Percent 55.6
11 Giveaways 21
7 Total Penalties 3
14 Penalty Minutes 6
Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia Flyers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Samuel Ersson, G Day-To-Day Feb 4
Ty Murchison, D Out Feb 3
Rodrigo Abols, C Injured Reserve Jan 21
Florida Panthers Florida Panthers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Tobias Bjornfot, D Out Feb 4
Sandis Vilmanis, LW Day-To-Day Feb 4
Seth Jones, D Injured Reserve Jan 19
Jonah Gadjovich, LW Injured Reserve Jan 5

Game Information

Xfinity Mobile Arena

Location: Philadelphia, PA
Attendance: 19,293 | Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Tampa Bay 36 14 76 4
Montreal 32 17 72 8
Detroit 33 19 72 6
Buffalo 32 18 70 6
Boston 32 20 69 5
Toronto 27 21 63 9
Florida 29 24 61 3
Ottawa 27 22 61 7

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 35 15 76 6
Pittsburgh 28 15 68 12
NY Islanders 31 21 67 5
Columbus 29 20 65 7
Washington 28 23 63 7
Philadelphia 25 20 60 10
New Jersey 28 26 58 2
NY Rangers 22 28 50 6
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