The Philadelphia Flyers secured a 6-3 victory against the Utah Mammoth at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Sunday. Travis Konecny contributed a goal and an assist in his return to the lineup for Philadelphia.
Matvei Michkov opened the scoring for the Flyers at 12:49 of the first period after intercepting a clearing attempt by Utah defenseman Nate Schmidt. Dmitri Simashev tied the game 1-1 at 14:24 by scoring on a bouncing puck from a Vincent Trocheck backhand. Konecny regained the lead for Philadelphia at 1:06 of the second period with a goal that went off the skate of Mammoth defenseman Artem Duda. Noah Cates extended the lead to 3-1 at 5:50 following a shot that deflected off the stick of Mikhail Sergachev.
Philadelphia continued to build the lead when Christian Dvorak scored at 1:02 of the third period from the hash marks, assisted by Konecny. Oliver Bonk added a fifth goal for the Flyers at 5:35 with a slap shot from the right circle. While Mikhail Sergachev scored a power-play goal for the Flyers, Logan Cooley scored a power-play goal for Utah at 17:07 to bring the score to 5-3. Cole Knuble scored an empty-net goal at 18:26 to finalize the 6-3 win.
The Flyers' victory moves their record to 4-8-4, following a stretch where they lost three consecutive games. Konecny had missed the previous 10 games due to a lower-body injury. Utah's record stands at 9-6-0. Individual performances for Philadelphia included Jamie Drysdale with three assists and Noah Cates and Christian Dvorak each recording a goal and an assist. Dan Vladar made 19 saves for the Flyers. For Utah, Nick Schmaltz and Clayton Keller each recorded two assists, while Karel Vejmelka made 15 saves.
