Perhaps his best save of the night came on a left pad save when Cole Perfetti tried to go around him but was foiled by Fedotov’s pad. Although he wasn’t quite as busy as his fellow netminder at the opposite end, the quality of Winnipeg’s chances made for a very strong effort by Fedotov. Meanwhile, the Flyers were giving Sam Ersson the night off as Aleksei Kolosov was the backup for the Saturday night tilt.

In the third, during a Jets power play, Fedotov made a glove save that wasn’t quite highlight reel despite the goalie making it look like it was. The Flyers killed the penalty against the top-ranked power play in the league. A second power-play with less than three minutes to go was also killed rather nicely. Fedotov had his hands full in overtime but stood strong, and kept a clean sheet in the shootout for the win.

Decent beginning

After Travis Konecny made a lengthy pass to Owen Tippett, who made a nice move by Dylan Demelo, Philadelphia had a few good shifts, with nice plays by Rasmus Ristolainen and Travis Sanheim keeping the puck far away from Fedotov and making the Jets defend. Although only five minutes in, the Flyers had a handful of shots (and a goal post) and were working hard against one of the league’s elites. A great rush from Konecny ended with the second post of the first.

The Flyers outshot Winnipeg 14-7 after the first and you couldn’t really fault them for the effort. That gameplan had a few brief dips throughout the game but the Flyers deserved the 2-1 win, draft placement or lottery ball obsessives be damned.

Kuzmenko? Kuzmenkshow!

Andrei Kuzmenko was on the right side of the puck to start the game, putting a few quality shifts and rushes up ice, but wasn’t rewarded. Kuzmenko appeared to be creating some chemistry with Konecny and Scott “The Last Supper” Laughton. His greatest demonstration of talent was in the second when he took a short backhand pass from Laughton, waited a moment, then threaded a cross-ice pass to an oncoming Ristolainen who had a good opportunity.

Kuzmenko led all Flyers in chances for after the first two periods with a red hot 18-8 chances for (69.23 per cent) while his linemates in Konecny (21-8) and Laughton (18-11) were also strong. In the third he was also gangbusters, feeding Bobby Brink close in but Hellebuyck again foiled the scoring chance.

Michkov avoids the doghouse

After some controversy Thursday night where Mattvei Michkov was on the bench in the closing minutes of regulation, the Mad Russian avoided some scolding in the first period when he had the puck taken away from him. Seconds later a feeble attempt to clear the puck looked like it was put on a tee for the opposition but fortunately the puck bounced before a shot was taken. It wasn’t pretty but Michkov got the job done. He was around the net early in the second period and had a solid chance but miffed on the shot.

Michkov had a better scond period, getting a tight, high wrist shot on Hellebuyck the star goalie had some trouble with but kept it out. He wasn’t having an ideal night, down 9-15 (37.50 per cent) in chances for five-on-five. And fortunately he was more defensive-minded in overtime, not looking lost on the coverage. A short time trying to cherry pick was nixed moments later. Michkov got back into the play to finally help out in his own end.

Coach John Tortorella gave Michkov a chance in the shootout. And Michkov was money, faking out Connor Hellebuyck and making the gold standard of NHL goalies look foolish.