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Takeaways: One Flyers line dominates Blues in 6-5 shootout win

Owen Tippett had four points, Trevor Zegras had a shootout goal, and Sam Ersson was Sam Ersson as Philadelphia defeated St. Louis 6-5 in a shootout.

Posted on by Jason MacNeil
Nov 14, 2025; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Philadelphia Flyers center Trevor Zegras (46) scores against St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington (50) in shootouts at Enterprise Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-Imagn Images

The Flyers managed to steal a victory from the jaws of defeat Friday night against the host Blues, never leading in the game until Trevor Zegras put one home in the shootout for a rollercoaster 6-5 shootout win.

The basics

First period: 1:19- Jordan Kyrou (Unassisted), 8:18- Trevor Zegras (Christian Dvorak, Travis Sanheim), 9:42- Jimmy Snuggerud (Robert Thomas)
Second period: 6:54- Justin Faulk (Cam Fowler, Oskar Sundvist), 7:17- Christian Dvorak (Owen Tippett, Emil Andrae), 18:24- Trevor Zegras (Emil Andrae, Owen Tippett)
Third period: 0:40- Dylan Holloway (Jordan Kyrou, Cam Fowler), 4:56- Robert Thomas (Jimmy Snuggerud), 7:53- Christian Dvorak (Owen Tippett), 10:29- Owen Tippett (Trevor Zegras, Noah Juulsen)
Overtime: No Scoring
Shootout: Robert Thomas – No Goal, Trevor Zegras- Goal, Jimmy Snuggerud- No Goal, Matvei Michkov- No Goal, Dylan Holloway- No Goal

Some takeaways

Owen atones with four-point night

Following the loss to the Oilers in overtime Wednesday night, Owen Tippett couldn’t have been feeling good. After doing a crossover at the blueline prior to a possible game-winning goal from Travis Konecny, officials called the goal back after review for offside. If he wasn’t getting slings and arrows from looking in the mirror afterwards, there were plenty elsewhere who were throwing vitriol in his direction.

Tippett, like some other players this game, shook it off. The winger, mired in a rather lengthy goalless draught, broke loose with a goal and three assists. The game-tying goal midway through the third was quite lovely as well. It wasn’t a dashing one-man effort, but Tippett getting into a high danger zone and having Trevor Zegras find him with a great pass for the one-timer that was out of the net as quickly as it went in.

The four-point night hopefully gets Tippett out of the funk he was in. And makes him more focused on the little things when he’s not scoring and having four-point efforts. A welcomed sight indeed.

But let’s not forget Ziggy and D-vo

As pissed off as Rick Tocchet was for most of the first period on the bench with defensive miscues and just low-percentage, high-risk passing — a rather atypical style so far this year — he had to be pleased with how it all turned out. Trevor Zegras (guilty of the first gaffe) was redeeming himself minutes later with a clever little shot that slithered through Blues keeper Jordan “I stuff pucks down my pants” Binnington.

Zegras wasn’t done, not by a long shot. In just over 20 minutes of ice time, Zegras had a commanding 63.33 per cent share of the chances, ending the evening with two goals and a helper. The prettiest of the night might have been his second goal which was in the dirty area in front of the St. Louis net, tipping the puck just inches it seemed in front of Binnington before it found its way through.

He also had a chance in overtime to end it on a penalty shot but didn’t quite hit the mark as Binnington got his pad on the attempt. Nonetheless, the forward put a bow on this rather ugly victory when he one-upped the Blues goaltender in the shootout, making him good now all time on 16 of 24 attempts for a 66.7 per centage.

With 19 points through the first 17 games, Zegras is probably not seeing dollar signs in his eyes yet. But you can damn well better Flyers general manager Danny Briere is hoping the forward agrees to earning a lot of them for a long period of time in Philadelphia given this sensational start.

And let’s not forget Christian Dvorak, who was terrific and one of the few bright spots through the malaise that was most of the game. In just over 16 minutes, the center a pair of goals and an assist as Zegras, Tippett and himself combined for 10 points (11 if the shootout goal counted in the stats it but doesn’t). Dvorak’s goal which tied it up 5-5 was also quite sweet. After the Blues coughed the puck up, Tippett found Dvorak who broke into the slot and beat the goalie clean.

A typical Sam Ersson performance

Sam Ersson is never boring, never consistent, except when he needs to be. Ersson was leaky on a few shots against St. Louis, a team that wasn’t exactly tearing up the league heading into the contest. The goaltender gave up five goals on a mere 17 shots for a ridiculously low .705 save percentage and decreasing his season average now to an almost comical .846 through six games.

That’s not to say Ersson was given a lot of defensive support early. A horrible giveaway courtesy of Trevor Zegras brain cramp sent Jordan Kyrou in and Kyrou made no mistake for an early 1-0 Blues lead. And it must have been contagious as Travis Konecny made almost an identical faux pas around the St. Louis blue line later in the period. That mistake also ended up behind Erssson. It looked like it was going to be one of those nights for the netminder. And it was.

However, like his partner Dan Vladar, Ersson has shown a mental toughness when it counts. After the Flyers battled back to tie, Ersson stopped everything he faced. What he didn’t stop — like the shot at the buzzer to end regulation — went off the post. In the extra frame, the goalie came up big a few times as St. Louis had the puck for the first half of regulation without the Flyers’ skaters getting a sniff. In the shootout? Well, he was money, stoning all three Blues shooters, increasing his save percentage in that extra session once again, and somehow getting the absent-minded Flyers off the hook for a 6-5 win.

Michkov saga continues

Matvei Michkov was -1 on the night on the plus/minus scale but didn’t seem to win the confidence of Tocchet once again. Michkov had over 14 minutes but didn’t see a second of overtime for some reason. The second-year winger was at 61.11 per cent in terms of the share of chances which connotes a decent evening. Yet there were some lapses in coverage that he, Sean Couturier, and Konecny shouldered the blame for. Possibly Tocchet was resting Michkov a wee bit in preparation for the game Saturday night in Dallas on the back-to-back? The hopeful person in me believes it.

Andrae’s A game

With one line doing all the work, Emil Andrae also had a good night on the scoresheet with a pair of assists. His rocket from the point led to the Zegras’ goal that tied the game up 3-3. And he got the secondary assist on the Dvorak tally 23 seconds after St. Louis made it 3-1. Five-on-five Andrae topped all Flyers with a stellar 79.04 expected goals for percentage, a full 10 per cent above the remarkable evening Tippett put in (68.45).

It’s a game like this that should resonate with Tocchet and the coaching staff. It should also do two other things, namely keep Andrae in the lineup for the next little while until the team figures out what to do when Rasmus Ristolainen is good to go. And it should keep Egor Zamula watching from the press box.

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