PHILADELPHIA – The Flyers’ Owen Tippett scored just past the midway point of extra time on Saturday night to defeat the Columbus Blue Jackets, 5-4.
Elvis Merzlikins #90 of the Columbus Blue Jackets makes a glove save on Rasmus Ristolainen #55 of the Philadelphia Flyers
The goal capped a four-point for Tippett, his first such feat in the NHL.
“He flies around,” the Flyers’ Tyson Foerster said of Tippett. “It’s great to watch and everybody on the bench is thinking the same thing so it’s pretty cool.”
Tippett had three assists on the night.
“Just goes to show the group we have in here,” Tippett said. “We knew in the second intermission we weren’t out of it. Just feeling the confidence and glad we got the job done.”
Samuel Ersson made 21 saves in the win.
Morgan Frost hit for a double for the Flyers, while Noah Cates and Foerster added single markers in the win.
Mathieu Olivier, Mikael Pyyhtia, Kirill Marchenko and Jake Christiansen were the Blue Jackets’ strikers.
“We played the game hard,” Blue Jackets coach Dean Evason said. “We maybe ran out of a bit of steam at the end and made a couple mistakes they capitalized on.”
Elvis Merzlikins made 25 saves in the loss.
Philadelphia Flyers Tyson Foerster #71 gives Owen Tippett #74 a high five on his game winning goal against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Owen Tippett #74 of the Philadelphia Flyers and the crowd celebrate his goal in overtime to end the contest against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Owen Tippett #74 of the Philadelphia Flyers scores on the backhand shot against Elvis Merzlikins #90 of the Columbus Blue Jackets in overtime.
Philadelphia Flyers Matvei Michkov #39 and Tyson Foerster #71 raise their sticks in celebrations of Tyson Foerster’s goal against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Mathieu Olivier #24 of the Columbus Blue Jackets
Travis Konecny #11 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Morgan Frost #48 of the Philadelphia Flyers receives congratulations from his teammates for his second goal of the evening against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Kirill Marchenko #86 of the Columbus Blue Jackets
Kirill Marchenko #86 of the Columbus Blue Jackets shoot the puck past goalie Samuel Ersson #33 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Elvis Merzlikins #90 of the Columbus Blue Jackets
Noah Cates #27 of the Philadelphia Flyers scores a goal against goalie Elvis Merzlikins #90 of the Columbus Blue Jackets
Mikael Pyyhtia #82 of the Columbus Blue Jackets
Morgan Frost #48 of the Philadelphia Flyers scores a goal in the third period against the Columbus blue Jackets.
Joel Farabee #86 of the Philadelphia Flyers, Elvis Merzlikins #90 and Jack Johnson #3 of the Columbus Blue Jackets
Jake Christiansen #2 of the Columbus Blue Jackets
Cole Sillinger #4 of the Columbus Blue Jackets
Jamie Drysdale #9 of the Philadelphia Flyers battles Columbus Blue Jackets James Malatesta #67 for the loose puck.
Columbus Blue Jackets James Malatesta #67 raise his arms in celebration of his teammate Mikael Pyyhtia #82 goal against the Philadelphia Flyers in the first period.
Sean Kuraly #7 of the Columbus Blue Jackets
Samuel Ersson #33 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Mathieu Olivier #24 of the Columbus Blue Jackets scores against the Philadelphia Flyers in the first period.
A shot by Olle Lycksell #15 of the Philadelphia Flyers deflects off the blocker of goalie Elvis Merzlikins #90 of the Columbus Blue Jackets
Zach Werenski #8 of the Columbus Blue Jackets
Jordan Harris #22 of the Columbus Blue Jackets and Noah Cates #27 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Columbus Blue Jackets Sean Monahan #23 and Dmitri Voronkov #10 battle Philadelphia Flyers Cam York #8 and Travis Sanheim #6 for position in front of Flyers goalie Samuel Ersson #33
Olle Lycksell #15 of the Philadelphia Flyers, Elvis Merzlikins #90 and Zach Werenski #8 of the Columbus Blue Jackets
Goalie Elvis Merzlikins #90 of the Columbus Blue Jackets stops a shot by Matvei Michkov #39 of the Philadelphia Flyers as Philadelphia Flyer Jamie Drysdale #9 looks for rebound.