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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

Game Information

Wells Fargo Center

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

2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Florida 34 20 71 3
Toronto 33 20 68 2
Tampa Bay 31 20 66 4
Ottawa 29 23 62 4
Detroit 28 22 61 5
Boston 27 24 60 6
Montreal 25 26 55 5
Buffalo 22 27 49 5

2024-25 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Washington 36 11 80 8
Carolina 33 19 70 4
New Jersey 31 20 68 6
Columbus 26 22 60 8
NY Rangers 27 24 58 4
NY Islanders 25 23 57 7
Pittsburgh 23 25 55 9
Philadelphia 24 26 55 7
Full Standings