{"id":498705,"date":"2026-01-07T10:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T10:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/498705\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T10:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T10:36:10","slug":"zegras-scores-twice-against-former-team-flyers-defeat-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/498705\/","title":{"rendered":"Zegras scores twice against former team, Flyers defeat Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zegras scored his second goal at 14:23 while on a power play to put the Flyers ahead 2-1. York faked a shot in front and instead gave Zegras the puck with a no-look pass at the right face-off dot, where Zegras scored with a sharp-angled wrist shot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I missed last year&#8217;s game (in Philadelphia), but I heard all about it and I was fired up to play in this one,&#8221; Zegras said. &#8220;The boos were great but the cheers were even better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>York pushed the lead to 3-1 at 1:15 of the second period. He collected a pass at the point, cut back to his forehand and threaded through a long-range shot.<\/p>\n<p>Ducks forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/ross-johnston-8477527\" title=\"Ross Johnston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ross Johnston<\/a> was assessed a major penalty and game misconduct for interference after colliding with Jamie Drysdale at 2:39 of the second period. Drysdale did not return.<\/p>\n<p>The Ducks killed the major penalty, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/travis-sanheim-8477948\" title=\"Travis Sanheim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Travis Sanheim<\/a> scored on a one-timer from above the right circle off a face-off win to make it 4-1 at 14:40.<\/p>\n<p>Killorn scored for the second straight game with a snap shot from the inside edge of the left circle while on a power play to cut it 4-2 at 1:25 of the third period.<\/p>\n<p>Anaheim killed a 45-second, 5-on-3 power play later in the third before Grebenkin scored into an empty net with 1:14 left for the 5-2 final.<\/p>\n<p>The Ducks committed 11 total penalties, killing eight of the nine power plays for Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to be disciplined, for sure,&#8221; LaCombe said. &#8220;We can&#8217;t win hockey games taking (11) penalties, whatever it was.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Flyers also lost forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/bobby-brink-8481553\" title=\"Bobby Brink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bobby Brink<\/a> to an upper-body injury following a hit by Ducks forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/jansen-harkins-8478424\" title=\"Jansen Harkins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jansen Harkins<\/a> at 2:32 of the first period. Flyers coach Rick Tocchet did not have an update on Brink or Drysdale after the game.<\/p>\n<p>Anaheim defenseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/ian-moore-8482178\" title=\"Ian Moore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ian Moore<\/a> left at 7:47 of the third period after taking a hit from Philadelphia forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/garnet-hathaway-8477903\" title=\"Garnet Hathaway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Garnet Hathaway<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTES:<\/strong> Flyers forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/matvei-michkov-8484387\" title=\"Matvei Michkov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matvei Michkov<\/a> did not play after getting hit in the foot with the puck in a 5-2 win at the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. Grebenkin took his spot on the third line after being scratched against the Oilers. &#8230; The Flyers are 7-for-54 (13.0 percent) on the power play in their past 17 games. &#8230; Anaheim goalie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/ville-husso-8478024\" title=\"Ville Husso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ville Husso<\/a> backed up Dostal after he was recalled from San Diego of the American Hockey League earlier Tuesday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/petr-mrazek-8475852\" title=\"Petr Mrazek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Petr Mrazek<\/a> was injured in a 7-4 loss to the Washington Capitals on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zegras scored his second goal at 14:23 while on a power play to put the Flyers ahead 2-1.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":498706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,1448,2830,1311,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-498705","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-pa","10":"tag-pennsylvania","11":"tag-philadelphia","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}