Flyers blow a 3–0 lead, survive to stay perfect in shootouts at 5–0

The Flyers tried to make things interesting on Black Friday.

They built a 3–0 lead on the Islanders, watched it evaporate in record time, nearly melted down in the third period, killed off a four-minute penalty in a tie game, and somehow still walked out of UBS Arena with a 4–3 shootout win.

It was messy, chaotic, stressful, and very on-brand for this group. It was also another win and right now, they will take every single one.

Rick Tocchet’s team is now 13-7-3 and has picked up points in nine of its last 11 games. They are 7-2-2 in that stretch and 2-1-0 so far on this six-day, four-game road trip.

Nothing about their path has been clean, but the results keep coming.

Trevor Zegras and Travis Konecny delivered in the shootout, which has become this team’s personal playground. Zegras is now 17 for 25 in his career.

The Flyers are a perfect 5-0 this season and lead the NHL with 11 shootout wins over the last two seasons. Samuel Ersson picked up his 12th career shootout win out of 15 tries, which is absurd.

At this point, the Flyers going to a shootout feels like spotting them two points.

Trevor Zegras is the best shootout specialist in the NHL.

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— NHL (@NHL) November 28, 2025

The Flyers got goals in regulation from Zegras, Tyson Foerster, and Sean Couturier. They were cruising, up 3–0, before everything unraveled.

Emil Andrae coughed up a brutal turnover that led to the first Islanders goal. New York smelled blood, tied the game before intermission, and spent most of the third period pushing for the winner.

Ersson was huge all night with 28 saves, including three in overtime. The Flyers did not manage the puck well after going up 3–0, but they hung on long enough to get to the skills competition, where they once again looked like the better team.

Tyson Foerster stayed hot with another goal. Since March 22 of last season, he has 18 goals, seven assists, and a plus-10 rating in 31 games. He is starting to look like the dangerous scorer the Flyers hoped he would become.

Tyson Foerster is ELITE

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— TLY (@TheLibertyYell) November 28, 2025

The Flyers do not have long to enjoy this one. They are right back at it Saturday night in Newark against the Devils. Since last season, the Flyers are just 1-12-2 in the second half of back-to-backs.

For now, they are still winning games, still stacking points, and still perfect in the shootout. Not bad for a team that nearly collapsed on Black Friday.

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