Michael Raffl scored with 1:29 remaining to cap Philadelphia’s rally from two goals down in a 6-5 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night for the Flyers’ seventh straight win.
Claude Giroux had two goals and one assist, and Mark Streit, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Jakub Voracek also scored for the Flyers. Steve Mason stopped 28 shots to win his sixth straight and improve to 11-8-3.
Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists, Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist, and Andrej Sekera, Benoit Pouliot and Oscar Klefbom also scored for the Oilers, who have blown leads in four straight games. Jonas Gustavsson finished with 25 saves.
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Raffl’s sixth of the season came after he brushed off a check by Klefbom and lifted a shot over Gustavasson. The Flyers trailed 5-3 before scoring three times in a 12-minute stretch.
After he scored his goal, McDavid said something to the Flyers’ Brandon Manning, the defenceman who went into the boards with McDavid last season, breaking his clavicle.
After the game, McDavid suggested he now believes the incident that led to his injury was no accident.
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“I did all I could defending him last year in the media,” McDavid said. “Everyone wanted to make a big deal saying he did it on purpose. He wanted to say some comments today about what went on last year. I thought it was one of the (most) classless things I’ve ever seen on the ice. He said some things, and our guys responded accordingly. We can put the whole ‘if he did on purpose thing’ to rest, because what he said out there confirmed that. It shows what kind of guy he is when he doesn’t step up and fight our guys.”
-With files from 630 CHED’s Reid Wilkins.
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