The Philadelphia Flyers knocked off the Detroit Red Wings in the dying minutes of overtime. The match was decided by Rasmus Ristolainen’s goal.
Rasmus Ristolainen scored his second goal of the season. PDO
Philadelphia Flyers beat Detroit Red Wings 2-1. Flyers’ Finnish defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen decided the match by running the puck into the goal 26 seconds before the end of overtime.
The goal situation was created when Joel Farabee passed to Owen Tippett, who already managed to deceive the Red Wings goalkeeper by Alex Lyonbut the puck stopped on the goal line. In the end, Farabee and Ristolainen rushed to the goal and the Finnish defender managed to poke the puck into the goal.
Thanks to the win, the Flyers extended their point streak to six games. The goal was Ristolainen’s second of the season. In the current season, Turku has scored 2 goals and 11 assists in 48 matches.
The opening goal of the match didn’t come until the second period, when Farabee struck Matvei Michkovin and By Sean Couturier of inputs. At the start of the third period, Detroit’s Lucas Raymond served For Ben Chiarotwhich tied the match at 1–1.
Flyers’ Samuel Ersson made 27 saves in the match, and Red Wings’ Lyon made 24 saves. Ristolainen was chosen as the number one star of the match.