PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Owen Tippett and Tyson Foerster each scored two goals and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Seattle Kraken 5-2 on Monday night.
Travis Konecny also scored, Cam York had three assists and Sean Couturier added two as Philadelphia won for the third time in four games. Dan Vladar finished the game with 21 saves.
Jordan Eberle and Jani Nyman scored for Seattle, which snapped a five-point streak in the season opener (3-0-2). Joey Daccord scored all five of his goals on 21 shots in two periods, and Philipp Grubauer made six saves in the third.
Konecny and Foerster scored 33 seconds apart early in the second period to extend the Flyers' lead to 4-1.
Konecny redirected Egor Zamula's pass to the right doorstep for his first pass of the season at 4:59, Foerster then received his second of the night at 5:32 on the power play, lifting a pinpoint shot past York past Daccord for a three-goal lead.
Nyman pulled the Kraken to within two with a power-play goal at 8:33, but Tippett's second of the game and fifth of the season with 4:20 left in the middle period made it 5-2.
Eberle got the Kraken on the scoreboard with 7:16 to play, deflecting Cale Fleury's shot past Vladar. Berkley Catton also had an assist for his first point in his NHL debut.
The Flyers then took the lead with two goals 3:23 apart midway through the first period.
Tippett tied the game at 9:56, scoring for the third straight game. Sean Couturier stole the puck from Daccord behind the goal line and passed to Nick Siler on the left wing, but he missed and Tippett redirected the puck.
Foerster gave Philadelphia the lead with a power-play goal with 6:41 left in the first, beating Daccord from the left circle.
Next
The Kraken visit Washington on Tuesday for the fifth of a six-game road trip. The Flyers play at Ottawa on Thursday.
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