The Philadelphia Flyers claimed a 3-5 victory against the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday after Cam Atkinson scored a pair of goals, while Claude Giroud, Nate Thompson and Sean Couturier also scored for the Flyers (3-1-1).
BOX SCORE: Flyers 5, Oilers 3
Tyson Barrie, Connor McDavid and Zach Hyman replied for the Oilers (5-1-0), who suffered their first loss of the season.
Philadelphia started the scoring seven minutes into the first period as Giroux picked up an errant Travis Konecny shot behind the net and put the wrap-around in for his fourth of the season before Oilers goalie Mikko Koskinen could get across his crease.
Philadelphia beats Edmonton 5-3 , Cam Atkinson records two goals. 0:54
The Flyers got a bit of a gift goal midway through the first period when Koskinen coughed the puck up behind the net, leading to Thompson shovelling it in from the goal line.
However, Edmonton got that goal back 35 seconds later as Barrie activated down low and beat Flyers starter Carter Hart with a backhand shot from a sharp angle.
Crazy finish to 1st period
There was a crazy finish to the first as the Oilers tied the game up on the power play with 18 seconds left when a McDavid pass was inadvertently deflected in by a Flyers defender. However, with less than a second to play, Philadelphia went up 3-2 when Darnell Nurse mishandled the puck and Atkinson batted it in out of mid-air.
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