ELMONT, N.Y. ― Before speaking to the media on Thursday in the bowels of UBS Arena, Flyers coach John Tortorella had just shown clips to his team of the Sean Couturier-Olle Lycksell-Matvei Michkov line doing some things similar to Noah Cates’ line,
The Philadelphia Flyers advance to 20-20-6 after their 5-3 win over the New York Islanders on Thursday. Though the Islanders scored the game-opening score, the Flyers were in control for most of the game.
Cates scored twice in the Flyers' comeback win over the defending Cup champion Panthers, continuing his ascent into a greater role for the team up the middle.