Led by their kids, the Flyers pulled off an upset of the rival Penguins with a 4-1 win Sunday at the Wells Fargo Center. JHallNBCS of NBCSPhilly has the recap:
Ron Hextall was general manager of the Flyers then. He was in town Sunday as GM of the Penguins. Pittsburgh has 101 points and is headed to the postseason. Cates and Owen Tippett are 23 years old. Frost turns 23 next month.
The first-round pick has goals in back-to-back games for the first time since his first two games in the NHL . He also recorded an assist for a two-point game.Cates, a fifth-round pick, has gotten better and better at this level ever since making his NHL debut last month. Tippett, who came to the Flyers in the Claude Giroux trade, picked up his second assist since being acquired. He has three goals andMike Yeo wanted the young trio to not be scared to make mistakes against an accomplished Pittsburgh team. It answered the bell with a confident, fearless type of game.• Martin Jones, who has been in net for the Flyers' last five victories, was very good with 37 saves on 38 shots.
Louis Domingue, a depth goalie for Pittsburgh, stopped 39 of the Flyers' 42 shots in just his second start of the season.Cates netted the marker in the third period to cushion the Flyers' lead to 3-0.• Carter Hart , Cam Atkinson , Rasmus Ristolainen , Cam York , Patrick Brown and Kevin Connauton are not expected to play again this season.
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