Philadelphia Flyers hold off Edmonton Oilers in a tight finish

That brings us to the end of a first period — Philadelphia Flyers 0, Edmonton Oilers 0. Shots were even at 6 apiece, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Neither side could solve the goaltending — a grinding, scoreless frame.

Spencer Knight was under siege with 6 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Philadelphia Flyers went 0-for-1.

Edmonton Oilers owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Philadelphia Flyers 1, Edmonton Oilers 2. Philadelphia Flyers edged the shot clock 11-9, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Ville Koivunen opened the scoring for Philadelphia Flyers at 3:59, Aaron Ekblad tied it for Edmonton Oilers on the power play at 10:34, and Sean Kuraly put Edmonton Oilers in front at 12:15.

Spencer Knight was under siege with 10 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Philadelphia Flyers went 0-for-1 while Edmonton Oilers went 1-for-1.

Philadelphia Flyers owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Philadelphia Flyers 2, Edmonton Oilers 0. Edmonton Oilers edged the shot clock 19-9, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Simon Nemec tied it for Philadelphia Flyers at 7:09, then Dominic James put Philadelphia Flyers in front at 11:23.

Philipp Grubauer was under siege with 19 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Philadelphia Flyers went 0-for-1 while Edmonton Oilers went 0-for-1.

The final five minutes were split evenly in chances.