Eichel, Golden Knights rally for shootout win against Flyers

Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist, then scored the only goal in the shootout, helping the Vegas Golden Knights come back to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-4 at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Monday.

“A lot of credit to the guys tonight. [We] stuck with it,” Eichel said. “Not every game is going to be a masterpiece, but you’ve got to find a way to get two points. We did that tonight. Happy to get the win.”

Ivan Barbashev had a goal and an assist, and Ilya Samsonov made 32 saves for Vegas (14-6-2), which has won three straight.

“[Samsonov] made some big saves,” Golden Knights forward Tanner Pearson said. “A couple of last wins here, our goalies have kept us in and gave us a chance. Hats off to him. It was nice to help him out on the other side as well.”

Morgan Frost had a goal and an assist, and Ivan Fedotov made 26 saves for Philadelphia (9-10-3), which led 3-0 early in the second period but lost for the third time in four games.

“One of our better showings in the offensive zone as far as puck movement and people moving without it,” Flyers coach John Tortorella said. “Take out seven or eight minutes, it’s a really good game by us. But that’s a really good team. They’ll capitalize.”

Frost put the Flyers ahead 1-0 at 8:51 of the first period when he tipped a Rasmus Ristolainen shot.

“It’s nice to contribute, for sure. It’s been a struggle in that area for me,” Frost said. “It was nice to contribute there and hopefully keep building on it and contribute more going offensively.”

Sean Couturier then pushed it to 2-0 at 12:07, scoring underneath Samsonov’s glove on the rush.

Philadelphia made it 3-0 at 28 seconds of the second when Emil Andrae one-timed a rebound in the left face-off circle for his first NHL goal in his 16th game.

“It was awesome,” Andrae said. “You can see my celebration here too. I was pretty hyped. … I’ve been doing a lot of good things offensively. I’ve been shooting a lot of pucks and creating a lot of chances. I think it was meant to be. It’s fun to be rewarded.”

Eichel cut it to 3-1 at 7:42 from the top of the slot off a no-look backhand pass from Barbashev before assisting on Barbashev’s goal that made it 3-2 at 11:32.

“At the end of the day, it’s 3-0, and it’s easy to sort of say, ‘Let’s move on and get ready for the next one,’” Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. “The guys dug in. I didn’t think we were far behind with our ability to catch up. We have goal-scorers in the room. … It was a game we were way too loose to expect to win anything playing like that. Some nights over the course of 82, those happen. We were able to come out on the right side.”

Matvei Michkov gave the Flyers a 4-2 lead at 13:18 on a one-timer from the slot with traffic in front, but Pavel Dorofeyev made it 4-3 on the power play at 18:10 with his own one-timer from the right circle to the short side.

Pearson tied it 4-4 at 11:55 of the third period with a wrist shot from the left hash marks off a pass from Noah Hanifin. Pearson helped Vegas maintain possession earlier in the sequence by winning the puck in the corner on the forecheck.

“We had to get back to the forecheck,” Pearson said. “Our line started forechecking well in the second period. We were able to turn one over. [Hanifin] made a heck of a pass. It was nice to get that one. I was rewarded with hard work tonight.”

NOTES: Golden Knights forward William Karlsson did not play due to personal reasons, and Vegas defenseman Zach Whitecloud (upper body, day to day) also was a late scratch. … The Golden Knights are 11-0-0 when scoring four or more goals this season. … Hanifin played his 700th NHL game. He was minus-3 with two shots on goal in 21:44 of ice time. … The Flyers went 2-2-1 on a five-game homestand.