Philadelphia Flyers @ San Jose Sharks

13-12-6, 7-6-4 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	OT	T
Flyers PHI	1	0	1	0	2
Sharks SJ	0	2	0	1	3

San Jose SharksSharksSJ

17-14-1, 9-7-1 Home

Hertl's OT goal spoils Sandstrom's debut, Sharks beat Flyers

— Tomas Hertl scored with 30.1 seconds remaining in overtime and the San Jose Sharks spoiled a dazzling debut by Philadelphia goaltender Felix Sandstrom with a 3-2 victory over the Flyers on Thursday night.

Dec 31, 2021, 06:54 am - AP

		1	2	3	OT	T
	Flyers	1	0	1	0	2
	Sharks	0	2	0	1	3

1st Period			PHI	SJ
15:23		Morgan Frost (2) Assists: Travis Konecny (14), Oskar Lindblom (4)	1	0

2nd Period			PHI	SJ
5:20		Logan Couture (11) (Shorthanded) Assists: Jake Middleton (3), Andrew Cogliano (6)	1	1
7:20		Brent Burns (3) Assists: Jake Middleton (4), Tomas Hertl (9)	1	2

3rd Period			PHI	SJ
15:57		Joel Farabee (9) Assists: Oskar Lindblom (5), Keith Yandle (11)	2	2

OT Summary			PHI	SJ
4:29		Tomas Hertl (16) Assists: Erik Karlsson (13), Noah Gregor (4)	2	3

FLYERS

SHARKS

Regular Season Series

SJ leads 1-0

Flyers
2
Sharks
3

Game 1

31/12

Sharks
3
Flyers
2

Game 2

9/1

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	30	15	4	64
NY Islanders	26	17	5	57
Pittsburgh	22	14	11	55
Washington	24	19	6	54
Philadelphia	22	17	8	52
Columbus	22	19	7	51
New Jersey	24	22	2	50
NY Rangers	21	22	6	48

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Vegas	24	11	12	60
Edmonton	25	17	8	58
Seattle	21	17	9	51
San Jose	24	20	3	51
Anaheim	24	21	3	51
Los Angeles	19	16	13	51
Calgary	21	23	4	46
Vancouver	16	27	5	37

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Philadelphia Flyers @ San Jose Sharks

Stars of the Game

Tomas HertlC - SJ

Jake MiddletonD - SJ

Felix SandstromG - PHI

Game Information

Hertl's OT goal spoils Sandstrom's debut, Sharks beat Flyers

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