Matvei Michkov had a pair, the power play had a pair, and the Flyers have a pair of wins under Brad Shaw after a 7-4 win over the Sabres on Saturday afternoon.

The third was all effort, but the Flyers couldn’t pull out a miracle finish as Washington edged Philadelphia 3-2 Thursday night.

A 5-0 loss to Carolina dropped the Flyers closer to more lottery balls, ending the homestand a paltry 1-6-0.

The Flyers lost their fourth home game in a row, this one to New Jersey 3-1 Sunday afternoon in a rather low event contest.

The Flyers slowly but surely went downhill, losing 4-1 to visiting Seattle Saturday afternoon.

The Flyers got outworked most of the evening but still managed to get a 3-2 win over Pittsburgh Saturday night before the two-week break.

The Flyers got two goals from Matvei Michkov but it wasn’t enough as Washington scored two in the third for the win.

The Flyers hit the road for a game in Colorado, and delivered a franchise-long three-game shutout streak.

Philadelphia got three out of four points in a back-to-back but the Flyers were unable to get that fourth one, losing to the host Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 in a shootout.

Last Friday morning Flyers fans woke to the unwelcome news that one of the highlights of the blue line this season had been sent down to the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms.