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Lightning roll past the winless Flyers 4-1 as Vasilevskiy ties Andy Moog on career wins list

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Erlendsson, E. (2026, October 6). Lightning roll past the winless Flyers 4-1 as Vasilevskiy ties Andy Moog on career wins list. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/lightning-roll-past-the-winless-flyers-4-1-as-vasilevskiy-ties-andy-moog-on-career-wins-list/article_80d3af07-568f-54b5-ba27-09a7b43d1bf8.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-10-06 · by Erik Erlendsson

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In a Monday night game, the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the winless Philadelphia Flyers 4-1. Andrei Vasilevskiy secured his 372nd career victory by stopping 13 shots and tied Andy Moog for 20th place in NHL wins. Pontus Holmberg, Ilya Mikheyev, Brayden Point, and Brandon Hagel scored for the Lightning, while Tyson Foerster got Philadelphia’s only goal. The Flyers began their season with four games without a win for the first time since 2013-14.
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On Monday night, the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the winless Philadelphia Flyers 4-1. The game featured goals from Pontus Holmberg and Ilya Mikheyev for Tampa, along with contributions from Brayden Point and Brandon Hagel. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 13 shots for the Lightning, tying him at 20th place on the NHL career wins list with Andy Moog, achieving his 372nd victory. The Flyers' Tyson Foerster scored their only goal, while Dan Vladar made 32 saves but could not prevent Philadelphia's fourth consecutive loss to start the season for the first time since 2013-14.

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Fla. Flyers Lightning Philadelphia TAMPA

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Flyers ORG · 3× Philadelphia GPE · 3× Lightning ORG · 2× Vasilevskiy PERSON · 2× Andrei Vasilevskiy PERSON · 1× Fla. GPE · 1× Ilya Mikheyev PERSON · 1× NHL ORG · 1× Pontus Holmberg PERSON · 1× TAMPA GPE · 1×

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Pontus Holmberg and Ilya Mikheyev each had a goal and assist, Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 13 shots to move into a tie for 20th place on the NHL career wins list, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Monday night.
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Pontus Holmberg and Ilya Mikheyev each had a goal and assist, Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 13 shots to move into a tie for 20th place on the NHL career wins list, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Monday night. asserted
Lightning → have → night
Vasilevskiy’s 372nd victory moved him into a tie with Andy Moog. asserted
victory → move → Moog
Vasilevskiy needs two more wins to tie John Vanbiesbrouck for 19th place. asserted
Vasilevskiy → need → place
Brayden Point and Brandon Hagel also scored for the Lightning, who have won two games since an opening-night loss to the New York Rangers. asserted
who → score → Rangers
Tyson Foerster scored for Philadelphia and Dan Vladar finished with 32 saves. asserted
Vladar → score → saves
The Flyers are winless (0-2-2) through four games to start the season for the first time since 2013-14. asserted
Flyers → start → 2013
Philadelphia has been held to two or fewer goals in all four games. asserted
Philadelphia → hold → games
Point scored his first goal of the season with a deflection off a wrist shot from John Carlson at 16:05 of the first period. asserted
Point → score → period
Holmberg scored 17 seconds into the second period off the rush for a 2-0 lead. asserted
Holmberg → score → lead
Foerster wheeled a shot from the top of the left circle that hit Tampa Bay defenseman Charle-Edouard D’Astous in front of the net to bring Philadelphia with one at 7:22. asserted
that → wheel → 7:22
Mikheyev made it 3-1 with a wraparound with three minutes to play. asserted
it → make → minutes
Hagel added an empty-netter. asserted
Hagel → add → netter
Nikita Kucherov picked up two assists and now has 1,128 career points to move past Mike Bossy and Joe Nieuwendyk for 67th place. asserted
Kucherov → pick → place
Denver Barkey made his season debut for the Flyers after missing the first three games with an undisclosed lower-body injury. asserted
Barkey → make → injury
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