Tippett had 27 goals last season but has yet to score this season. He notched his first two assists in the victory over the Oilers.
Owen Tippett’s first goal of the season has eluded him through the Flyers’ first four games, but a two-point night during a 4-1 win Thursday against the Edmonton Oilers signals that it’s on its way.
Tippett said that he was comfortable with the new position during the preseason and that in the long term he thinks it will open up the ice for him.“Actually, playing on the left side, your stick’s in the middle, kind of get things off quicker,” Tippett said. “I was there a bit last year, and I think I just overthought it.”
Tippett had a pair of setups to Atkinson that led to two goals against the Oilers. First, it was a backhand pass in the second period that Atkinson was able to tip home, and then it was a feed that sent Atkinson off on a breakaway in the third. And in addition to shutting down the Oilers’ top offensive players, they were still able to generate some offense of their own. After a few near-misses against Vancouver two days earlier, Tippett picked up his first two points of the season.The Flyers will likely be without veteran defenseman Marc Staal for an extended period of time, according to a report by the Fourth Period website Friday morning indicating that Staal would miss at least four weeks.
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