Brink, Cates Have Big Nights in Flyers Rout of Penguins

The Flyers top line for most of the season has been the trio of Noah Cates, Tyson Foerster, and Bobby Brink. On Tuesday night, they showed it in a big way.

Cates had two goals and three points, Brink had a goal and four points, and Foerster had a goal and three points as the Flyers rolled to a 6-1 win over the Penguins at Wells Fargo Center.

The Flyers got on the board just 3:56 into the game. Off a rush, Rasmus Ristolainen fired a one-timer for his fourth goal of the season to make it 1-0.

At 12:19, the Flyers added to the lead. Cates ripped one from the slot off another rush, scoring his 11th of the season to make it 2-0. Jakob Pelletier got an assist on Cates' goal for his first point as a Flyer.

Through 20 minutes, shots were 14-6 Flyers.

The Penguins cut into the lead at 6:09 of the second. Philip Tomasino got a step on the Flyers defense and finished off the rush on a backhand to make it 2-1 with his eighth goal of the season.

The Flyers got the two-goal lead back at 11:55 of the period. Foerster scored his 16th goal of the season on a one-timer off a nice feed from Jamie Drysdale to make it 3-1.

In the final two minutes of the period, the Flyers broke the game open with two goals separated by 10 seconds. Cates scored his second of the game on a rebound to make it 4-1 with 1:05 to play. Then Brink scored his eighth goal of the season, as Cates' centering pass banked off of him and in, to make it 5-1.

Through two periods, shots were 29-16 Flyers.

Owen Tippett joined the party with his 17th goal of the season at 6:06 of the third.

Sam Ersson finished the game with 23 saves on 24 shots in the win. Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 32 of 38 shots in the loss.

Matvei Michkov also had two assists for the Flyers.

These two teams meet again on Thursday night in Pittsburgh at 7:30 p.m.