Trevor Zegras once again played a big part in a Philadelphia Flyers victory on Tuesday night. He had two power-play assists in the first period to put the team up 3-0, and came through in the shootout to help secure the victory.
Zegras is now up to 15 points (4 goals, 11 assists) in his first 13 games with the Flyers, proving to be a great offseason addition for Danny Briere & Co.
The 24-year-old forward needed a change of scenery, and he’s making the most of it in Philadelphia.
Zegras wasn’t on the ice for the Flyers’ first goal, but it was exactly what head coach Rick Tocchet has been preaching.
“It’s hard to win in this league. If you want to play in April and March and May, you got to play hard hockey. And I think we’re finding easy ice,” Tocchet said after Sunday night’s loss. “A lot of guys, even some of our best players, they want to play in the easy ice and not the hard ice. That’s the bottom line.”
Sean Couturier led by example and won a battle in the corner, then got to the front of the net to take away a defender and the goalie’s eyes. Travis Sanheim found Bobby Brink, who deflected it home to open the scoring.
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“The first goal was kind of what we’ve been trying to get better at,” Zegras told the media after the game. “Guys in front of the net with shots. Just got some good momentum going on the bench, and then obviously, we had the two quick power-play goals, which kind of gave us life.”
The Flyers’ first power-play goal of the game was a doozy. Zegras worked his way around the offensive zone and sent a behind-the-back pass to Cam York, who fired it home on the 5-on-3 advantage.
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The dazzling assist was a glimpse into Zegras’ bag of tricks. It was also his 200th career point.
“It means more that it was to Cam, honestly,” Zegras said of the milestone. “One of my best buddies of all time, so that’s pretty cool. I didn’t know that.”
The boys kept buzzing on the 5-on-4 advantage, and it was once again Zegras who patiently set up a goal in front.
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His first assist will be all over the highlights, but his second was almost just as impressive as he doubled back before sending the puck in front. That drew the attention to Zegras, who wasn’t surprised with how he was defended.
“There are things on the power play that I try to do to try and open things up, and that’s something that me and Caper have been working on,” he said. “And actually, something that we were working on this morning. So it was great to see one go in like that.”
Those two assists got Zegras back on the scoresheet after seeing his four-game point streak end on Sunday night.
Of course, Zegras is also one of the best shootout performers in the league.
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He makes it look almost too easy sometimes, and he’s always confident in the one-on-one situation.
“Pretty confident. I feel like you have to be. I don’t know, it’s just something that I grew up that, something that I was drawn to. I was a big Patrick Kane fan and he was always really good in the shootout, so it’s something that I definitely practiced a lot. It’s been going good.”
Zegras doesn’t look confident just in the shootout, but on the whole as a player both offensively and defensively.
“I feel like it’s easy to be confident when you come to the rink and all these guys are bringing such good energy and life to the room and the team,” he said. “I feel right at home here, and it’s been a lot of fun.”
He certainly looks right at home as he’s enjoying one of the best stretches of his career.
The last time that Zegras had more than 15 points in 13 games came in the 2022-23 season, in which he put up 65 points (23 goals, 42 assists) in total. He had 16 points in 13 games from December 28, 2022, to January 24, 2023.
Zegras will look to keep it going as it appears he has built some chemistry with Christian Dvorak in a hybrid-center role, and Owen Tippett replacing Matvei Michkov on that line. Tippett can provide some speed and shooting ability for Zegras’ fancy playmaking.
It’s only 13 games, and less than a month, but Zegras is bringing exactly what the Flyers needed offensively.