Flyers fans go wild when Foerster, Michkov score franchise-record 3 goals in 26 seconds

Tyson Foerster and Matvei Michkov each grabbed a share of three stacked pucks dated and noted for the Flyers forwards role in the fastest three goals scored in team history.

The Flyers shoot, they score, again and again in record time.

The Philadelphia Flyers set a franchise record by scoring three goals in just 26 seconds in the first period Saturday night against New Jersey, getting two from Foerster in 17 seconds and one from Michkov on their way to a 6-3 win over the visiting Devils.

The 23-year-old Foerster, a first-round pick in the 2020 draft, never had a scoring spree quite like this one.

"Not that I remember," Foerster said. "But it was pretty fun."

The Flyers scored three goals in the fourth-fastest time in NHL history. Boston needed 20 seconds when it scored three against Vancouver in 1971. Washington (1990) and Chicago (1952) scored three goals in 21 seconds, and the Montreal Maroons needed 24 seconds to score three against the Rangers in 1932.

The Flyers scored three goals in 35 seconds on a March 1, 1979, game against Boston. Behn Wilson, Blake Dunlop and Al Hill scored for the Flyers in that game, which ended in a 4-4 tie.

No ties in the modern NHL, of course. Not that one would have been needed after the Flyers scored five straight goals to win for the third time in four games.

The Flyers and Devils were tied 1-1 in the first when the scoring barrage started.

Michkov scored his fifth goal of the season in his 100th career game at the 12:06 mark. Foerster beat Jake Allen on two consecutive shots at 12:15 and 12:32 for his sixth and seventh goals of the season.

All three goals were even strength.

The Flyers took a 4-1 lead on a night they honoured Hall of Fame goalie Bernie Parent, who died two