Ristolainen was the OT hero after a move and a loose puck just trickled by Red Wings goaltender Alex Lyon on a rush and a deke lost by Owen Tippett in the blue paint. They've had their ups, and definitely their downs, but for right now, the Flyers are hanging in there.

The Flyers couldn’t nail down a 2-1 third-period lead and lost to the Blue Jackets, 3-2, in a shootout Tuesday night at Nationwide Arena.

In this edition of our Flyers stats report, we'll look at Jamie Drysdale, the "right personnel", and Matvei Michkov's bad puck luck.

The Flyers reached the midway point of their season in the middle of the pack. They had battled the Atlantic Division-leading Toronto Maple Leafs to the brink for the second straight game on Tuesday night at the Wells Fargo Center, yet for the second straight game, they left the ice with a loss, this time 3-2 in regulation.