Cates scores fifth in a row, Flyers get past Ducks

Morgan Frost and Joel Farabee also scored and Samuel Ersson made 32 saves for the Flyers (16-16-4), who had lost four of five.

Troy Terry scored and Lukas Dostal made 22 saves for the Ducks (13-17-4), who have lost three of four.

Cates gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead at 4:03 of the second period. Philadelphia forward Bobby Brink carried the puck behind the net and Dostal scrambled to prevent a wraparound at the left post, but Brink fed the puck to Cates at the left hash marks, where he scored in the open top half of the net.

Terry tied the game at 1-1 at 15:38. He received a pass at the Philadelphia blue line and brought the puck into the offensive zone before his shot from the left circle went between the legs of Flyers defenseman Travis Sanheim and beat Ersson to the short side.

Frost put the Flyers ahead 2-1 at 5:57 of the third period when he knocked the puck off Dostal from under the goal line after driving to the net.

After serving a penalty for too many men on the ice, Farabee left the box and scored in an empty net on a breakaway at 17:40 for the 3-1 final.