The Philadelphia Flyers have one sole responsibility if they want to win a championship someday, and that is to make rookie Matvei Michkov ’s life easier. He is their future; the engine that will help them run.

A player that has fed off Konecny's energy has been the team's 19-year-old phenom from Russia. Similar to Konecny, Michkov plays with a don't-back-down-from-anything mentality. The two wingers have shown chemistry on the power play. They connected for the game-winning goal two days ago in the Flyers' 3-2 OT decision over the Blackhawks.

Matvei Michkov doesn't turn 20 for a couple of weeks, but he continues to play well above his years for the Philadelphia Flyers. Fresh off his second overtime goal in the last five games, Michkov leads the Flyers into Monday's home game against the Vegas Golden Knights.