Kevin Hayes talks post-game about his tribute to his brother, Jimmy
During Wednesday night's game between Philadelphia and Calgary, Flyers forward Kevin Hayes scored his first of the season, and in tribute to his brother Jimmy who passed away over the summer, he pointed to the sky after the goal.
For Jimmy 🧡🖤 pic.twitter.com/JHxeBAvS08— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) November 17, 2021
After the game, Hayes talked to reporters about what the goal means to him, and shared his plans for what he's going to do with the goal puck.
"I'm happy it happened sooner rather than later, honestly," Hayes said. "It was a big goal. The trainers got the puck for me. I'm going to give it to Jimmy's son, Beau, and it'll be one I remember forever."
Hayes' teammate Cam Atkinson said to reporters after the game that he knew how special that moment was for Kevin.
"I think you could see it on my face," Atkinson said. "I think everything happens for a reason. I was the first guy to hug him, (I) got the puck for Kev. It's a big goal, not only for our team, obviously, but for (him). Like he said, I think we'll all remember this for a long, long time, and it was special."
Philadelphia went on to win the game in overtime, 2-1, to improve to 8-4-2 on the season.
Hayes says he'll always remember scoring, dedicating goal to late brother https://t.co/X7kuNkyyvu pic.twitter.com/F6wPEmQ3Y5— theScore NHL (@theScoreNHL) November 17, 2021
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Mikko Rantanen | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jake Debrusk | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dylan Guenther | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jack Eichel | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Brock Nelson | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Clayton Keller | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Jonathan Drouin | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Roman Josi | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kirill Marchenko | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kyle Palmieri | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Sebastian Aho | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Leon Draisaitl | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matt Duchene | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Samuel Girard | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Claude Giroux | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Oliver Kylington | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 21 | 17 | 4 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | |
Devils | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 30 | |
Hurricanes | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | |
Golden Knights | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 27 | |
Flames | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 19 | 13 | 6 | - | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||