The Flyers finally break through for their first win of the season. Here’s how they did it.

Everyone can take a breath.

On Saturday, the Flyers posted their first win of the season in 10 tries, beating the Ottawa Senators 3-1 at home.

Here are two reasons the Flyers finally broke through.

Matvei Michkov said he wanted to support Porter Martone on the ice every time “and then for life, too.” Martone said that the two have gotten “a lot closer” the past few weeks, asking Michkov about his family, noting “I think that just builds chemistry.”

Indeed.

Two of the Flyers’ youngest players — Martone is 19, and Michkov is 21 — have played with Noah Cates, 27, for three games. The trio, and especially the two kids, are playing connected and creating offense.

At five-on-five, although they were on the ice for the lone Ottawa goal, Martone scored a tap-in off a pass from Michkov on Saturday, and Michkov batted in a puck on Thursday against the Detroit Red Wings with Martone crashing the net.

They also combined for the Flyers’ first game-winner of the season, a power-play goal.

The Flyers have 14 goals this season; the duo has 21% of them. Michkov has four total goals, and Martone has two, which is 42.9%. And they’re each doing it while averaging less than 15 minutes a night.

“They’re a big part of our team,” said captain Sean Couturier. “I’m sure Marty was gripping the stick here a little bit, but it’s nice to see him on the scoreboard. And Matvei’s been scoring goals, even if we don’t have much this year. So yeah, they’re a big part of our team, and glad to see them contribute.”

Since being united, including Tuesday’s loss to the Seattle Kraken, Natural Stat Trick has the trio of Michkov, Cates, and Martone with 22 shot attempts and 13 for the opposition at five-on-five. They have played the third-most minutes together (22 minutes, 25 seconds), and while they have been outshot (7-10), they have 66.67% of the scoring chances (12-6), three high-danger chances to one against, and two high-danger goals.

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“I think we’re kind of starting to read off each other, see our tendencies, see what we like. ... We’re two very skilled players, and I think as time goes on and kind of develop more chemistry I think we can bring a lot to this team,” Martone said.

At five-on-five, Michkov had one shot attempt and one scoring chance, and Martone had two shot attempts and one scoring chance, which was his goal.

On the power play, Michkov had five shot attempts and three scoring chances; he scored a goal. Martone had three shot attempts — his assist on Michkov’s goal was a shot stopped by Linus Ullmark that went to Michkov — and one scoring chance.

“I’ve got to give a lot of credit to our young bucks up front,” goalie Dan Vladař said. “They really took charge. They were creating. I thought they were buzzing out there. Hats off to them.”

The chemistry wasn’t just among the kids. Saturday felt like the first time the Flyers looked most connected with their passes, completing several in a sequence to create chances in the offensive zone.

After the morning skate, Couturier was asked whether the Flyers should follow in the footsteps of the defending Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes and be a shoot-from-anywhere team.

“I think so,” he said. “I mean, we can keep trying to skill our way out of it, and we’re going to make it harder on ourselves. Or we can simplify it and work each shift to win battles, get on loose pucks, and create rebounds. I think that’s the key.”

The captain put on his hard hat and went to work. He set the tone, tying Garrett Wilson for the team high in hits (three) — every player was credited with a hit except for Oliver Bonk and Michael Bunting — as the team pressured the Senators, upped their forecheck game, and created turnovers.

Philly put 28 shots on goal, the second-most this season, behind 29 against the Senators in Ottawa on Oct. 8. Taking out the third period, where the team was protecting the lead versus playing offensively — Michkov didn’t see the ice the final 7:17 and Martone the last 6:57, although the Flyers did take a penalty during that time, and the stats show zero scoring chances and just five shot attempts to the Senators’ 22 — the Flyers easily had their best game.

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Across the first two periods, the Flyers had 61.9% of the shot attempts and 60% of the scoring chances. They were hitting trailers and getting more shots from the high slot or in the middle of the ice, which, as Couturier said, “allows to not make the play die in the corner, so obviously you can control the puck more and have more time and space to make plays.”

Added coach Rick Tocchet: “I thought I saw a lot more jumping on loose pucks. Our F3 was good, our F2, and we liked the fact that we had a shot mentality. We got the puck to point [and] even though some shots got blocked, we didn’t get discouraged. We threw pucks on the net tonight, which is good. So those are good signs with the forecheck.”