I’ll be the first to admit when I’m wrong. Matvei Michkov has not been able to win over head coach John Tortorella despite objectively being one of the best players on the Philadelphia Flyers this season.

By allowing the Washington Capitals to score twice in the third period and post a 4-3 comeback victory, the Flyers racked up their fifth straight loss and seventh over their past eight games.

The young Russian phenom, heralded as one of the most exciting prospects in recent memory, has found himself in the crosshairs of head coach John Tortorella’s famously demanding approach.

To make matters worse, coach John Tortorella and rookie winger Matvei Michkov had a major falling out on the bench during Thursday's loss to the Islanders. Midway through the second period, just after New York opened the scoring, Tortorella could be seen chewing out Michkov for leaving the defensive zone early, which enabled the Islanders to score.

The Flyers relinquished a third-period lead Thursday night en route to a 4-3 loss to Capitals at the Wells Fargo Center. Matvei Michkov scored a pair of goals and Tyson Foerster had the other. Michkov’s second marker came off a great feed from Rodrigo Abols and it gave the Flyers a 3-2 lead at second intermission.