Michkov scored on a breakaway, going to the backhand and beating Jordan Binnington.

Owen Tippett and Tyson Foerster scored, and Aleksei Kolosov made 25 saves for the Flyers (12-10-3), who are 4-0-1 the past five games.

Dylan Holloway and Jake Neighbours scored, and Binnington made 28 saves for the Blues (11-12-2), who lost for the first time under coach Jim Montgomery. Montgomery was hired on Sunday to replace Drew Bannister.

Neighbours tied the game 2-2 on a power-play goal with 20 seconds left in regulation, poking in a loose puck after Kolosov made a kick save on Justin Faulk.

Holloway tied it 1-1 at 11:11 of the third period on a shot from the high slot, but Foerster restored Philadelphia's lead to 2-1 at 12:02 after a Brandon Saad turnover. Binnington made the initial save on Bobby Brink cutting across, but Foerster was on the doorstep for the rebound.

Tippett's first goal since Nov. 18 (six games) put Philadelphia up 1-0 on a backdoor tap-in off a 2-on-1 pass from Michkov at 9:15 of the first period.

Binnington made himself a save of the year candidate when he was outstretched to his left and robbed Flyers captain Sean Couturier on a glove save with 1:00 left in the second period. Couturier slammed his stick against the glass in disbelief.

Kolosov made a breakaway save on Jordan Kyrou in the first and a lunging breakaway stop on Mathieu Joseph in the second.

Binnington also made a breakaway save on Ryan Poehling in the first period after the Flyers forward was let out of the box serving an interference minor.