Erik Gustafsson was the first and only Blackhawk to break Hart, scoring his 15th goal of the season at 10:39 of the opening frame. The defenseman was assisted by Gustav Forsling and Jonathan Toews.
At the other end, Corey Crawford denied a breakaway chance but the Flyers kept with it and eventually Corban Knight buried the equalizer at 15:43 of the first.
After two periods, the Blackhawks led the Flyers in shots 30-23 with both goalies turning in impressive nights.
With 10:10 remaining in the third, however, James van Riemsdyk scored his 26th of the season to put the Flyers ahead 2-1.
Sean Couturier scored the empty-netter with 1:14 left to seal the game for the Flyers and keep a big two points out of reach of the Blackhawks.
CLOSING IN:Toews is closing in on career highs in goals, assists and points. With his secondary assist on Gustafsson's goal, Toews moved to within two helpers of his career-high of 44 set in 2010-11. He's also just three points shy of his career-high of 76 points (2010-11) and three goals shy of his high of 34 (2008-09).
TALKING POINTS:"I think we played pretty hard tonight. We could have managed the puck better. I think they got a lot of their offense off our turnovers and us being careless with it, trying to do too much when they had five guys in the neutral zone. I think when we put pucks in behind them and got a little forecheck going we were much better and created more than enough. I liked our second period. We didn't give up much the last two periods but I would have liked us to just have our performance been a little more even over 60 minutes and probably that would have been enough to win." - Head Coach Jeremy Colliton
WHAT'S NEXT:The Blackhawks begin a back-to-back, home-and-home series against the Colorado Avalanche this Saturday in Denver. The game can be seen at 2 p.m. CT on NBCSCH or heard on WGN 720 or streamed on NHL.TV or via the NBCSCH MyTeamsApp.
