For the sixth time in the eight games, the Flyers were either tied or held a lead in at some juncture of 3rd pd. Entering this game, the Flyers only had 1 win to show for it, and and that was in a game Philly trailed after two period. Tied at 2-2 after two periods on this day, the Flyers found a way to flip the script.
The Flyers took a 2-1 lead to the intermission. After Patrice Bergeron (16th goal of the season) opened the scoring, Travis Konecny (9th) and Shayne Gostisbehere (PPG, 7th) responded. Jake DeBrusk (4th) re-tied the game at 2-2 with the lone tally of the third period. Sean Couturier (12th) restored a Flyers' lead at 6:59 of the third period.
Brian Elliott was stellar in net for the Flyers. He stopped 3 of 3 shots to earn the win.
Rookie Jeremy Swayman took his first NHL loss for Boston, four days after making his debut with a win at the Flyers' expense. He stopped 19 of 22 shots.
The Flyers went 1-for-2 on the power play and 4-for-4 on the PK to win the special teams battle.
TURNING POINT
Boston entered this game with a 10-for-20 mark on the power play against the Flyers this season. On this day, however, the Flyers were perfect on four tries, including two vital kills in the third period.
MELTZER'S TAKE
1) The first period made a sharp U-turn. Boston had the first 7 shots and a 1-0 lead through seven-plus minutes. The Flyers then had seven of the 11 shots over the remainder of the period, a 53.3 percent all-situations team CORSI and, most importantly, a 2-1 lead by the end of the period.
2) The Bruins' top line opened the scoring as Bergeron scored his fifth goal over the three games against the Flyers' this week. This tally started with a Flyers' D-zone turnover and ended with Bergeron firing home a shot from the upper hash mark at 5:38.
At 11:51, the Flyers pulled even. A D-to-D pass from Travis Sanheim to Robert Hägg and a Hägg point shot that produced a juicy rebound led to a tie game at 1-1. Konecny was wide open in the left slot to claim the puck and fire it home.