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DETROIT -- At first, the Red Wings thought that the Philadelphia Flyers were offside.
But after the play was reviewed, Travis Konecny's overtime score was ruled a good goal and the Flyers left Little Caesars Arena Tuesday with a 3-2 overtime victory.

"It was 100 percent onside," Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. "Konecny made a heck of a play to stay onside and the linesman made a heck of a call to call it onside, to be honest with you. So onside."
The Red Wings fell to 19-20-8 overall and 10-9-7 at home and the Flyers improved to 24-16-8 overall and 11-8-4 on the road.
Jonathan Ericsson and Frans Nielsen scored for Detroit while Andrew MacDonald, Jakub Voracek (power play) and Konecny (overtime) tallied for Philadelphia.
1. Petr Mrazek: It was the first time this season that Blashill had started the same goaltender in back-to-back nights. Mrazek was coming off two consecutive shutouts, 4-0 Jan. 14 at Chicago and 3-0 Monday night in New Jersey. He made 27 saves against the Blackhawks and 37 saves against the Devils. Mrazek stopped all five shots he faced in the first period but the Flyers snapped his shutout streak at a career-high 1:45:05 when MacDonald scored from the left point at 1:10 of the second. Voracek assisted, earning his league-leading 46th assist. Late in the second, Voracek scored a power-play goal from in front of the net with 36.4 seconds left. Mrazek, whose previous longest shutout streak was 1:33:29 from Feb. 6-10, 2016, finished with 28 saves.
Quotable: "I felt pretty good. I was excited. I played a couple back-to-backs in the past so it wasn't anything new for me. I felt pretty good out there. Like I said yesterday, every game you get, every minute you're on the ice, you get more and more confidence. So I was really happy I could get another start tonight." - Mrazek
Quotable: "He is a real good goalie when he plays with confidence. He's not the biggest guy, so he needs to read the play. When he does that right, he's good. He's been doing that lately, and he plays the puck so well. It helps us get out of our own end. We don't get stuck there for longer times. That means that we spend more time in their end. He's been playing good and hopefully he continues to play well." - Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg
2. Luke Glendening: Originally, Blashill had said that Glendening was not likely to play before the All-Star break. But Glendening had been practicing fully and traveling with the team for the last couple weeks. So Blashill revised his timeline and said Sunday that Glendening might play against the Flyers. When the team sent Dominic Turgeon back to Grand Rapids along with defenseman Joe Hicketts early Tuesday, it was definite. Glendening returned to the lineup after missing 12 games with a wrist injury. It didn't take him long to get back into it, getting the only assist on Ericsson's goal in the first. In the third, Glendening got the second assist on Nielsen's goal which tied the game, 2-2. It was the first multi-assist game of Glendening's career and his fourth career multi-point game. Before the game, Blashill said Glendening was fine to take face-offs and he finished 5-of-8.
Quotable: "I was pretty tired. It's just getting back into game shape. I've only had one practice with the team in the weeks I was out, so it's just getting back into it."
Quotable II: "He played well. If you think about it, he really didn't have any practice here lately either. It's tough for the injured guys to get in game shape and get back. They throw him right into a game and I thought he played well, he skated well. It's good to have him back. We're missing some guys in the PK. He's a big part of it. I thought the PK did a good job today. That was a little fluky bounce on their second goal." - Zetterberg
Quotable III: "Awesome, outstanding, I thought he played great. I limited his minutes the first two periods. Let him go more in the third period. He was a big reason why our third period was better. You got to have forecheck pressure in this league and he provides that. Couple of assists. I thought he was excellent." - Blashill
3. Jonathan Ericsson: The Wings do not call upon Ericsson to carry the load when it comes to scoring but they will definitely take it when he does. At 10:42 of the first period, Ericsson's shot from the left point went off Flyers defenseman Brandon Manning and past goaltender Brian Elliott. It was Ericsson's second goal of the season and first in 40 games. His last goal came on Oct. 18 at Toronto. Ericsson played 26 shifts for 18:08, had three shots, three hits, one blocked shot and finished plus-2.
Quotable: "I thought we had a good first period. We controlled the play. I thought they came out and took over in the second. It wasn't a very good period by us there. But then in the third we found a way to get back and create a lot of chances. It's a tough way to lose it. From what I saw, it is a good goal. He checked both skates outside the line. There's nothing you can say about that. But we probably deserved a little different ending here tonight." - Zetterberg