The Flyers came to life offensively in the third period Saturday afternoon to rally for a 3-2 overtime win over the Blackhawks.
The Flyers came to life offensively in the third period Saturday afternoon to rally for a 3-2 overtime win over the Blackhawks at the Wells Fargo Center.Matvei Michkov netted the game-winner in OT on the power play. John Tortorella's club went to overtime for the fifth time in the last eight games.Sign up for NBC Philadelphia's News Headlines newsletter.
They need to win those matchups. It's no secret the Flyers have struggled to score, they're not a high-end offensive team, so breakdowns like those become magnified.But Couturier and Travis Konecny made up for it in the third period to draw the Flyers within 2-1. Rasmus Ristolainen had the primary assist and finished as a plus-2.He had no chance to stop the Blackhawks' game-opening goal in the first period.
Kolosov made a huge save on a Blackhawks shorthanded breakaway a little under one minute into the second period to keep the Flyers' deficit at one. But midway through the period, Chicago's fourth line struck again as Patrick Maroon put the Flyers in a 2-0 hole., missed his seventh game of the season and fifth in a row. A good sign, though, for his status was that he took the ice Saturday morning at the Wells Fargo Center.
To make room for York on the roster, the Flyers loaned winger Anthony Richard to AHL affiliate Lehigh Valley.
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