With Sean Couturier back in the lineup, the Flyers selected up a thrilling 3-2 win Saturday afternoon over the Bruins at the Wells Fargo.
Travis Konecny scored his 29th and 30th objectives of the season. Tyson Foerster buried the game-winner with 1:31 minutes left.
Konecny started the ball rolling late in the 2nd duration with a power play objective. Throughout the 3rd duration, he put the Flyers back in front, 2-1, before Danton Heinen got it back 56 seconds later on.
All of it established for Foerster’s heroics. The novice winger had a help.
“We never ever quit,” Foerster stated. “We constantly stick.”
The Flyers (36-26-9) have actually made a minimum of a point in 3 straight video games (2-0-1).
John Tortorella’s club is 2-2-1 in this grueling seven-game stretch versus competitors. It has the Panthers and Rangers staying.
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The Flyers now have 12 wins over top-10 clubs. They went 1-2-0 versus the Bruins (41-16-15) in their three-game regular-season series. After enabling 12 objectives over the very first 2 conferences, the Flyers restricted Boston this time.
“High marks,” Tortorella stated. “That’s a truly great hockey group certainly. I believed we stood right in there and played a truly excellent 3rd duration.”
Because the 2021-22 season, the Flyers have actually gone 2-7-0 versus the Bruins.
The Flyers now have 12 wins over top-10 clubs:
Beat Bruins, 3-2
Beat Canucks, 2-0
Beat Canucks, 4-1
Beat Avalanche, 5-2
Beat Hurricanes, 3-1
Beat Stars, 5-1
Beat Panthers, 2-1
Beat Panthers, 2-1
Beat Jets, 2-0
Beat Jets, 4-1
Beat Oilers, 4-1
Beat Maple Leafs, 4-3
— Jordan Hall (@JHallNBCS) March 23, 2024
– Couturier went back to the lineup after a two-game benching.
“It’s behind me now,” he stated of the successive healthy scratches. “I do not wish to actually speak about it. I simply wish to assist the group in any method I can. Everything exercised well, we got 3 out of 4 points and now 5 out of 6. I believed as a group all of us reacted real well.”
The Flyers’ captain played well on the 4th line with Noah Cates and Olle Lycksell. It might have been the Flyers’ most reliable line.
The trio had continual time in the offending zone, developed some appearances and drew the charge to establish Konecny’s guy benefit marker.
“I believed they inspected well. I believed the line played truly well,” Tortorella stated. “I believe Lycksell is a guy that the increasingly more I see him, it’s something that we’re interested in as far as what he can be. He’s had some scoring opportunities, too, however the opposite of the puck, I believe he has actually played quite well.
“All 3 of those guys, I ‘d begin them in the offending zone the majority of the time,
