BOSTON (AP) — Pavel Zacha scored 2:49 into extra time, and the Boston Bruins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on Saturday for his or her fourth straight victory.
Boston’s Brad Marchand tied it with 5:22 left in regulation. Trent Frederic had the opposite two targets for Boston, which is 7-2 since interim coach Joe Sacco took over for fired coach Jim Montgomery.
Zacha scored the winner after Boston goalie Jeremy Swayman stopped Joel Farabee’s breakaway seconds earlier.
Rookie Matvei Michkov scored two first-period targets for Philadelphia in its second straight loss. Cam York additionally scored, and Travis Sanheim had two assists.
Coming off a irritating loss towards Florida after they gave up a season-high seven targets, the Flyers blew a third-period lead for the second recreation in a row.
Michkov scored a power-play objective at 7:24 when he one-timed a shot from the fitting circle off a brief tip move from Sean Couturier. His second got here on a redirected shot on the fringe of the crease.
Takeaways
Flyers: Main all rookies in scoring coming into the day with 9 targets and 22 factors, Michkov had three assists in his last game on Thursday.
Bruins: Sacco used star winger David Pastrnak on the highest line with Brad Marchand for the second straight recreation and the primary two instances this season after Marchand scored two goals in Boston’s last game.
Key second
Marchand hustled to a puck deep within the offensive zone, skated round Tyson Foerster and slid the puck between Aleksei Kolosov’s pads for the tying objective.
Key stat
The Bruins gained the season sequence, 2-1.
Up subsequent
The Flyers have a fast turnaround, internet hosting Utah on Sunday, and the Bruins are off till Tuesday after they begin a five-game journey at Winnipeg.
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