Observations from the Flyers’ overtime win at Boston

The Flyers were able to beat the Bruins for the first time all season, but needed overtime to do so. The Flyers picked up two points, but the Bruins added one for themselves thanks largely to their third-string rookie goaltender.

Here is a further examination of the 3-2 victory Monday night:

Comeback kids. For the second consecutive game, the Flyers needed a strong third period. On Saturday, a pair of goals by Claude Giroux erased a 2-0 deficit. On Monday, Sean Couturier’s power-play goal with seven minutes left tied it. Time’s slipping away, but there’s still life here.

Details, details. The Bruins scored their first goal when Jake Voracek was tripped up by Jakub Zboril in the Flyers’ defensive zone. Boston’s second came on a power-play, which followed a careless icing call when Couturier did not gain the red line on a routine dump in the zone. The Flyers were called for icing 10 times in the first 25 minutes. They lost the subsequent draw seven of those 10.

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Vladar love. Rookie Dan Vladar made 29 saves after he was called on to make the fourth start of his career after Jaroslav Halak landed on the COVID-19 protocol list Monday afternoon. It’s unclear who will start for the Bruins in Tuesday’s rematch, but they could go with Jeremy Swayman, who turned pro only a year ago after a stellar career at the University of Maine.

Skid busters. Travis Konecny’s goal in the first period broke a 12-game drought. Travis Sanheim’s game-winner in the overtime was his first goal in 31 games. It’s been a rough year for Sanheim (-14), who was on the ice for both of Boston’s goals.

Moose crossing. Brian Elliott rebounded from his last outing, when he gave up four goals before being rescued in a miserable 6-1 loss to Buffalo on Wednesday. He shut the Bruins out for the last 42 minutes on Monday,

Keep an eye on this. Ivan Provorov, who already is averaging a career high in ice time (25:09), has played 25:57 and 26:33 in the last two games. They’re the first two of a stretch of six contests in nine nights.

Did you notice? Boston’s Brad Marchand was fired up after Monday night’s game. He was tangled up and taken to the ice by Nolan Patrick behind the play as Sanheim went in on his game-winning breakaway. Usually, it’s Marchand getting under opponent’s skins. Makes for a nice subplot heading into Tuesday night.

He said it. “We know what’s at stake going forward here,” Konecny said. “It’s just a matter of playing the right way, playing hard for one another. It was a good effort; lots to build on, lots of positives.”