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Philadelphia Flyers at Boston Bruins

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Zacha scores in overtime as the Bruins rally past the Flyers for their 4th straight win

Pavel Zacha nets OT winner for Bruins

Boston’s Brad Marchand tied it with 5:22 left in regulation. Trent Frederic had the other two goals 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 goals for Philadelphia in its second straight loss. Cam York also scored, and Travis Sanheim had two assists.

Coming off a frustrating loss against Florida when they gave up a season-high seven goals, the Flyers blew a third-period lead for the second game in a row.

Michkov scored a power-play goal at 7:24 when he one-timed a shot from the right circle off a short tip pass from Sean Couturier. His second came on a redirected shot at the edge of the crease.

Takeaways Flyers: Leading all rookies in scoring coming into the day with nine goals and 22 points, Michkov had three assists in his last game on Thursday.

Bruins: Sacco used star winger David Pastrnak on the top line with Brad Marchand for the second straight game and the first two times this season after Marchand scored two goals in Boston’s last game.

Key moment Marchand hustled to a puck deep in the offensive zone, skated around Tyson Foerster and slid the puck between Aleksei Kolosov’s pads for the tying goal.

Key stat The Bruins won the season series, 2-1.

Up next The Flyers have a quick turnaround, hosting Utah on Sunday, and the Bruins are off until Tuesday when they start a five-game trip at Winnipeg.

Regular Season Series

BOS wins series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 7:24 Matvei Michkov Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Sean Couturier (9), Emil Andrae (4)
Goal 1st Period 18:24 Matvei Michkov Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Travis Sanheim (11)
Goal 2nd Period 5:26 Trent Frederic Goal (4) Backhand, assists: Mason Lohrei (11), Morgan Geekie (5)
Goal 2nd Period 15:29 Cam York Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Travis Sanheim (12), Travis Konecny (18)
Goal 3rd Period 5:18 Trent Frederic Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: Charlie Coyle (2), Mark Kastelic (7)
Goal 3rd Period 14:38 Brad Marchand Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Justin Brazeau (8)
Goal 4th Period 2:49 Pavel Zacha Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: David Pastrnak (18)

Statistics

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18 Blocked Shots 9
18 Hits 33
1 Takeaways 6
26 Shots 31
1 Power Play Goals 1
2 Power Play Opportunities 6
50.0 Power Play Percentage 16.7
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
35 Faceoffs Won 33
51.5 Faceoff Win Percent 48.5
18 Giveaways 19
8 Total Penalties 4
16 Penalty Minutes 8

Game Information

TD Garden

Location: Boston, MA
Attendance: 17,850 | Capacity:

2024-25 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Washington 26 10 56 4
New Jersey 25 15 53 3
Carolina 24 15 50 2
Columbus 18 17 42 6
Pittsburgh 17 17 42 8
Philadelphia 17 19 39 5
NY Rangers 18 20 38 2
NY Islanders 15 18 37 7

2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Toronto 27 13 56 2
Florida 24 15 50 2
Boston 20 18 45 5
Tampa Bay 21 15 44 2
Ottawa 19 17 41 3
Montreal 19 18 41 3
Detroit 18 18 40 4
Buffalo 15 21 35 5
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