UNDATED (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers are a little closer to the Boston Bruins as they battle for the final playoff berth in the NHL’s East Division.
The Flyers had dropped their previous five meetings with Boston before Travis Sanheim scored 3:08 into overtime to give Philly a 3-2 victory over the Bruins.
Travis Konecny and Sean Couturier each scored and Brian Elliott stopped 27 shots as the Flyers won for just the third time in their last nine games.
Boston is three points ahead of Philadelphia.
Elsewhere on NHL ice:
— The Avalanche have extended their point streak to 15 games at 13-0-2 by scoring four unanswered goals in the second period to beat the Wild, 5-4. Nathan MacKinnon, Andre Burakovsky, Brandon Saad and J.T. Compher provided the second-period goals, the first two coming in a 71-second span and the second two coming 2:04 apart. Gabriel Landeskog also scored, and Philipp Grubauer stopped 21 shots for the West-leading Avs.
— Alec Martinez and William Carrier highlighted the Golden Knights’ 6-1 rout of the Blues in St. Louis. Martinez scored twice and Carrier added a goal and an assist as Vegas ended an 0-2-1 skid. The Blues have scored just eight goals in their last seven games, going 0-6-1 to fall into fifth place in the West.
— The Coyotes have a three-game winning streak after Michael Bunting scored three times in a 5-2 verdict over the Kings. Bunting had two of Arizona’s season-high three power-play goals. Derick Brassard and Christian Dvorak also scored and Adin Hill made 36 saves to improve to 6-1-0 as a starter.
— Pierre-Luc Dubois scored twice to lead the Jets to a 4-3 victory over the Senators. Adam Lowry and Kyle Connor also scored for the Jets, who had dropped three of four.
— The Maple Leafs knocked off the Flames, 5-3 as NHL goal leader Auston Matthews scored twice and Jack Campbell made 26 saves to tie a franchise record with his ninth straight win. John Tavares furnished a goal and an assist in Toronto’s fourth straight win and seventh in eight games.
— Eric Staal scored in overtime in his Montreal debut, giving the Canadiens a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the Oilers. Edmonton led, 2-0 until Josh Anderson and Tomas Tatar scored for the Habs in their third-period comeback.
