Fraser Minten collected three points to lead the Boston Bruins to a 5-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday afternoon at TD Garden.
Boston opened the scoring 12:21 into the first period when Pavel Zacha scored his first goal of the season on a wrist shot set up by David Pastrnak. The Bruins doubled the advantage late in the second period as Mason Lohrei converted a wrist shot at 17:12 off assists from JJ Peterka and Minten. Marat Khusnutdinov added his first goal of the season 1:55 into the third period, scoring on a wrist shot assisted by Minten and Will Borgen.
Philadelphia answered at 6:32 of the third period when Porter Martone scored his first goal of the season on a power-play wrist shot, with David Jiricek and Denver Barkey providing the assists. Boston responded less than three minutes later at 9:21 on Casey Mittelstadt's wrist shot, assisted by Elias Lindholm and James Hagens. Minten finished the scoring at 15:59 of the final frame, converting a wrist shot off helpers from Peterka and Hampus Lindholm.
Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman stopped 14 of 15 shots to earn the victory. Dan Vladar took the loss for Philadelphia, stopping 27 of 32 shots. The Flyers went 1-for-3 on the power play, while the Bruins went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
The victory extended Boston's winning streak to two games and brought its regular-season record to 4-2-0. Philadelphia dropped to 0-4-2 on the season, extending its winless streak to six consecutive games.
The Bruins visit the Dallas Stars on Tuesday, October 20. The Flyers return to action on Monday, October 19, when they host the Colorado Avalanche.
