Pavel Zacha scored at 2:49 of overtime as the Boston Bruins completed a comeback to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on Saturday at TD Garden.
Philadelphia built a two-goal advantage in the first period behind Matvei Michkov. Michkov opened the scoring with a power-play wrist shot at 7:24, assisted by Sean Couturier and Emil Andrae. Michkov struck again at 18:24 with an even-strength wrist shot set up by Travis Sanheim to put the Flyers ahead 2-0 heading into the first intermission.
Trent Frederic cut the deficit for Boston at 5:26 of the second period, scoring a power-play backhand goal assisted by Mason Lohrei and Morgan Geekie. Philadelphia responded at 15:29 when Cam York scored off a wrist shot with assists from Sanheim and Travis Konecny. Frederic pulled Boston within one again at 5:18 of the third period with an even-strength snap shot assisted by Charlie Coyle and Mark Kastelic. Brad Marchand tied the score 3-3 at 14:38 with an even-strength wrist shot assisted by Justin Brazeau, and Zacha finished the game in overtime on a snap shot set up by David Pastrnak.
Jeremy Swayman stopped 23 of 26 shots in net to secure the win for the Bruins. In the Philadelphia crease, Aleksei Kolosov made 27 saves on 31 shots in the overtime loss. Boston went 1 for 6 on the power play and generated 31 shots on goal, while the Flyers finished 1 for 2 with the man advantage and put 26 shots on goal.
The win raised Boston to 15-11-3 on the season and stretched its winning streak to four games. Philadelphia shifted to 12-11-4 and remained winless in two straight games (0-1-1). Including this game, the Bruins have two wins and the Flyers have one win in regular-season play between the teams.
