BOSTON – They scored on a power play. The Flyers not only killed penalties, Jori Lehtera tied the game in the second period with a shorthanded goal, only their third this season.
The Flyers outhustled, outworked, even outlucked a team that had rest, home-ice, and the momentum of a four-game winning streak on its side, even if three of the Bruins’ better players were sidelined by injury and suspension. Alex Lyon’s steady play in goal belied his coach’s lack of trust.
This was the kind of game that can spring a slumping team, and yet it ended as the four previous ones had, the Flyers on the wrong end of a 3-2 score, beaten by Brad Marchand’s second-chance goal with 22 seconds left in the game, muscling out Sean Couturier after Lyon had made the original save.