Joel Farabee scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner in overtime, to lift the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-3 win over the host Minnesota Wild on Friday night in Saint Paul, Minn.
Farabee scored 3:36 into overtime to give Philadelphia its third win in the past four games. Owen Tippett logged a goal and an assist and Tyson Foerster also scored for the Flyers.
Ryan Hartman had a goal and an assist to lead Minnesota, which has lost seven of its last eight games (1-6-1). Marcus Johansson and Matt Boldy scored one goal apiece.
Flyers goaltender Carter Hart stopped 26 of 29 shots to earn the victory.
Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury took the loss, turning aside 31 of 35 shots. Fleury missed an opportunity to move past Patrick Roy for sole possession of second place on the NHL's all-time wins list.
Minnesota opened the scoring in the first minute of the second period.
Johansson carried the puck into the offensive zone and threw a shot toward the net. The puck deflected off the stick of a Flyers player and beat Hart.
The play marked Johansson's sixth goal of the season and his second in the past four games.
Philadelphia evened the score at 1-1 less than three minutes later. Travis Konecny fed a pass to Farabee, who capitalized for his 13th goal.
Hartman put the Wild on top 2-1 with 18:12 to play in the third. He blasted a one-timer from the left circle for his 13th goal of the season and his sixth in the past 11 games.
Minnesota increased its lead to 3-1 with 15:22 remaining. Boldy registered his 15th goal on a one-timer from the right circle off a pass from Jake Middleton.
Philadelphia pulled within 3-2 with 10:29 to go. Foerster scored his sixth goal with assists from Scott Laughton and Sean Walker.
The Flyers pulled even at 3-3 on a delayed penalty for Minnesota with 9:04 remaining. Tippett took a feed from Konecny and buried a wrist shot from the left circle for his 15th goal.
--Field Level Media
Philadelphia | Minnesota | |
Joel Farabee 2 | Points | Ryan Hartman 2 |
Joel Farabee 2 | Goals | Ryan Hartman 1 |
Travis Konecny 2 | Assists | Ryan Hartman 1 |
Joel Farabee 1 | Power Play Goals | N/A |
N/A | Short Handed Goals | N/A |
Carter Hart .897 | Save Percentage | Marc-Andre Fleury .886 |
Carter Hart 26 | Saves | Marc-Andre Fleury 31 |
Team | Shots | Goals | Power Play | Penalty Kill | Penalty Mins | Face Offs Won |
Philadelphia | 35 | 4 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 9 | 29 |
Minnesota | 29 | 3 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 11 | 27 |