PHILADELPHIA — The Flyers’ Porter Martone scored his first NHL goal on Sunday in extra time to down the visiting Boston Bruins, 2-1.
The win pushed the Flyers into a playoff spot.
“‘Devo’ (Christian Dvorak ) made a good play to me in the middle, and just buried the rebound,” Martone said. “To see that crowd pop, that’s a big two points for us.”
v signed a three-year deal with the Flyers at the end of March.
“It’s awesome, especially for it to come in that way too, overtime winner as your first NHL goal,” Martone said. “It’s pretty special. I think just continue to keep playing my game. … You want to get a lot of chances and my linemates have been setting me up great, and it’s nice to see that one go in.”
Dan Vladar made 18 saves in the win.
“There’s a lot of growth,” Philadelphia coach Rick Tocchet said. “I think the team’s done a great job since training camp. A little bit of a roller coaster sometimes, but for the most part, this team has stuck together all year. Really proud of them.”
Boston have lost three straight.
vPavel Zacha was the lone striker for the Bruins.
Boston hold the first wild card spot in the Eastern conference.
A huge point for us,” Bruins coach Marco Sturm said. “Guys battled back. We wanted to have a power-play goal in the third and we did. ‘Korpi’ made some great saves. Unfortunate there in OT, but we’ll definitely take that point.”
Dvorak scored in the opening frame to give the Flyers a 1-0 lead.
“Not an easy play at all,” Dvorak said. “And straight on my tape, I (didn’t) even have to move my stick. A high hockey IQ play. Very smart player. Those are big plays and he was a massive difference maker for us tonight.
“He’s (Martone) a confident kid, confident player. And that’s what you need in this League. So it’s been fun to watch, fun to play with him. And he’s only going to get better.”
The Bruins iitied it up, 1-1 early in the third period on Zacha’s strike.
He (Boston’s Casey Mittelstadt) looked at me quick,” Zacha said. “He’s a great passer. He could have probably scored himself but he gave it to me. It was a nice play by him.”
Joonas Korpisalo made 29 saves in the loss.