Now that’s a comeback — Flyers show toughness in shootout win over Pen…
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Now that’s a comeback — Flyers show toughness in shootout win over Pens originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Flyers picked up their first comeback of the season Saturday night and they did it in storybook fashion.
Down to the wire, in a shootout, on their rival’s home ice.
John Tortorella’s team rallied for a 4-3 win over the Penguins at PPG Paints Arena.
Sean Couturier went to his money move — “from the Marty St. Louis playbook” — to net the shootout winner.
Samuel Ersson denied Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby and Bryan Rust to punctuate the Flyers’ come-from-behind effort.
Owen Tippett, Scott Laughton and Tyson Foerster scored in regulation for the Flyers (12-10-2), who needed this one. The club was 1-3-1 over its previous five games, a stretch in which it had scored just 1.40 goals per game.
The Flyers played with a lead for the first time in six games when Foerster put them ahead on the power play with 6:08 minutes left in the third period.
As the Penguins (11-10-2) emptied their net for the extra attacker, Guentzel flushed a rebound with 20.6 seconds remaining to force overtime.
The Flyers weren’t perfect but knuckled down. Their penalty kill was excellent all night and fended off Pittsburgh for the final minute of OT.
The Penguins won’t have to wait long to see the Flyers again.
• Laughton’s marker might have been the goal of the game because the Flyers were down 2-1 and shorthanded in the third period. For the Flyers to not only kill off the Nicolas Deslauriers boarding penalty but also score on Pittsburgh’s power play was a massive momentum swing seven minutes into the final stanza.
The Flyers’ penalty kill went 5 for 5 and is 32 for 34 (94.1 percent) over the last 10 games.
Foerster showed off his highly touted shot to give the Flyers that elusive lead at 3-2. The 21-year-old winger has five points (three goals, two assists) through the last three games.
• Couturier is a tough customer.
He was clobbered at the end of the second period by Kris…
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