Couturier's hat trick lifts Flyers to 7-5 win over Wild, snapping 6-game losing streak

Sean Couturier had a chapeau trick, assisted connected nan game-winner by Rasmus Ristolainen and nan Philadelphia Flyers snapped a six-game losing streak pinch a 7-5 triumph complete nan Minnesota Wild connected Saturday

PHILADELPHIA -- Sean Couturier had a chapeau trick, assisted connected nan game-winner by Rasmus Ristolainen and nan Philadelphia Flyers snapped a six-game losing streak pinch a 7-5 triumph complete nan Minnesota Wild connected Saturday.

The nonaccomplishment was nan first successful regularisation for Minnesota and snapped its seven-game constituent streak to commencement nan season.

Ristolainen, who is usually a stay-at-home defenseman, collapsed nan nett and jammed location nan rebound of Couturier’s changeable for his first extremity of nan play astatine 17:36 of nan 3rd period.

Couturier, who entered nan crippled pinch a 32-game extremity drought, scored nan first 1 of nan crippled a small much than a infinitesimal in, added a 2nd extremity connected a scrum successful beforehand of nan nett successful nan 3rd period, and vanished disconnected nan chapeau instrumentality pinch an quiet nett goal.

Couturier’s first extremity was his 500th constituent successful his NHL career.

Travis Konecny had a extremity and 3 assists, Nick Seeler had a extremity and an assistance and rookie Matvei Michkov scored nan first even-strength extremity if his profession for Philadelphia.

Marcus Foligno scored a brace of goals for Minnesota. Brock Faber, Joel Eriksson Ek, and Jake Middleton besides scored for nan Wild, who allowed astatine slightest 5 goals successful regularisation for nan first clip this season.

TAKEAWAYS

Wild: Matt Boldy whitethorn not person scored a goal, but he was a menace successful nan crippled registering 9 shots connected goal. He seemed to create a batch of discourtesy for Minnesota and yet earned a secondary assistance connected Eriksson Ek’s powerfulness play goal.

Flyers: Jett Luchanko, who connected opening nighttime became nan youngest subordinate to ever play successful a crippled successful franchise history, was sent backmost to Guelph of nan OHL aft playing conscionable 4 games. The Flyers roster is successful a spot of a modulation arsenic G.M. Danny Briere announced earlier nan crippled that defenseman Cam York will miss astatine slightest 2 weeks pinch an precocious assemblage injury. Briere said nan Flyers would make moves to switch some players aft nan game.

KEY MOMENT

The 3rd play saw a different Flyers squad than each of nan first 2 periods. Philadelphia had conscionable six shots connected extremity done 2 periods but registered 17 shots connected extremity successful nan last 20 minutes. The Flyers scored 4 goals successful nan last play to unafraid nan win.

KEY STAT

2 – The Flyers became conscionable nan 2nd squad to people much than 2 goals against nan stingy defense and goaltending of nan Wild this season.

UP NEXT

The Wild are disconnected until Tuesday erstwhile they wrap up their seven-game roadworthy travel successful Pittsburgh.

Philadelphia will play its 3rd back-to-back successful nan first 9 games of nan play connected Sunday erstwhile they big Montreal.