Ersson stops 23 shots and Foerster scores 2nd-period goal in Flyers 2-0 win over Bruins

Samuel Ersson stopped 23 shots, Tyson Foerster collapsed a scoreless necktie early successful nan 2nd play and nan Philadelphia Flyers hit nan Boston Bruins 2-0

BOSTON -- Samuel Ersson stopped 23 shots, Tyson Foerster collapsed a scoreless necktie early successful nan 2nd play and nan Philadelphia Flyers hit nan Boston Bruins 2-0 connected Tuesday night.

Joel Farabee added an empty-net extremity pinch 24 seconds remaining and nan Flyers won successful Boston for nan first clip since a 3-2 triumph connected April 5, 2021.

Ersson sewage his sixth profession shutout and first this season. He survived a scare astir 5 minutes into nan 3rd play erstwhile nan puck sewage down him aft glancing disconnected his skate. But he flopped backward connected apical of it and kept it from crossing nan line.

Flyers: After stumbling to a 2-6-1 commencement and allowing an mean of 4.22 goals per game, Philadelphia came up pinch its champion protect effort of nan season. The Flyers unopen down a five-on-three powerfulness play early successful nan first play and held Boston to 3 shots connected extremity successful nan third.

Bruins: Had nary reply for nan Flyers contempt outshooting them 21-12 done nan first 2 periods. Boston was unopen retired for nan 2nd clip successful 4 games, besides getting blanked by Nashville 4-0 connected Oct. 22.

Boston's Joonas Korpisalo had 17 saves.

With Philadelphia defenseman Jamie Drysdale down connected nan crystal aft blocking a changeable that near him successful excessively overmuch symptom to get backmost to his skates successful beforehand of his ain net, Ersson made 3 saves — 2 connected David Pastrnak — earlier nan whistle yet blew 4:08 into nan 2nd and Drysdale was capable to get backmost to nan bench. Foerster scored 1:24 later.

Despite getting outshot 23-19, nan Flyers dominated successful nan faceoff circle and vanished pinch a 30-21 advantage.

The Bruins sojourn nan Carolina Hurricanes connected Thursday nighttime while nan Flyers are backmost astatine location against nan St. Louis Blues.

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