Martone Calls Game: Flyers Move Into Playoff Spot After Overtime Winner vs. Bruins on Sunday

2026-04-05 · Yahoo Sports

PHILADELPHIA – Sunday’s game started with God Bless America, and ended in a Philadelphia Flyers (38-26-12) 2-1 overtime win and a Porter Martone game-winner vs the Boston Bruins (43-26-8) at Xfinity Mobile Arena.

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The Flyers have moved into 3rd in the Metropolitan with the win since they earned a point.

Christian Dvorak and Porter Martone scored for the Flyers. Pavel Zacha scored for the Bruins.

After a shaky start, the Flyers started to put a lot of pressure on the Bruins. A quick goal had all of the momentum on Philadelphia’s side early, and they did not let up in the second. An early third-period goal for the Bruins took the wind out of the sails and let the Bruins sneak back into the game. 60 minutes were not enough, so the game went to overtime. An OT power play gave the Flyers a great chance, and the exciting rookie called game.

Here is how we got the final score.

Flyers take the first-period lead

The Flyers’ Easter Sunday game started with Lauren Hart’s rendition of God Bless America and a bang.

Porter Martone (2) made a gutsy and crafty pass in the defensive zone to spring Christian Dvorak and Travis Konecny on a 2-on-1. Dvorak (17) took it himself and put the puck past Joonas Korpisalo, giving Philly the 1-0 lead just over 4 minutes in.

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Things settled down a bit, but the Flyers continued to push. Despite the limited opportunities throughout the first period, they kept the pressure on the Bruins. Martone was making plays all period.

There were a couple of penalty-worthy plays by both teams, but the officials let them play early on. Between the play on the ice, the energy in the arena, and the animosity between players, it truly felt like a playoff atmosphere early on.

After the horn to end the first period, Charlie McAvoy earned a roughing minor for punching Sean Couturier, so the Flyers started the second period on the power play up 1-0.

The power play provided a big chance for the Flyers to really start to grab hold of the game. While they did a lot of the right things, they could not make the last play. Philly spent a lot of time chasing pucks and could not score. Matvei Michkov rang the iron as the power play expired, but that was the only real chance.

Following the power play, Carl Grundstrom forced a breakaway after stealing the puck in the neutral zone, but was stopped by Korpisalo.

A quiet second period

The Bruins definitely had some more bite in their offense to start the second period. Early on in the middle frame, they quickly erased the 6-3 deficit in shots from the first period, and were leading shots 10-8 after a little over 6 minutes into the second.

With 6:23 off the clock in the second period, Philly got its second power play after Morgan Geekie was called for a trip. It ended no better than the first attempt.

Geekie gifted the Flyers another chance just over 5 minutes after the first penalty, after he was called for throwing a stick, trying to help McAvoy, who lost his stick before a Flyers’ rush. There were more chances this time around, but the result was still the same: an ugly power play with no goal.

7 seconds after the kill, Matvei Michkov got an unsportsmanlike conduct minor for shooting a puck after a whistle. David Pastrnak got two minutes for roughing afterward. That led to 4-on-4, but nothing came from that either.

Both sides got some good chances in, but the Flyers started to take over towards the late part of the period. Carl Grundstrom was called for interference in the final minute of the period. The first 35 seconds were killed off – the rest bled into the third.

Martone calles game, Flyers win it in OT

You could feel it coming as the second period ended. 35 seconds into the third period, it became a tie game. Pavel Zacha (29) finished the loose puck from in front of the goal, assisted by Casey Mittelstadt (27) and David Pastrnak (68).

For the first time since early in the first period, the Bruins had the game tied.

Whether it was going 0/3 on the power play or giving up the power play goal to tie the game, the Flyers looked a little deflated to start the third period. A lot of the period was played in the Flyers’ offensive zone, but the Bruins’ chances seemed to be a bit more dangerous.

The later the game got, the better the Flyers got. Their best chances came within the final four minutes of the period. Porter Martone had two great chances. Matvei Michkov and Tyson Foerster had great looks as well. Korpisalo kept the game even.

Owen Tippett got tripped up on a breakaway with under two minutes to go, but no call. The Flyers could not regain the lead, so to overtime we went.

Travis Sanheim nearly ended the game in the opening seconds of OT after Pastrnak turned the puck over in the defensive zone, and the Flyers went on an odd-man rush. Sanheim could not stay on his feet, and the puck went wide.

Christian Dvorak drew a hooking penalty on Pastrnak, and the Flyers got a big 4-on-3 advantage. That turned to 5-on-3 after McAvoy caught Zegras with a high stick. With the big advantage, Porter Martone (1) ended the game with his first career NHL goal.

The Flyers are officially in a playoff spot for the first time since January 12th.

What’s next

The Flyers will be back in action on Tuesday, taking on the New Jersey Devils in Newark at the Prudential Center.

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