Wild rally past Flyers, end losing streak at four

PHILADELPHIA -- Matt Boldy and Jonas Brodin scored 25 seconds apart in the third period to help the Minnesota Wild end a four-game losing streak with a 5-4 win against the Philadelphia Flyers at Wells Fargo Center on Thursday.

Ryan Hartman scored two goals, Kevin Fiala had two assists, and Cam Talbot made 26 saves for Minnesota (32-17-3).
"We played good in spurts, but it was a grind," Wild coach Dean Evason said. "The positive thing is that we did grind continually, kept grinding, everybody, and we're fortunate to get it done."
Scott Laughton had a goal and an assist, and Carter Hart made 33 saves for Philadelphia (16-28-10).
The Flyers gave up four one-goal leads and lost for the eighth time in their past nine games.
"As soon as the adversity struck, we crumbled," Philadelphia coach Mike Yeo said. "That seems to be a growing trend for us, and we have to fix that."
Boldy tied it 4-4 at 12:16, and Brodin scored the game-winner at 12:41 when his slap shot from the right point went through traffic and over Hart's glove.
It was Brodin's first goal in 21 games since Nov. 30.
"I got a pretty good open lane there so I was trying to put everything into it," he said. "Luckily it went in."

Hartman said it was the kind of game the Wild needed to get back to how they have to play to be successful.
"When you get down in these kind of low points it takes a game like that to kind of get out of it," he said. "... It happens every season. There comes a time where that happens and you've got to find a way out. You can't let it drag on too long. Maybe dragged out a little longer than we hoped, but it's good to get that one. We didn't want to let another one slip away. A lot of character being down a goal going into the third, but we know we couldn't wait any longer."
Laughton gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead at 3:49 of the first period when he got the puck on a giveaway by Marcus Foligno, skated into the Wild zone and scored with a backhand from in close.
Hartman tied it 1-1 at 11:50 when he tapped in a pass from Mats Zuccarello. The goal was Hartman's 20th of the season, setting an NHL career high; he scored 19 with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2016-17.
Patrick Brown put the Flyers ahead 2-1 at 13:16 when his shot from the bottom of the right circle hit the right post and went in off Talbot.
Frederick Gaudreau tied it 2-2 with four seconds remaining when he gloved down Derick Brassard's clearing attempt at the Flyers blue line, took two strides and scored from the high slot.
Philadelphia turnovers also led to Minnesota's third-period goals.
"You just look at the highlights and you're going to see some goals [allowed], we had pucks on our sticks and opportunities to make plays and we didn't," Yeo said. "... We can keep preaching it, we can keep trying to motivate, we can keep pushing, and we will, believe me. I love this group, I believe in this group, but [the players] have to grab hold of this."
Travis Konecny gave Philadelphia a 3-2 lead at 5:07 of the second period when he got open in front of Talbot, gathered a pass from Laughton, spun and scored.
Hartman tied it 3-3 at 9:04 when he poked in a rebound in front.

James van Riemsdyk put the Flyers ahead 4-3 on the power play with 46 seconds remaining when he redirected Claude Giroux's shot.
"Obviously it [stinks] losing, especially losing that way," van Riemsdyk said. "I think we've shown we can carry the play against some of these good teams, but obviously [there are] some key times in the game where we need to be a little bit sharper and execute a little bit better."
NOTES: The Wild scored four tying goals for the second time this season (6-5 overtime win against the Winnipeg Jets on Oct. 19). They joined the 1985-86 Minnesota North Stars and the 1989-90 Pittsburgh Penguins as the only NHL teams to do it twice in one season. ... Talbot has allowed at least four goals in five straight games. He lost the previous four. ... Jared Spurgeon played his 744th NHL game, passing Nick Schultz, a Flyers assistant coach, for the most by a Minnesota defenseman. ... Flyers defenseman Justin Braun left the game with 6:57 remaining in the second period because of the flu. ... It was the first game between the teams since Dec. 14, 2019.