Flyers defeat Devils in OT, extend point streak to 9

NEWARK, N.J. -- Owen Tippett scored with 1:36 remaining in overtime, and the Philadelphia Flyers extended their point streak to nine games with a 3-2 win against the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center on Tuesday.

Tippett intercepted a pass attempt by Jack Hughes at the Devils blue line and shot past the glove of goalie Vitek Vanecek from the slot.

"He anticipates a drop pass, and it's just a great shot," Flyers coach John Tortorella said. "[Tippett] leads our team in chances throughout the year and had a couple of those early in the game. It's good that he gets rewarded."

Ryan Poehling scored two goals, and Samuel Ersson made 24 saves in his fourth straight start for Philadelphia (18-10-3), which is 7-0-2 in its past nine.

"We're not the most skilled and we're not the prettiest team, but we compete hard, and we believe in one another," Poehling said. "I think that's the biggest thing."

Ersson is 7-0-1 in his past eight starts.

"I've been feeling more confident, and I've been getting into a little bit of a flow here," Ersson said. "It's been a lot of fun, but it's very important to stay in the moment, be present. I know how I started the year (1-3-1 in first five games), so I know how it feels when things are not going great."

Michael McLeod and Jesper Bratt scored, and Vanecek made 23 saves for New Jersey (16-12-2), which is 2-2-1 in its past five games.

"I was trying to help the team win the game," Vanecek said. "We started really good. I mean, it's a tough way to end, but it is what it is. You got one point and then we have to move on."

The next matchup between the Devils and Flyers will be the 2024 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series game at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Feb. 17 (8 p.m. ET; ABC, ESPN+, TVAS2, SN360).

"Knowing the Stadium Series game is around the corner, you want to kind of build up to that, but it's always going to be a close game and both times we played them (the Devils won 4-3 in overtime at the Flyers on Nov. 30), it's been tight," Tippett said. "It's a fun game to play in."

McLeod made it 1-0 with his second goal in two games, taking a pass from Nathan Bastian at the right post at 14:16 of the first period.

Poehling tied the game 1-1 on a wrist shot from the right face-off circle at 1:10 of the second period after Joel Farabee stole a pass attempt through the slot by Hughes.

Hughes had four giveaways and one shot on goal in the game.

"I think Jack knows ... we talk about puck management," Devils coach Lindy Ruff said. "You look at the number of great plays (he makes). If he doesn't try to make the play in overtime, early on, he will never get in alone either. There's an amount of growth that Jack needs to operate in.

"I referenced that (overtime) play because it was an errant pass. It was a blind pass that went into the middle, and he knows it, so he understands, and he's a young player that still has to learn too."

Bratt gave New Jersey a 2-1 lead with a rebound power-play goal near the left post at 2:44 of the second.

Poehling scored his second of the game on a 2-on-1 with Travis Konecny at 8:19 to tie it 2-2.

"Poehling has put himself in a position where he's just demanding more ice time," Tortorella said. "He and [Farabee] have had some chemistry. The thing that really helps me with him is his skating."

The Flyers were outshot 10-4 in the third period. Ersson stopped all 10 shots and three in overtime.

"He's a real confident kid," Tortorella said. "The thing that's impressed me about him is when he was struggling early on, he owned it. He talked about how disappointed he was but said 'I'm going to play better' and has. Each start that he gets, he looks bigger to me.

"In the third period, overtime, he makes some great saves to keep it tied so we have a chance to win it."

NOTES: The Flyers' previous nine-game point streak was in 2019-20 (9-0-0 from Feb. 8-March 17, 2020). ... Philadelphia defenseman Travis Sanheim had one assist in 21:11 of ice time after missing a 1-0 win against the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday because of an illness. ... Devils center Nico Hischier had one assist in 17:38 in his 400th NHL game. ... Hughes (59 assists in 67 games) is one assist shy of becoming the second player in franchise history to record 60 in a calendar year. The only other to do so is Kirk Muller (61 in 1990).