PHILADELPHIA (AP) -Aaron Ward scored 43 seconds into overtime to give the Boston Bruins a 4-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.
Marco Sturm, Marc Savard and Peter Schaefer also scored for the Bruins, who snapped a two-game skid.
Daniel Briere, Jeff Carter and Scott Hartnell had goals for Philadelphia, which had won three straight to close out a 5-1 road trip.
Flyers goaltender Antero Niittymaki ranged far out of the crease to poke away a loose puck and prevent a breakaway. But the puck went to Ward near the right boards. Ward easily beat Niittymaki with a slap shot.
After being outplayed for more than 45 minutes, the Flyers scored twice in a span of 2:04 in the third period to tie it at 3.
Hartnell slipped one past goalie Alex Auld during a power play midway to cut it to 3-2. Briere scored his 17th goal on a backhander off a rebound of Simon Gagne’s shot to tie it with 7:15 left.
Niittymaki’s fourth straight start was his least effective. He made 28 saves. Niittymaki had allowed five goals in four games since Dec. 30, including a team-record 54 saves in a 3-2 win at Toronto last Saturday.
Kings 4, Stars 3, SO
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Patrick O’Sullivan scored the deciding goal in a shootout, and Alexander Frolov and Derek Armstrong scored 67 seconds apart in the first period for Los Angeles.
Anze Kopitar also scored and Jason LaBarbera made 23 saves for the Kings, who evened the season series at three games apiece after losing all eight meetings in 2006-07. The Stars visited Staples Center for the first time since their third-period collapse on Nov. 10, when goaltender Marty Turco blew a 4-0 lead and lost 6-5 in overtime.
Jeff Halpern and Matt Niskanen scored for Dallas during 5-on-3 power plays and Loui Eriksson also found the net for the Stars, who have lost six of their last eight games.
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