nhl Game Recap
Minnesota Wild vs Philadelphia Flyers Recap - Flyers Win 5-4
Philadelphia earned a 5-4 victory over Minnesota on Thursday, but needed a shootout to do it at Wells Fargo Center.
Philadelphia was an underdog by +129 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.
Scott Laughton, Joel Farabee, Tyson Foerster, and Rasmus Ristolainen each scored for the Flyers in the victory. Laughton opened the scoring for Philadelphia.
Carter Hart turned in a 20-save effort for the Flyers.
Matt Boldy(2), Marcus Foligno, and Oskar Sundqvist scored for the Wild, finding the net behind Carter Hart.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 30 of 34 shots for the Wild, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Philadelphia went 1-for-1, while the Wild were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Minnesota lost the shots on goal battle to Philadelphia by a margin of 34-24.
Next game, Philadelphia takes its act home to face Detroit looking for another win. For Minnesota, they head home to face Chicago.