Flyers Hold Off Bruins, Ending Eight-Game Point Streak in 3-1 Win
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Boston Bruins 3-1 at Xfinity Mobile Arena, ending the Bruins' eight-game point streak and handing Boston its first regulation setback in that run. The result matters now because Dan Vladar’s 26 saves — including a flurry of stops in the second period — were decisive in a game that had been previewed as a Feb. 28, 3 p. m. ET matchup.
Dan Vladar's 26 saves
Vladar finished with 26 saves and was the most visible reason Philadelphia held the lead. Sixteen of his stops came in the second period, seven of which arrived while Boston skated with the man advantage across two power plays. Key saves included a right-pad stop on a Morgan Geekie shot with 15: 00 left in the period, another pad snap on a rebound with 4: 17 remaining, and a breakaway denial of Sean Kuraly with 5: 43 to go in the period. Fans behind the net gave Vladar an ovation in the second; he said the club is confident and aimed to regain the swagger it showed earlier in the season.
Konecny and Drysdale finish with goal and assist
Travis Konecny and Jamie Drysdale each recorded a goal and an assist in the Flyers’ 3-1 victory. Konecny opened the scoring at 3: 41 of the third period when Christian Dvorak’s dump-in took an awkward bounce to the middle and Dvorak backhanded it into the crease for Konecny to tap home. Drysdale extended the lead to 2-0 with a shot from the left hash marks at 11: 55 of the third.
Sean Couturier and Christian Dvorak contributions
Sean Couturier also scored for Philadelphia, and Christian Dvorak finished with two assists. The win pushed the Flyers to a 27-21-11 record and marked their first back-to-back wins since the Jan. 3–6 span; they had beaten the New York Rangers 3-2 in overtime on the road two nights earlier.
Bruins' eight-game point streak ends
Boston fell to 33-21-5. The Bruins had been 5-0-3 across their previous eight games before this loss. An early third-period play that initially appeared to be a Boston goal — Hampus Lindholm’s shot 1: 05 into the third — was immediately waved off by the referees for goaltender interference, an official action that preserved the Flyers’ lead.
Jeremy Swayman's return and on-ice moments
Jeremy Swayman, making his first game since helping the United States win gold at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, faced 26 shots and made 14 saves. He described the game’s opening turnover and bounce to Konecny as “one of those things that happens in hockey. ” Morgan Geekie and other Boston forwards generated several Grade-A opportunities but drew frustrated praise for Vladar’s timely saves.
Coaches' reactions and betting context
Philadelphia coach Rick Tocchet said the team had made defensive adjustments over the Olympic break and that he saw the effects of those changes in this game, while Boston coach Marco Sturm credited Vladar for making the saves that decided the outcome and said the Bruins had not done enough to screen or stay in front of him. The matchup had been previewed as a Feb. 28, 3 p. m. ET game at Xfinity Mobile Arena and singled out Trevor Zegras and Morgan Geekie as players to watch. A betting preview noted an ATS pick of Bruins (+1. 5), an Over/Under at 6. 5 with an Under pick, and a score prediction of Flyers 4 – Bruins 3. That preview used technology from Data Skrive and data from Sportradar and stated the page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners and that placing a wager could result in compensation to the site.
What makes this notable is how a single goaltending performance transformed a game that had quick momentum swings into a controlled road win for Philadelphia; Vladar’s second-period work directly blunted Boston’s power-play attempts and set up the Flyers to close the game in the third.
