PHILADELPHIA — Dan Vladar has turned in a lot of excellent performances in goal for the Flyers this season. Saturday may have been one of his best.

The Flyers goalie held the red-hot Bruins to a single goal, giving teammates space for a 3-1 win over Boston at a sold-out Xfinity Mobile Arena.

Vladar stopped 26 shots. Travis Konecny broke a scoreless tie 3:41 into the third period, and Jamie Drysdale added a goal at 11:55 as the Flyers won their second straight game.

“He (Vladar) has had a great year for us,” coach Rick Tocchet said after the game. “Another outstanding effort from him.”

With Vladar perfect through 53 minutes, there was a sense that the Flyers wanted to do their best to win this one for their goaltender. Late in the second period, Vladar made a couple of sensational saves and received a loud ovation from the crowd.

“It means a lot,” Vladar said. “The fans have been awesome the whole year. I’ve said it so many times I don’t want to waste this opportunity. We want to play special for them. Great job by them and we wouldn’t be here without them.”

Vladar has already played in 35 games, well beyond his career-high of 29. So far, so good.

He’s signed for two years as a free agent last summer. Has he thought about a longer stay with the Flyers?

“It’s too early for that,” he insisted. “But I wanted to come here. If I didn’t want to stay here, I wouldn’t be going here. Of course I would like to stay here but it’s too early for that. Right now I’m focusing on my team this season.”

The opening goal came when Konecny finished off an entry from Christian Dvorak. Drysdale converted a Konecny pass to make it 2-0. Boston scored with 6:57 to play by way of Charlie McAvoy to keep the outcome close.

Drysdale has scored three goals in his last five games. He said the Flyers wanted to win this one for Vladar.

“You saw the saves he made throughout that game,” Drysdale said. “The shots were pretty low in the first two periods but pretty much all their shots were Grade A. He’s been playing great and a big reason we came out with the win.”

About those intermission pep talks by Vladar …

“He’s the loudest guy in the room,” Drysdale said. “He does so much off-ice as well. In between periods, he’s always talking what’s on his mind. There’s some awesome stuff coming out of his mouth.”

Aside from a spirited fight between Nick Deslauriers and Boston’s Tanner Jeannot, there wasn’t a whole lot for the crowd to get excited about early. Each team had a couple of scoring chances, but Vladar and Boston goalie Jeremy Swayman were able to successfully keep the firt 20 minutes scoreless.

It was more of the same in the second. Vladar stoned Morgan Geekie from point-blank range at the five-minute mark. Swayman countered by stopping Dvorak’s backhander from the doorstep later in the period.

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Tocchet has been using Olympians Travis Sanheim and Rasmus Ristolainen in a top defense pairing. This gives Sanheim, a natural lefty shooter, a chance to move back to that side of the rink.

“I kind of like Sanny on the left side,” Tocchet said before the game. “When you have two big D like that, it’s a luxury. I think having two 6-4 Ds who can move the puck, that can squash plays, that can skate … that’s kind of our thought process.

“I think since Risto has been in the lineup, he’s played well for us. Sanny’s been playing better, too.”

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Shot shots >> Rookie Denver Barkey was a healthy scratch. He has been struggling offensively, with one assist in his last eight games. He’s dropped to a minus-7. … The Flyers head back to the road Monday for a game in Toronto. The Maple Leafs opened Saturday play tied for last place in the Atlantic Division. … Matvei Michkov’s two-goal game against the Rangers on Thursday night give him 10 in his career. He moves into second place on the Flyers’ all-time list of players with multi-goal games age 21 or younger. Eric Lindros tops the list with 17. … The Flyers entered Saturday third in the NHL with 16 comeback wins, five by two or more goals, which is second. … Since Jan. 19, the Flyers’ 89.7 percent penalty kill is second only to Chicago’s 90.9. … Boston thought it had broken the scoreless tie with a goal by Hampus Lindholm at 1:05 of the third period, but it was disallowed for goaltender interference.