The postseason buzz felt real on Easter Sunday in South Philadelphia.

The Flyers climbed into playoff position with a 2-1 overtime win over the Bruins at Xfinity Mobile Arena.

Porter Martone scored his first career NHL goal to win it in OT. It came on a 5-on-3 power play and sent the crowd into a frenzy.

“It was awesome to get that win in front of these fans,” Martone said.

Porter Martone scored his first NHL goal in overtime to cap off the Flyers’ win over the Bruins on Sunday.

Christian Dvorak gave the Flyers an early lead and also assisted Martone’s winner. Dan Vladar was excellent in net. The goaltender pumped up the crowd when he skated back onto the ice as the game’s third star.

“All I heard before I came here was that the fans are passionate,” Vladar said. “I wanted to experience it myself and I did, so it was great.”

The Flyers (39-26-12) now hold the final playoff spot (third place) in the Metropolitan Division with five games to go. They took advantage of a busy Saturday going completely in their favor while they watched from home.

“It doesn’t happen all the time, the fortune went our way,” Rick Tocchet said before the game. “But we’ve been trying to not worry about what’s happening on the scoreboard. Obviously you look at it, but to me, some of that doesn’t matter if you don’t win hockey games. This is a big game for us.”

Tocchet’s club played like it, continuing its surge down the stretch. The Flyers won for the 14th time in their last 20 games (14-5-1) and have a real chance to end their five-year playoff drought (more on that below).

They went to overtime for the 27th time this season. They’re 15-12 after regulation.

The Flyers took two of three games from the Bruins (43-26-9) in their regular-season series.

• The Flyers are in third place with 90 points, one ahead of the Islanders. They also have a game in hand on New York.

With four games to go, the skidding Islanders sent shock waves through the league Sunday by firing head coach Patrick Roy and hiring Peter DeBoer.

In the division race, the Flyers are also battling the Blue Jackets and Capitals. Columbus has 88 points and was idle Sunday. Washington has 87 points and visits the Rangers tonight. The Flyers have a game in hand on the Capitals.

The Flyers entered the day in a four-way tie with the Senators, Red Wings and Blue Jackets for the Eastern Conference’s second wild-card spot. Detroit lost in regulation to the Wild. Ottawa beat the Hurricanes, so it holds the second wild-card position at 90 points.

As of right now, the Flyers can focus on the division race. They control their destiny for third place.

Ashlyn Sullivan and Al Morganti react to Porter Martone scoring his first NHL goal in overtime in the Flyers’ win over the Bruins on Sunday.

• Vladar did his job once again, denying 18 of 19 shots.

The 28-year-old has given up just two goals over the last two games.

Boston cracked Vladar in the opening minute of the third period when Pavel Zacha scored a power play goal. Carl Grundstrom was in the penalty box for interference toward the end of the season period.

Bruins netminder Joonas Korpisalo stopped 29 of the Flyers’ 31 shots.

Dvorak struck just 4:19 minutes into the game. Martone sprung him with a crafty touch pass.

“That’s not an easy play at all,” Dvorak said. “It was right on my tape, I didn’t even have to move my stick.”

The 19-year-old winger has not played like a teenager since signing his entry-level deal. He looks like he belongs.

“You can just tell he’s a hockey player, he loves the game,” Tocchet said. “Even on the bench, you tell him something, he’s a very engaged kid.”

Through his first four games, with the pressure of a playoff race, Martone has a goal, two assists and 20 shots.

“It’s impressive, not easy to do that coming from college and right into a playoff race,” Dvorak said. “He’s a big body, really smart, high hockey IQ player. That’s really important in this league.”

Martone had a couple of looks with under five minutes left in regulation, but he couldn’t beat Korpisalo. Not long after denying Martone twice, Korpisalo turned away Tyson Foerster at the doorstep.

But Martone got Korpisalo in OT.

“For me, just every shift, come back to the bench and reset,” the 2025 sixth overall pick said. “The goalie made two good saves on those. I knew if I got another chance, hopefully it would go in.”

Porter Martone and Rick Tocchet met with the media to discuss Martone’s first NHL goal being the overtime game-winner against the Bruins.

• The Flyers are back in action Tuesday when they visit the Devils (7 p.m. ET/NBCSP).