The Flyers picked up a signature win Thursday night with a come-from-behind, 3-2 shootout decision over the Wild at Grand Casino Arena.<\/p>\n
Travis Konecny won it as the lone scorer in the skills competition.<\/p>\n
Emil Andrae and Owen Tippett found the back of the net for the Flyers in regulation. Tippett’s goal tied the game at 2-2 when the Flyers were killing off a penalty in the third period.<\/p>\n
Rick Tocchet’s club improved to 8-3 in the shootout. It went to overtime for the 22nd time.<\/p>\n
The Flyers (31-23-11) have earned at least a point in nine of their last 12 games (7-3-2). They took both games of a back-to-back set after beating the Capitals, 4-1<\/a>, Wednesday night at home.<\/p>\n Minnesota dropped to just 27-0-4 when holding a lead entering the third period.<\/p>\n The Flyers swept the Wild (38-16-12) in their two-game regular-season series. They took the first meeting back in October with a 2-1 overtime finish<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 After their 6-2 home loss Monday night<\/a> to the Rangers, the Flyers felt they owed Dan Vladar a much better effort.<\/p>\n They gave it to him in Minnesota.<\/p>\n Vladar converted 21 saves on 23 shots and made a great stop on Matt Boldy in the shootout. The Flyers were more structured and connected compared to three nights ago against New York.<\/p>\n Through 40 games, Vladar is 21-11-6 with a 2.50 goals-against average and .904 save percentage.<\/p>\n The Wild’s big boys started rolling in the second period. The Flyers surrendered their fifth power play goal over the last three games when Boldy erased their 1-0 lead. Kirill Kaprizov then put Minnesota ahead with 2:10 minutes left in the middle stanza.<\/p>\n But Tippett had another excellent game and drew the Flyers even in the third period on a big-time blast. Over this back-to-back set, the 27-year-old winger had two goals, an assist and 12 shots.<\/p>\n Wild netminder Jesper Wallstedt stopped 24 of the Flyers’ 26 shots.<\/p>\n Andrae, back in the lineup after a couple of healthy scratches, gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead at first intermission.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOwen Tippett spoke with Jim Jackson after the Flyers’ shootout win over the Wild on Thursday night.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u2022 With the Bruins’ 4-2 loss to the Sharks, the Flyers moved to within five points of the Eastern Conference’s second wild-card spot.<\/p>\n The Flyers have 17 games to go and still need to make a significant push. As a team that hasn’t won more than three straight in over two years, the Flyers still have to prove they can make a run.<\/p>\n But they’ve kept themselves in it.<\/p>\n \u2022 Tippett has a team-leading three shorthanded goals after coming into the season with none in his career.<\/p>\n You can see why it was really intriguing early last season when the Flyers tried Tippett on the penalty kill<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOwen Tippett’s third shorthanded goal of the season came on a rocket of a slapshot that tied up the Flyers vs Wild game in the third period.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u2022 The Flyers didn’t face their old friend Bobby Brink, who was out with an upper-body injury.<\/p>\n