{"id":543089,"date":"2026-04-06T02:29:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T02:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/543089\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T02:29:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T02:29:25","slug":"all-the-calls-of-porter-martones-first-nhl-goal-that-helped-the-flyers-grab-playoff-positioning-in-the-metro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/543089\/","title":{"rendered":"All the Calls of Porter Martone&#8217;s First NHL Goal That Helped the Flyers Grab Playoff Positioning in the Metro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossingbroad.com\/news\/flyers\/\" class=\"self-start link link-hover text-secondary uppercase text-sm font-body-bold font-bold\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            Flyers<br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossingbroad.com\/author\/nick-piccone\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rounded-lg grayscale aspect-square\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/b1f1119bfe7e5105d19c80ef6b566a50ea4d13cd8e008d9f9c79bbad5f98e38a.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Nick Piccone\"\/><br \/>\n            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/USATSI_28666204_168416197_lowres-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"rounded-xl aspect-video object-cover wp-post-image\" alt=\"Apr 5, 2026; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Flyers right wing Porter Martone (94) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against the Boston Bruins in overtime at Xfinity Mobile Arena.\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>                    Kyle Ross-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve never played in the National Hockey League, but I can\u2019t imagine a much better scenario as a rookie to have your first goal in the league be a game-winner. That\u2019s what happened Sunday afternoon at the Xfinity Mobile Arena as the biggest Flyers game in years was capped off by a game-winner by Porter Martone in overtime against the Boston Bruins.<\/p>\n<p>An absolutely electric call by Jim Jackson there. Over on 97.5 The Fanatic, Tim Saunders had a fantastic call, as well.<\/p>\n<p>Kenny Albert and Brian Boucher were on the national call for TNT:<\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s the call on 98.5 The Sports Hub on the Bruins Radio Network:<\/p>\n<p>The win puts the Flyers in third place in the Metropolitan Division with five games to go.<\/p>\n<p>Things have gone the Flyers\u2019 way in recent days. The Red Wings, Senators, Blue Jackets, and Islanders all lost in regulation on Saturday. The Red Wings came back from a 4-1 deficit on Sunday to tie the Minnesota Wild before ultimately losing, 5-4, after giving up a goal with less than two minutes left in regulation. You couldn\u2019t write a better script for the Flyers this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Notwithstanding the help the Flyers are getting on the scoreboard, they\u2019ve been one of the hottest teams in the league recently. They\u2019ve won 14 of their last 20 games. And they\u2019re beating good teams.<\/p>\n<p>The next Flyers game is Tuesday night on the road against the Devils. If they can stay on a roll, we\u2019ll see playoff hockey in Philly for the first time since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"rounded-full mx-auto sm:m-0 grayscale aspect-square\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/b1f1119bfe7e5105d19c80ef6b566a50ea4d13cd8e008d9f9c79bbad5f98e38a.png\" alt=\"Nick Piccone\" width=\"88\" height=\"88\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-sm mt-4\">Nick Piccone has covered Philly sports and events for over 15 years with various outlets, including PhillyVoice.com and PhillyInfluencer.com. In 2015, he co-launched the Straight Shooters Podcast, focused on covering the professional wrestling industry. He was a producer at Fox Sports Radio Philadelphia and currently produces broadcast and social media content for the Villanova Sports Radio Network. He grew up in South Philadelphia and South Jersey, and is a graduate of Neumann University. Contact: picconenick@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-3xl font-display-bold font-bold\">\n        You might also like&#8230;\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Flyers Kyle Ross-Imagn Images I\u2019ve never played in the National Hockey League, but I can\u2019t imagine a much&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5112],"tags":[1468,5,4,1467,56,5205],"class_list":{"0":"post-543089","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-flyers","8":"tag-flyers","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-philadelphia","12":"tag-philadelphia-flyers","13":"tag-philadelphiaflyers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116355411307702511","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}