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*!streaming-live!* vs Bruins Live Free @3D 23 January 2021

The first home game of the season brought a victory for the (5th in East Division), who will try to continue in a similar fashion while hosting the Philadelphia Flyers (1st in the East) for the second night in a row.

Flyers Lose Shootout The Philadelphia Flyers (3-1-1) were dealt their second defeat in the last three contests (1-1-1) after dropping a 5-4 shootout decision against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden on Thursday. (3 goals, 5 points this year) scored twice for the Flyers, who led 2-0 after the second period and 3-2 midway through the third, only to be forced to the game at 4-4 with three-and-a-half minutes remaining in regulation, with the hosts eventually grabbing the victory with a snipe in the third round of the shootout. (4 points this season) and Travis Sanheim (2 points) picked up their first markers of the season, while Jakub Voracek (1 , 6 points) provided three assists.

Goalie (2-1-1 on the year with a 3.66 GAA and a .902 save percentage) turned away 39 pucks throughout regulation and , stopping two more shots during the skills competition. He is 4-1-1 versus Boston in previous encounters with a 2.88 GAA and a .909 save percentage, while Brian Elliott (1-0-0 this season with a 1.31 GAA and a .964 save percentage) has gone 3-8-3 against the Bruins historically with a 3.08 GAA and a .891 save percentage. The Flyers are 5th in most goals scored per game in 2020-21 (3.80), 12th in most goals conceded on average (3.00), 7th in power play with a 29.4% success rate (5-for-17) and 24th in kill with 72.2% efficiency (13-for-18).

Bruins Edge Out Philly The Boston Bruins (2-1-1) recovered from a two-game losing run (0-1-1), starting their current four-date homestand with a 5-4 shootout victory against the Philadelphia Flyers at TD Garden on Thursday. Jake DeBrusk (zero points in 4 games) banked the only snipe of the tiebreaker in the third round of the shootout after Boston scored four goals in the third period, turning around 2-0 and 3-2 deficits. (1 goal, 1 point this year), (1 goal, 1 point), (2 goals, 3 points) and (1 goal, 1 point) all lit the lamp for the Bruins, who outshot Philly 43-26, went 1-for-3 on power play and killed three of their five penalties.