*!streaming-live!* Philadelphia Flyers vs Boston Bruins Live Free @3D 23 January 2021 The first home game of the season brought a victory for the Boston Bruins (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. James van Riemsdyk (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 tie 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. Claude Giroux (4 points this season) and Travis Sanheim (2 points) picked up their first markers of the season, while Jakub Voracek (1 goal, 6 points) provided three assists. Goalie Carter Hart (2-1-1 on the year with a 3.66 GAA and a .902 save percentage) turned away 39 pucks throughout regulation and overtime, 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 penalty 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. Jack Studnicka (1 goal, 1 point this year), Charlie Coyle (1 goal, 1 point), Nick Ritchie (2 goals, 3 points) and Brandon Carlo (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. .