PHILADELPHIA -Carter made 26 saves on Thursday night, and the Flyers downed the Minnesota Wild, 6-2.
Bobby Brink scored a double in the win, his first two career NHL goals in 16 games.
“It’s nice to get a bounce there,” Brink said. “Little luck and was able to put it home. Saw a little area five-hole. Nice to get lucky.”
Travis Konecny scored at 13:57 of the first period to give the Flyers a 1-0 lead.
Sean Couturier scored at 7:28 of the middle frame for a 2-0 advantage.
Brink then made it 3-0 in favor of the Flyers.
The Wild rallied in the third to cut the deficit to one on goals from Dakota Mermis and Marcus Foligno.
“We thought we were coming,” Minnesota coach Dean Evason said. “That’s a big goal clearly. We should have gotten the puck down deep and drove it down. That’s how we’ve been scoring goals and we didn’t. That hurt us. I think we got a ton of momentum at that point and that hurt us a lot.”
That was all the Wild could muster.
“We got what we deserved,” Foligno said. “We didn’t play a full 60 [minutes].”
Owen Tippett blunted the rally at 6:54 of the third to make it 4-2.
Brink double, and Travis Sanheim ‘s late strike made the 6-2 final.
“I’ve faced some adversity and I think that adversity just kind of makes it even more special,” he said. “It’s a pretty special moment. I’ve been thinking about it forever. A lot of years of hockey and a lot of stuff leading up to this moment, a lot of sacrifices from my parents and family and grandparents and aunts and uncles. It’s just a really special moment for me and my whole family.”
Filip Gustavsson made 29 saves in the loss.
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