PHN’s Best Shots of the Stadium Series: Flyers rally late, win in OT

PHILADELPHIA – Claude Giroux completed an improbable comeback for the Flyers Saturday night when scored 1:59 into extra time to defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins, 4-3.

Down 3-1 in the third period, James van Riemsdyk and Jakub Voracek potted goals to get the Flyers even.

Right Wing Jakub Voracek (#93) talks with Goalie Brian Elliott (#37) of the Philadelphia Flyers during a stoppage in play.

“It was kind of a relief to win an outdoor game, and it was a battle to get it, but sometimes those games … the hardest to win are the nicest to win,” Giroux said. “It didn’t look too good, but we found ways to get back in the game and make it 3-3. The experience was great, the fans were so crazy.”

Voracek scored with 20 seconds left on the regulation clock.

“I think it was the biggest win of the year,” Voracek said. “If we lost that game, it would be tough to work from here. … To be honest, I wasn’t believing we were going to win, which is probably bad to say, but … It’s been a good push so far, so we just have to keep it going.”

Brian Elliott made 40 saves in the win.

“It was big in the standings, for sure, against a big rival,” Elliott said. “We had a lot of fans in the stands. They braved it, the weather, just as we did out there. It was really fun to play that. … I definitely didn’t want to let the guys down, and they didn’t let me down, they came back for me.”

Sidney Crosby, Justin Schultz and Evgeni Malkin scored for the Pens.

“We’re disappointed we didn’t get the two points, but I thought our effort was really good,” Sullivan said. “We had complete control of the game for the majority of that game with exception of maybe a two-minute span.”

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Matt Murray made 33 saves in the loss; the Pens have lost seven of 11.

“You’ve got to move by it, and we’ve got to learn from it,” Crosby said. “I mean, this is kind of a playoff feel, I think, from here on in for us, and sometimes things like this happen.”

Right Wing Justin Baily (#27) of the Philadelphia Flyers leans on Defenseman Marcus Pettersson (#28) and Goalie Matt Murray (#30) of the Pittsburgh Penguins