PHILADELPHIA – Owen Tippett;s second goal of the game came in extra time on Tuesday to give the Flyers a 4-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets.
“‘Provy (Ivan Provorov) made a great pass coming into the zone and ideally I was going back to him on my backhand, and it just opened up room to bring it back to my forehand and try to put it in there,” Tippett said.
Carter Hart made 28 saves in the Flyers win.
Philadelphia moved to 30-38-13.
“We kept pushing all the way through there,” Blue Jackets coach Brad Larsen said. “It was close.”
Columbus took a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals from Liam Foudy and Trey Fix-Wolansky
“Feel like he was around the puck a lot,” Larsen said of Fix-Wolansky. “It always helps when you score. He’s been doing it at the [American Hockey League] level, but you get a goal there early, feels good. … I just felt like he had some legs tonight.”
The Flyers rallied on two goals to tie the game, 2-2, in the first.
Joel Farabee trimmed the deficit to 2-1, and James Van Riemsdyk knotted it up.
“Before the year [senior adviser] Dean Lombardi pulled me aside and was letting me know where I stood with some of those things, with career goals and milestones like that,” van Riemsdyk said. “I knew it was within reach this year. Excited to get it here in Philly. A winning effort is always nice too.”
Tippett’s first of the game came off the power play with 47 seconds gone in the middle frame for a 3-2 lead to the Flyers.
“I saw him in junior, I coached in the OHL [Ontario Hockey League] at that time, and he was a natural goal-scorer,” Flyers assistant coach Rocky Thompson said. “But I think his game is evolving not just as a shooter, which we’re seeing and that’s coming, maturing, but I think he makes good plays too.
“He can be very hard to play against because of his speed. Not just when he has the puck, he can forecheck and take advantage of those attributes that he has. Definitely the offense has come. He’s been put in a good situation this year to succeed, and I think he’s taken advantage of those opportunities.”
Columbus’ Sean Kuraly tied the game 3-3 in the third period, forcing the extra session.
Michael Hutchinson made 35 saves in the loss.
 
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