Couturier has hat trick, 5 points to help Flyers top Wild, end 6-game skid

Couturier has hat trick, 5 points to help Flyers top Wild, end 6-game skid

Konecny gets goal, 4 assists for Philadelphia; Kaprizov has 3 points for Minnesota

Wild at Flyers | Recap

PHILADELPHIA — Sean Couturier had a hat trick and five points to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 7-5 win against the Minnesota Wild at Wells Fargo Center on Saturday.

Travis Konecny had a goal and four assists for Philadelphia, which won for the first time in regulation (2-5-1) and ended a six-game skid (0-5-1). Nick Seeler, Matvei Michkov and Rasmus Ristolainen each had a goal and an assist, and Samuel Ersson made 21 saves.

Marcus Foligno scored two goals for Minnesota (5-1-2), which lost in regulation for the first time this season and had a four-game winning streak end. Joel Eriksson Ek had a goal and an assist, and Kirill Kaprizov had three assists. Filip Gustavsson made 16 saves.

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Couturier, who hadn’t scored in 32 games dating to Feb. 10 of last season, made it 1-0 1:18 of the first period when he scored from in front on the rebound of a Ristolainen shot.

Seeler made it 2-0 at 3:51 with a shot from between the top of the circles.

The Wild tied the game on goals by Brock Faber and Foligno 33 seconds apart in the second period.

Faber redirected a shot by Kaprizov to make it 2-1 at 14:54, and Foligno tied it at 15:27 when he scored off the rush from the right side.

Michkov made it 3-2 at 18:16 with a shot from above the face-off circles during a delayed penalty with Ersson pulled for an extra skater.

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Eriksson Ek tied the game 3-3 at 19:56 with a power-play goal.

Foligno put the Wild ahead 4-3 at 2:18 of the third period when he redirected Zach Bogosian‘s point shot.

Konecny tied it 4-4 at 4:55 with a power-play goal, and Couturier made it 5-4 at 8:26 on a loose puck in front of the net.

Jake Middleton scored to make it 5-5 at 13:28 with a shot from the left point after holding in a clearing attempt.

Ristolainen gave the Flyers a 6-5 lead when he got to the front of the net and knocked a loose puck past Gustavsson at 17:36 of the third period.

Couturier completed the hat trick with an empty-net goal at 19:00 for the 7-5 final.