Ersson makes 24 saves, Flyers shut out Bruins
Foerster, Farabee score for Philadelphia
Flyers at Bruins | Recap
BOSTON — Samuel Ersson made 24 saves for the Philadelphia Flyers in a 2-0 win against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden on Tuesday.
Tyson Foerster and Joel Farabee scored for Philadelphia (3-6-1), which has won two of its past three (2-1-0). Defenseman Emil Andrae had an assist for his first NHL point.
Joonas Korpisalo made 17 saves for Boston (4-5-1), which has lost four of its past five (1-3-1).
The Bruins had a 5-on-3 power play for 1:37 during the first period when Scott Laughton and Travis Sanheim were called for penalties 23 seconds apart, but Boston failed to capitalize.
Foerster gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead at 5:32 of the second period, finishing Andrae’s centering pass from the slot.
Bruins captain Brad Marchand nearly scored a short-handed goal in the third period, sending the puck from behind the net off Ersson’s skate and toward the goal line, but the goalie fell on it and kept the puck out with his glove.
Farabee had a net-front deflection off a pass from Ryan Poehling at 16:04 of the third, but Korpisalo turned it away.
Flyers captain Sean Couturier had a breakaway at 16:57 after blocking a shot from Mason Lohrei at the point, but Korpisalo made another stop to keep the deficit at one.
Farabee scored an empty-net goal after intercepting Charlie McAvoy’s pass at Boston’s blue line at 19:36 for the 2-0 final.