Brink scores winner in 3rd period, Flyers edge Blues
Ersson makes 20 saves for Philadelphia; Walker has goal for St. Louis
STL@PHI: Brink gives Flyers lead late with goal in 3rd period
PHILADELPHIA — Bobby Brink scored in the third period for the Philadelphia Flyers in a 2-1 win against the St. Louis Blues at Wells Fargo Center on Thursday.
Garnet Hathaway also scored for Philadelphia (4-6-1), which has won consecutive games for the first time this season, following its 2-0 win at the Boston Bruins on Tuesday. Samuel Ersson made 20 saves.
Nathan Walker scored for St. Louis (5-6-0), which lost its third straight game. Jordan Binnington made 19 saves.
Brink scored the go-ahead goal at 16:59 of the third period when he went to the net to finish a give and go with Joel Farabee.
Hathaway made it 1-0 at 11:12 of the first period when he scored from the slot to finish an end-to-end rush by Ryan Poehling. The goal was Hathaway’s first in 29 games, dating to March 7 of last season.
Walker tied it 1-1 at 9:58 of the third, scoring on the rebound of a Philip Broberg shot. The forward had been scratched the previous four games.