Travis Sanheim completes Flyers’ comeback over Blues in OT

Travis Sanheim scored with 1:09 left in overtime as the host Philadelphia Flyers rallied to nip the St. Louis Blues 3-2 on Thursday.

On the decisive sequence, Sanheim took a pass from Travis Konecny and skated in on a 2-on-0 break with Sean Couturier. The veteran defenseman opted to shoot and beat Joel Hofer high to the glove side for the game-winner.

Rodrigo Abols and Tyson Foerster also scored for the Flyers, who came back from a two-goal deficit to defeat the Blues -- just as they did last Friday. Dan Vladar made 27 saves for Philadelphia, allowing only a pair of goals to defenseman Justin Faulk.

Hofer stopped 25 shots for St. Louis, which has lost four straight games.

Faulk opened the scoring 5:31 into the contest with a one-timer from the right point that got through traffic and beat Vladar. About 6 1/2 minutes later, Faulk took a feed from Jake Neighbours in the high slot and blasted one past Vladar for a power-play goal.

After scoring four goals in 78 games last season, Faulk now has six this season -- tied for the team lead -- including five goals this month. Prior to Thursday, he had not recorded a multi-goal game since October 2022.

Philadelphia halved its deficit late in the second period on Abols' first of the season. Owen Tippett slipped a blind pass to the doorstep, where Abols beat Hofer to make it 2-1.

Foerster tied it up with 8:11 left in regulation on a one-timer from above the left circle.

Both goalies stood firm in the waning minutes of regulation. First, Hofer denied Abols' attempt and then Vladar stoned Pavel Buchnevich and Dalibor Dvorsky on consecutive shots from the doorstep.

Konecny had a golden opportunity to win the game in the final minute of regulation. He received the puck in the right circle with a completely empty net after a wild carom off the boards, but his shot hit the side of the net with Hofer way out of position.

Vladar made the biggest stop of overtime with a toe save on Jordan Kyrou.