<p>BOSTON — Travis Sanheim scored 3:08 into overtime and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Monday night after losing their first five meetings this season.</p>
<p>The Flyers moved within three points of Boston for the final playoff spot in the NHL’s East division.</p>
<p>Travis Konecny and Sean Couturier each scored for Philadelphia, and Brian Elliott stopped 27 shots. The Flyers were 2-4-2 in their previous eight games.</p>
<p>Patrice Bergeron had a second-period goal for Boston that moved him into fourth on the club’s all-time scoring list with 899 points, one ahead of Rick Middleton.</p>
<p>Karson Kuhlman also scored for the Bruins, who have collected at least a point in seven of their last nine games (5-2-2). Dan Vladar made 29 saves.</p>
<p>Vladar robbed Travis Sanheim’s close bid with a sprawling right-pad stop while on his stomach in the opening minute of OT, but the defenseman cut in alone and beat him with a wrister from the slot.</p>
<p>Bergeron’s milestone made it 2-1 just 46 seconds into the period. With Boston on the power play, David Pastrnak fired a pass from the left point that Bergeron, positioned in the slot, redirected into the net. It was Boston’s ninth power-play goal against the Flyers this season.</p>
<p>Couturier’s rising wrist shot from the left circle tied it on the power play 6:56 into the third.</p>
<p>After Boston took a 2-1 lead, Vladar robbed Konecny’s power-play bid by cutting quickly across the crease to stop a shot with his upper body. With just under 4 1/2 minutes left in the period, the Boston goalie dropped to make a pad save on Justin Braun’s partial breakaway.</p>
<p>THIS TIME IT COUNTS</p>
<p>On Saturday, Bergeron briefly moved into fourth on the club’s all-time scoring list, but he had an assist taken away by a scoring change after the game, leaving him tied with Middleton.</p>
<p>BACKUPS</p>
<p>Boston coach Bruce Cassidy said after the morning skate that No. 2 goalie Jaroslav Halak tested positive for COVID-19. With top netminder Tuukka Rask still sidelined with an undisclosed upper-body injury, it left the Bruins with two goalies who started the season in the minors. Jeremy Swayman backed up Vladar.</p>
<p>ADDITIONS</p>
<p>Boston forward Jake DeBrusk was back after missing six games due to COVID-19 protocols.</p>
<p>The Flyers recalled defensemen Samuel Morin and Shayne Gostisbehere to the roster from the taxi squad. Both played on Monday.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>The teams meet again Tuesday night in Philadelphia, and Flyers coach Alain Vigneault acknowledged before the game how important the two games were for his team.</p>
<p>“This morning we definitely talked about it as a team. This is playoff hockey for us,” he said. “The importance of it we’re very aware of.”</p>
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