Boldy helps Wild beat Flyers 4-2 for fifth straight road win
Minnesota built a three-goal lead before holding off Philadelphia, with Jesper Wallstedt stopping 23 shots.
The Minnesota Wild won a fifth consecutive road game Tuesday, defeating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Matt Boldy contributed a goal and an assist as Minnesota extended its run of games with a point to six.
Boldy and Michael McCarron scored 31 seconds apart in the opening period. Joel Eriksson Ek added Minnesota’s third goal early in the second after a Philadelphia clearing attempt struck a referee and stayed in the offensive zone.
The Flyers cut the deficit to one through Tyson Foerster’s second-period goal and a Denver Barkey power-play goal early in the third. Danila Yurov finished the scoring into an empty net.
Jesper Wallstedt stopped 23 of Philadelphia’s 25 shots. Dan Vladar made 18 saves for the Flyers. Minnesota is 5-0-1 over its last six games.
