Flyers top Wings in OT for 9th straight win
DETROIT -- Brayden Schenn's goal 2:44 into overtime gave the Philadelphia Flyers a 1-0 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday at Joe Louis Arena.
It was the Flyers (18-10-3) ninth consecutive win.
Anthony Stolarz, making his second start of the season and his career, made 28 saves for his first NHL shutout.
Jimmy Howard made 34 saves for Detroit (13-12-4) in his first start since Nov. 23.
The Red Wings got their first point at home since Dec. 1.
Schenn cut in off the left wing, cut across the top of the crease, faked a backhand shot, took one more stride and slid in a backhand shot behind Howard for Schenn's eighth goal of the season and fourth in two games.
Howard stopped Pierre-Edouard Bellemare from the bottom inside edge of the right circle 1:53 into overtime.
Detroit defenseman Xavier Ouellet and Philadelphia's Michael Raffl both got fighting majors 8:03 into the third period. Ouellet got in far more punches and received the two minute-instigator penalty after Raffl made a blindside hit on the Red Wings Steve Ott.
Stolarz denied Andreas Athanasiou on a breakaway chance at 3:43 of the third period.
Stolarz poked the puck off of Frans Nielsen's stick on Nielsen's breakaway attempt 2:41 into the third period.
Howard stopped Jakub Voracek's backhand shot attempt from the bottom of the right circle 1:28 the third period.
Stolarz made a big save on Tomas Jurco's rebound shot about 7:33 into the second period.
Howard made an outstanding save on a one-on-one situation against Nick Cousins about 7:50 into the second period after Cousins stole the puck from Detroit's Riley Sheahan in the slot area.
Philadelphia outshot Detroit 10-5 in the first period and the Flyers blocked eight Red Wings shots in the opening period.
NOTES: Philadelphia D Shane Gostisbehere didn't play because of a hand injury suffered in Saturday's 4-2 win over Dallas. ... Detroit D Jonathan Ericsson missed his second game with back spasms. ... Flyers D Matt Read missed the game with an upper-body injury. ... The Red Wings were also without Darren Helm (upper body), Brendan Smith (lower body), Tyler Bertuzzi (ankle), Justin Abdelkader (lower body) due to injuries. ... Philadelphia was on an eight-game winning streak coming into the game. ... Detroit was 2-7-2 is its last 11 at Joe Louis Arena. ... Flyers RW Jakub Voracek had 15 points (four goals and 11 assists) in his past eight games.