Flyers Beat Bruins 3-2

PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Flyers rallied from a 2-1 deficit midway through the third period Wednesday night for an important 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins at Wells Fargo Center.

The Flyers scored a pair goals in a span of 1 minute, 22 seconds to win their fourth straight and tie their season-best winning streak.

The comeback also helped Philadelphia (19-15-7) gain valuable ground in the standings as it now trails the Bruins and New Jersey Devils by two points for the Eastern Conference's second and final wild-card spot just over half-way through the regular season.

Boston (21-16-5) continues to struggle as its lost three in a row and eight of its last 10. Coming into the game, the Bruins were 14-3-1 when leading after two periods of play.

Right winger Wayne Simmonds outskated two Bruins up ice to tie the game 2-2 at 10:10 of the final stanza. On a breakout, right winger Jakub Voracek found Simmonds, who scored his 11th of the season on a rebound off his initial shot, which bounced right back to him off goalie Tuukka Rask's leg pad.

Defensman Mark Streit then won it shortly after with his fourth goal of the season.

Flyers center Claude Giroux notched three assists, while Voracek finished with a goal and two helpers.

Rask (14-13-4), who came in 9-1-2 with a 929 save percentage and 2.07 goals-against lifetime against Philadelphia, made 18 saves.

Flyers goalie Steve Mason (10-10-5) won his third straight by stopping 30 shots.

After a lousy power play expired, the Flyers quickly made up for it by netting the game's first goal with 2:32 remaining in the opening period. Giroux whipped a shot on net and Voracek impressively corralled the rebound, reached around a defenseman and put it home for Philadelphia's 1-0 lead.

It was Voracek's fifth goal of the season and Giroux's 19th assist.

The Bruins drew even 8:38 into the second when center Max Talbot spotted defenseman Kevan Miller cross-ice and delivered him a pass with plenty of time to windup and blast a snap shot top shelf past Mason.

As Philadelphia came up empty on its first three power plays, Boston needed just one to grab the lead in the second. The Bruins, who entered with the NHL's most successful man advantage, jumped ahead 2-1 when right winger Loui Eriksson scored on a rebound attempt just 25 seconds into their two-minute power play.

The marker, which came with 3:34 left in the second period, was Eriksson's 15th of the season, while center Ryan Spooner and defenseman Torey Krug tallied their 21st and 18th assists, respectively.

NOTES: Flyers D Shayne Gostisbehere was out with a lower-body injury for the second game since he was hurt Jan. 7 against the Minnesota Wild. Gostisbehere, who has seven goals and nine assists, is considered day to day. He was replaced by D Brandon Manning. ... Bruins RW David Pastrnak was scratched moments before the game because of an upper-body injury. He's considered day to day. RW Brett Connolly took his spot in the lineup. ... Flyers D Nick Schultz played his 1,000th game in the NHL. The 33-year-old has played for four teams in 14 seasons. ... Bruins C David Krejci, third on the team with 33 points, remained out with an upper-body injury. Krejci has been out since Dec. 29 and isn't expected to play on Boston's road trip that concludes Friday. ... Flyers C Jordan Weal, acquired in a trade with the Los Angeles Kings on Jan. 6, was a healthy scratch for the third straight game.