Fraser Minten has a goal and two assists as Bruins roll past winless Flyers 5-1
Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman catches the puck on a shot by the Philadelphia Flyers in the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, in Boston. Credit: AP/Steven Senne
BOSTON — Fraser Minten had a goal and two assists, Pavel Zacha scored his first goal of the season and the Boston Bruins beat the struggling Philadelphia Flyers 5-1 on Saturday.
Mason Lohrei, Marat Khusnutdinov and Casey Mittelstadt also scored for Boston (4-2), which won its second straight game.
Starting for the fifth time in the Bruins’ first six games, Jeremy Swayman faced just three shots in the opening 30 minutes and finished with 14 saves. His bid for his second shutout of the season was spoiled when Porter Martone had a power-play goal 6:32 into the final period. Swayman won his 136th game, tying Andy Moog for eighth on Boston's all-time list.
Dan Vladar made 27 saves for the Flyers (0-4-2), who are the Eastern Conference’s only winless team.
Top Boston defenseman Charlie McAvoy served the final of his six-game suspension to start the season from a slashing incident during last spring’s playoffs.
Coming off a lopsided win over Utah at home on Thursday, the Bruins jumped ahead on Zacha’s goal 12:21 into the opening period when he took a backhand pass from David Pastrnak in the slot and fired a wrister that broke into the net off Vladar’s right pad.
Following a tough loss at Ottawa on Thursday, the Flyers were outshot 19-3 in the opening 30 minutes and 22-8 after two periods.
Boston Bruins center Pavel Zacha (18) celebrates his goal with right wing David Pastrnak (88) as Philadelphia Flyers defenseman David Jiricek (5) looks on during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, in Boston. Credit: AP/Steven Senne
Lohrei beat Vladar over his shoulder with a wrister with 2:48 left in the second, making it 2-0.
Khusnutdinov scored off a nice feed from Minten just under two minutes into the third.
Flyers winger Michael Bunting played his second game after signing as a free agent this week.
Up next
Flyers: Host the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday night.
Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Dan Vladar (80) watches as the puck sails into the net, on a goal by Boston Bruins defenseman Mason Lohrei, as Bruins center Fraser Minten (93) looks on in the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, in Boston. Credit: AP/Steven Senne
Bruins: Visit the San Jose Shark on Tuesday night, the first of a four-game road trip.
