Brodie finishes Flames’ rally with OT winner

TJ Brodie scored 1:59 into overtime, sending the Calgary Flames to a 3-2 victory over the Flyers in a Saturday matinee at Philadelphia.

Matthew Tkachuk tied it at 3 with 4:17 left in regulation, and then assisted on Brodie’s fifth goal.

Philadelphia’s Jordan Weal turned the puck over in the Flyers’ offensive zone to set up a 2-on-1 break. Tkachuk sent a cross-ice pass to Brodie, who beat goalie Carter

Hart to lift the Pacific Division leaders to the win.

“Not every game is going to be pretty and these are the games that make a difference at the end of the year,” Brodie said.

Calgary committed five penalties, including two for too many men on the ice, resulting in four Philadelphia power plays.

The Flames also gifted the Flyers a go-ahead goal in the third period when goalie David Rittich misplayed the puck way out in front of his crease.

Johnny Gaudreau scored his 24th goal for the Flames, whose 56 points are tops in the Western Conference. David Rittich made 32 saves after missing the previous two games with an injury.

Travis Sanheim and Travis Konecny scored for Philadelphia, which dropped its season-worst sixth consecutive game.

Wild 4, Senators 3:

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Jared Spurgeon scored twice to lead Minnesota past host Ottawa, which lost its seventh in a row.

Jordan Greenway and Zach Parise also scored for the Wild, who improved to 2-0 on a four-game trip. Devan Dubnyk stopped 24 shots.

Matt Duchene, Ryan Dzingel and Mark Stone scored for Ottawa, and Anders Nilsson made 22 saves in his Senators debut after he was acquired Wednesday in a trade with Vancouver.

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All-Star Game: The

A four coaches will be Paul Maurice of Winnipeg,

Todd Reirden of Washington, Jon Cooper of Tampa Bay and Bill Peters of Calgary. Each of the teams is a division leader.

All-Star Weekend is Jan. 25-26 in San Jose, Calif. The three-game tournament is played in a 3-on-3 format with teams from each division.

The Florida Panthers representative is defenseman Keith Yandle. Captain Sasha Barkov is in an eightplayer race for the final spot in voting that ends

Jan. 10.

World junior hockey: A

Cayden Primeau made 35 saves, Oliver Wahlstrom and Alexander Chmelevski scored and the United States advanced to the final with a 2-1 victory over Russia at Vancouver, B.C. Seeking its fifth title and first since 2017, the United States faced Finland in the championship game Saturday night.

“He’s a pretty quiet guy, but he’s a stone-cold killer!” U.S. defenseman Phil Kemp said about Primeau. “He’s seeing beach balls out there, and we’re grateful to have him in the cage.”