Flyers goalie Brian Boucher had more reason to celebrate Sunday than just his 33rd birthday after he stopped the Red Wings for the Fly Guys’ first win in Detroit since the 80s.
James van Riemsdyk, Daniel Carcillo and Scott Hartnell scored to help the Flyers win 3-2 over the Red Wings.
Philadelphia was 0-14-2 at Joe Louis Arena since Nov. 4, 1988.
Boucher made 25 saves for Philadelphia.
Valtteri Filppula and Henrik Zetterberg scored for Detroit. Jimmy Howard stopped 24 shots before being pulled in favor of Chris Osgood to start the third period. Osgood made five saves.
Filppula put Detroit on the board 51 seconds into the third period with his 10th goal. Filppula beat Boucher from the bottom of the left circle.
Zetterberg's power-play goal with 7:32 left in the third made it 3-2. He got his 14th goal with a backhand shot after picking up a loose puck in front.
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Van Riemsdyk opened the scoring 51 seconds into the second period with his ninth goal. His shot from along the right wing boards deflected in off Filppula's stick.
Carcillo scored 5:32 into the middle period when he tipped in a shot from the point by Andrej Meszaros. The shot also deflected off the Red Wings' Jiri Hudler before it got to Carcillo. Hartnell made it 3-0 with 5:36 left in the second, beating Howard from the bottom of the left circle. Hartnell has 10 goals.
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