DETROIT - Twenty-seven is Travis Konecny's lucky number these days.
That's because, for the second game in a row, Konecny scored a goal 27 seconds into overtime to give the Flyers a win.
The Red Wings were Konecny's victims Tuesday night, as his overtime marker gave the Flyers a 3-2 win at Little Caesars Arena for their eighth win in nine games (see observations). On Sunday, Konecny scored 27 seconds into the extra period to beat the Capitals, 2-1.
"I don't know, but it is certainly going well. I think it is just a matter of not thinking and having fun out there," Konecny said. "I always know Coots (Sean Couturier) is going to get me the puck in a good spot, and I've had a couple go in."
Konecny, who has nine goals and 21 points in 48 games for the season, has four goals and six points in his past six games.
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Konecny became the second Flyer to score back-to-back overtime winners - Sami Kapanen did it on Dec. 28, 2005, at Atlanta, and then Dec. 29, 2005, at Carolina.
Tuesday night's OT winner was reviewed because it was possibly offside. With the play on the right-wing boards, the puck came out of the Detroit zone, with Konecny still in. But Couturier poked it right back into the zone and it was ruled that Konecny got his skate on the blue line - putting himself back onside - before he touched the puck.
From there, he skated into the right-wing circle and beat Red Wings goalie Petr Mrazek with a shot on the short side (see highlights).
"I was pretty sure it was a good goal," Konecny said. "When I saw the replay, my skates hit the blue line before the puck hit my stick. I didn't think they had enough to overturn it."
Jakub Voracek had a goal and an assist, defenseman Andrew MacDonald scored and Couturier had two assists. Goaltender Brian Elliott had to make only 19 saves, but a few were outstanding.
"When you look at the shot clock, it didn't look like I had much to do, but it felt like a lot of work," Elliott said. "They had a lot of great chances where they missed the net."
Two of those chances were by Detroit's Tyler Bertuzzi in the third period with a chance to break the tie.
Seconds after Frans Nielsen tied it 2-2 for the Red Wings with 9:16 remaining in regulation, Bertuzzi had the puck in the lower right circle facing an open net. But MacDonald got his stick on Bertuzzi's shot and deflected it over the net.
And with 1:11 left in regulation, Bertuzzi, off a rebound, appeared to have an easy tap-in from two or three feet but shot the puck wide and went barreling into the net, knocking it off its moorings for a stoppage in play.
The Flyers scored twice in the second period to take a 2-1 lead.
Voracek's power-play goal with 37 seconds left in the middle period gave the Flyers a 2-1 lead. It was his ninth goal and came just 12 seconds after Dylan Larkin took a tripping penalty.
MacDonald tied it 1-1 for the Flyers 1:10 into the second.
The Flyers outshot the Red Wings, 18-7, in the second period after a slow start in the first.
"We had a really sluggish start, but we were really good in the second period. It was night and day," Flyers coach Dave Hakstol said. "They really pushed us back at the end, especially with their speed, but we found a way to get two points."
Defenseman Jonathan Ericsson gave Detroit a 1-0 lead with 9:18 left in the first when his shot from the left point deflected in off the leg of Brandon Manning.
The Flyers outshot the Red Wings - who beat New Jersey, 3-0, Monday night - 5-4.
