GLENDALE, Ariz. _ There were chants for the Flyers and Eagles throughout Saturday night's game, and there were loud roars when the Orange and Black scored one of its goals.
In Arizona.
A huge contingent of Flyers fans turned Gila River Arena into Wells Fargo Center West, and the visiting team won it, 4-3, on Nolan's Patrick's goal in the seventh round of the shootout against the worst-in-the-NHL Arizona Coyotes.
The Flyers won their third straight and moved into third place in the Metropolitan Division. They had two power-play goals, giving them four in their last two games.
Brian Elliott had to leave the game after being hit by Clayton Keller's stick after he took Arizona's second shot in the shootout. The shot hit the post, and Michal Neuvirth relieved Elliott.
The Coyotes were 0 for 4 against Neuvirth, and the Flyers are now 1-4 in shootouts.
Antti Raanta robbed Wayne Simmonds during a wild scramble in front to keep the game tied at 4-all with a little over four minutes left in regulation. Raanta was superb in the third period, when the Flyers outshot the Coyotes, 16-4, but were outscored, 1-0.
Former Flyer Zac Rinaldo tied the game at 3-3 with 18:01 left in regulation, putting a right-circle wrist shot over Elliott's glove. A poor clear by defenseman Radko Gudas contributed to the goal.
Elliott allowed a pair of shaky goals in the first 20-plus minutes.
Twenty-four seconds into the second period, defenseman Alex Goligoski scored from the top of the left circle as Elliott was slow to get to the left post.
But the Flyers quickly answered. Less than two minutes later, Simmonds deflected Shayne Gostisbehere's point drive past Raanta while the Flyers were on a power play. It was Simmonds' 19th goal and his eighth in the last 18 games.
Gostisbehere collected his second assist of the night.
In the first period, Arizona showed why it has the NHL's worst record. Their goalie, Raanta, struggled mightily, and defensive breakdowns enabled the Flyers to go on three breakaways in the game's first 15 minutes.
The Flyers built a 2-1 lead in the period as Claude Giroux (power play) and Michael Raffl scored 1:22 apart to erase an early 1-0 deficit.
Giroux scored from his power-play office, the left circle. He took a feed from Jake Voracek and ripped a one-timer past Raanta with 9:41 to go in the first.
"Jake saw a line to make that pass," Giroux said after his 17th goal of the season. "I was just trying to get a shot on net and thought maybe Simmer (Simmonds) could get the rebound, but the puck ended up finding a hole."
Raffl then scored from the same spot after taking a pass from Scott Laughton. But it was Jordan Weal who set the play in motion. After being knocked to the ice by Rinaldo, Weal hit Laughton with a pass while on his knees, triggering a two-on-one break.
"Wealsy made a hell of a play," Raffl said.
Raffl became the ninth Flyer to reach double-figures in goals, which is tops in the NHL.
Gostisbehere's turnover led to Arizona's first goal, a soft one-timer by defenseman Jason Demers _ who was deep in the right circle when he took a pass from Derek Stepan _ that went through Elliott's legs with 16:07 left in the first period.
Earlier, the Flyers missed two golden scoring chances. They had a rare two-on-nothing break, but Sean Couturier and Travis Konecny failed to get off a shot. Konency bypassed a close shot and made an errant pass to Couturier.
A short time later, Weal, alone in the slot, fired a shot over the net.
