DALLAS _ A week earlier, the Flyers used a late rally to erase a Dallas lead and extend their winning streak.
In the rematch Saturday afternoon, there was no comeback, no third-period heroics.
No extension on their longest winning streak in 31 years.
Dallas ended the Flyers' 10-game winning streak, 3-1, at the American Airlines Center.
The Flyers' Ivan Provorov fired a shot off the post with 1 minute, 18 seconds left _ it would have tied the game _ and Jordie Benn then secured the win with an empty-net goal with 17.1 seconds left.
Provorov hit iron twice late in the game.
Antti Niemi, who helped end the Flyers' Stanley Cup dreams when he was with Chicago in 2010, made 31 saves to end the winning streak, which was tied for the third-longest in franchise history.
The Flyers' franchise record: 13 straight wins in 1985.
Niemi stopped Jake Voracek and Travis Konecny on a scramble in front with about 3:20 left. The Flyers then got their first power play of the game with 2:58 to play.
With the Flyers trailing, 2-1, Niemi stopped Taylor Leier's wraparound attempt with 10:40 left in the third period. With 9:54 remaining, Provorov's shot beat Niemi but hit the crossbar, just inside the left post.
Dallas had taken a 2-1 lead on a play that started when defenseman Radko Gudas lost the puck behind his own net. The puck was eventually sent to John Klingberg at the right point. Steve Mason stopped Klingberg's drive, but fourth-line forward Adam Cracknell put the rebound past him with 17:33 remaining in regulation.
Earlier, Leier scored on a rebound for the first goal of his NHL career, giving the Flyers a 1-0 lead with 3:16 left in the opening period.
"It feels unreal. So surreal," said Leier, who was playing in his fifth game this season and the 11th of his career. "When I put my hands up in the corner, I just couldn't believe it. All the guys were really excited and it's an exciting time."
Leier followed up a shot taken by Nick Cousins.
"Nick made a really good play, but most importantly, we were able to score the first goal today and start us off right," Leier said.
But Dallas tied it early in the second period as Radek Faksa converted a juicy rebound allowed by Mason. Mason couldn't control Antoine Roussel's shot and put the rebound to Faksa in the slot.
Other than the goal he allowed, Mason stood tall in the second period. Dallas thoroughly outplayed the Flyers in the period, had numerous golden chances, and outshot the visitors, 14-7.
A week earlier, Brayden Schenn scored a hat trick _ all three goals were on the power play _ as the Flyers rallied for a 4-2 win. Schenn tied the game at 2-all with 3:48 left, then made it 3-2 with 2:15 to go.
In Saturday's game, Schenn had his stick slashed out of his hands by Cracknell with 6:33 remaining in the second period. Cracknell was originally assessed a slashing penalty. But the referees conferred and it was apparently ruled that an offside was called before the slashing incident, negating the penalty. Thus, the Flyers, who went 3-for-6 on the power play in last week's win over the Stars, were denied their first man-advantage sequence of the afternoon.
The Flyers will return home to face Peter Laviolette's Nashville Predators on Monday, then host sizzling Washington on Wednesday.
