PHILADELPHIA — In front of a thin crowd, the Flyers played their final home game of the season, winning, 4-3, in overtime in a topsy-turvy performance against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday.
The Blue Jackets, who have more to gain by losing as they fight for the most balls in the draft lottery, came out with more fire and jumped to a 2-0 lead. After Carter Hart failed to control the rebound on Carson Meyer’s shot, Liam Foudy beat Ivan Provorov to the puck and scored halfway into the first. Three minutes later, all the Flyers followed the puck to the right. Trey Fix-Wolanksy took advantage and scored from the left circle.
With five minutes left in the first, the Flyers finally got it together. Joel Farabee scored off Travis Konecny’s net front pass and, less than a minute later, James van Riemsdyk tied it with his shot from the right faceoff circle.
