{"id":99417,"date":"2026-01-29T04:17:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T04:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/99417\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T04:17:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T04:17:06","slug":"blue-jackets-beat-flyers-5-3-for-third-straight-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/99417\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jackets beat Flyers 5-3 for third straight win"},"content":{"rendered":"

COLUMBUS, Ohio — – Charlie Coyle<\/a> had a goal and an assist and the Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> beat the Philadelphia Flyers<\/a> 5-3 on Wednesday night for their third straight win.<\/p>\n

Kirill Marchenko<\/a>, Eric Gudbranson, Sean Monahan<\/a> and Mathieu Olivier<\/a> also scored for the Blue Jackets to offset a hat trick by Philadelphia’s Travis Konecny<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Elvis Merzlikins<\/a> stopped 24 shots for Columbus and Zach Werenski<\/a> had two assists, giving him 35 points in his last 21 home games.<\/p>\n

The Blue Jackets have won seven of their last eight games and are tied at 57 points with the Flyers and Capitals for fourth place in the Metropolitan Division.<\/p>\n

Konecny’s hat trick was the third of his career and Dan Vladar<\/a> made 26 saves in his first start after missing six games with a lower-body injury. Rasmus Ristolainen<\/a> left with a lower-body injury in the first period and did not return in the Flyers’ second straight loss.<\/p>\n

Coyle gave Columbus the lead 38 seconds into the game before Konecny pulled Philadelphia even at 9:03.<\/p>\n

Marchenko put the Blue Jackets back in front with 19.3 seconds left in the first, skating four-on-four, before Gudbranson made it 3-1 at 1:57 of the second period, with his first goal of the season and a league-leading 39th by a Blue Jackets defenseman.<\/p>\n

Konecny pulled Philadelphia within a goal at 4:08 of the third period and completed his hat trick at 4:46 to tie it. His 38 points against Columbus are the most he has against any NHL team.<\/p>\n

Monahan put Columbus back in front to stay with 3:28 left in the third, and Olivier sealed the win with an empty-netter with 1:06 remaining.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Flyers: Visit Boston on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Blue Jackets: Visit Chicago on Friday night.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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