Foerster scores late as Flyers beat Panthers 4-2, rallying from 2-0 deficit to beat Cup champs

SUNRISE Fla AP Tyson Foerster scored on a rebound of his own shot with seconds left for what became the game-winner and the Philadelphia Flyers topped the Florida Panthers - on Wednesday night Foerster s shot from just inside the blue line ricocheted off the leg of Florida defenseman Aaron Ekblad and went right back toward the Philadelphia forward With Ekblad out of the play and writhing in pain Foerster shot again and beat Florida goalie Sergei Bobrovsky for a - lead Sean Couturier scored on a tip-in about seconds later for the final margin Dan Vladar stopped shots for the Flyers Brad Marchand and Carter Verhaeghe scored early for Florida which jumped out to a - lead with Sam Bennett assisting on both goals Emil Andrae had a goal just the second of his career and added an assist for Philadelphia while Matvei Michkov also scored and Jamie Drysdale added two assists Bobrovsky gave up four goals on shots The Panthers were again without a slew of players including Aleksander Barkov and Eetu Luostarinen but made certain promising news residents earlier Wednesday when forward Matthew Tkachuk who has yet to play this season following summertime surgery revealed that he has started skating There s no timetable for his return to play but he s obviously progressing He s back on the ice and he wasn t two weeks ago Panthers coach Paul Maurice commented So we re taking it It was the third and final matchup between the teams this season after they split the first two meetings Philadelphia has also finished its season series with Nashville and St Louis Florida has completed its games for the season with Anaheim and Vegas Up next Flyers Visit the New York Islanders on Friday afternoon Panthers Host Calgary on Friday afternoon