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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers are finally making their comebacks count.Nolan Patrick scored 2:01 into overtime and the Flyers rallied past the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 Saturday Bobby Ryan Jersey , extending their winning streak to a season-best seven games.Earlier this season, the Flyers made it a habit to come from behind in games only to lose late in regulation, in overtime, or the shootout.Not anymore.This marked the fourth time in the win streak the Flyers overcame a deficit to win — in this case, they were down 4-2 in the third period.“That just goes to show how guys are invested right now and how much we’re willing to pay the price to succeed,” said Flyers goalie Carter Hart, who made 40 saves and won his sixth consecutive start.“Guys are going all out right now and we want to keep this thing rolling. It’s been a lot of fun and we’re going to do everything we can to keep things rolling,” he said.Travis Konecny and Wayne Simmonds each scored power-play goals in the third period to force overtime, where the Flyers dominated control of the play, eventually resulting in Patrick’s game-winner.Edmonton has lost four in a row and 13 of 18.Philadelphia was badly outplayed for two periods at even strength but was able to stay in the game thanks to its power play, which scored four times.It was the first time the Flyers scored four power-play goals in a game since October 2008.“There’s been a lot of games where we haven’t scored when we probably should have scored,” Flyers coach Scott Gordon said. “Obviously http://www.officialsenators.com/authentic-adidas-chris-wideman-jersey , tonight was one of those nights where it went in for us.”“We made some changes and they’ve been positive so far, so a little bit has been personnel just shuffling the deck as far as who’s going to go where and how they’re going to be used. And this was a great job by the power-play guys,” he said.Sean Couturier scored the first goal of the game on a tic-tac-toe passing play from Claude Giroux and Jake Voracek.It was the 20th goal of the season for Couturier, the second straight season he reached the 20-goal plateau after scoring no more than 14 goals in each of his first six seasons in the NHL.Giroux scored on a power play, getting a snap shot through a screen.“We won the game tonight on effort, not on talent,” Giroux said. “I think if we play like that more, we’re going to win more games.”Ty Rattie, Connor McDavid, Adam Larsson and Zack Kassian scored for the Oilers. Cam Talbot had 34 saves in defeat.Edmonton controlled the game at even-strength for the majority of the game. But allowing the four power play goals was its downfall.“You win this time of year when you kill penalties,” Oilers coach Ken Hitchcock said. “Power plays are the gravy.”NOTES: The Flyers had the worst power play in the NHL a week ago but have scored on 6 of 7 chances in the last two games. … McDavid snapped a three-game drought without a goal. He’s only reached four games without a goal twice this season. … D Shayne Gostisbehere (lower body injury) returned to the lineup for the Flyers after missing three games. … Talbot lost his starting job in Edmonton to Mikko Koskinen, yet got the start against the Flyers Craig Anderson Jersey , marking the seventh time in the last eight games the Flyers have faced the opponent’s backup goalie.UP NEXTOilers: Play part two of a back-to-back road game weekend in Montreal Sunday afternoon.Flyers: Continue their longest homestand of the season when they host Vancouver on Monday. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Carter Hart has earned the nickname Starter Hart in Philly.Why sit him?The most popular Flyers rookie this side of Gritty the mascot has certainly turned into their most productive one — and Hart has sparked a franchise on the brink of a breakup with a gleam of hope for the future.Phil Varone, Travis Konecny and James van Riemsdyk scored to lead Philadelphia to its season-high fourth straight win, 3-1 over the Winnipeg Jets on Monday night.Hart has won all four of those games in goal for the Flyers, a needed highlight for one of the worst teams in the NHL. He stopped 31 shots against the Jets and won his seventh game since his late-December call-up.“I feel comfortable at this level,” Hart said. “The boards are the same, the ice is the same, just got to go out and play. That’s the approach that I have to have.”Varone knocked in his second goal of the season midway through the second period for a 1-0 lead. Jack Roslovic tied it on a deflection.Konecny snapped the tie on a redirection past Laurent Brossoit with 1:14 left in the second for his 13th goal of the season. Hart made the lead stand up and van Riemsdyk scored late to help the Flyers build a modest winning streak against four teams with winning records.“I thought we played fine,” Brossoit said. “I thought we outplayed them, for the most part. The goalie on the other end had a good game.”The rest of the league should soon know the goalie on the other end’s name.Philadelphia opened the second half of the season aware that these could be the final games together for a core group of veterans that have little to show for several seasons of solid individual statistics — and no deep playoff run.“We have good players,” general manager Chuck Fletcher said. “We haven’t been a good team.”The Flyers entered 14 points out of the last playoff spot in the Eastern Conference and Fletcher is prepared to make changes by the Feb. 25 trade deadline. He said Monday that All-Star center and team captain Claude Giroux is the only veteran he won’t trade. Giroux does have a no-trade clause, but a deal that involved the popular holdover from the 2010 Stanley Cup Final team might cause a half-empty Wells Fargo Center to completely thin out.“We have a lot of good players here, but I would never say never to almost anybody besides Giroux Authentic Erik Karlsson Jersey Kids ,” Fletcher said.The Flyers can stick the 20-year-old Hart on the untouchable list, too.Hart made a spot start in the minors Saturday to stay sharp because the Flyers’ bye week blended into the All-Star break.“That was good for all of us to have that week off just to kind of not think about hockey and get a little bit of time away from the game so we can make a push here,” Hart said.The Flyers would need an improbable run to make the postseason for the second straight year — and even the GM isn’t sure it’s in the cards.“We’d like to get some pieces that could be a part of this for a few years,” Fletcher said.Fletcher has talked to pending free agent Wayne Simmonds about his role in the rebuild. Philadelphia could stay the course and try to sign Simmonds to a new deal. But the solid scorer and team leader with a $3.75 million salary cap hit could net the Flyers key pieces as they look toward the future.“Clearly in the next few weeks, we will have to resolve that one way or the other,” Fletcher said.Fletcher won’t wave the white flag on this season quite yet. But the GM who replaced the fired Ron Hextall in November knows he wasn’t brought aboard to keep the status quo.“We’re at a stage where we need a big run here,” Fletcher said.NOTES: Flyers D Shayne Gostisbehere was a late scratch with an undisclosed injury.UP NEXTThe Jets play Tuesday at Boston. “I don’t want to make excuses after the break, everyone’s in the same situation, but we have to be sharper tomorrow,” defenseman Josh Morrissey said.The Flyers play Thursday at Boston.