It wasn’t easy but the Flyers finally get above .500 (16-15-4) on their fifth try with an unbelievable 5-4 come from behind win against the Blue Jackets. the blue jackets were 36-0-1 under current coach Todd Richards when taking a lead into the third period, so it didn’t look good for the Flyers. There is a first time for everything, and the Flyers scored five goals in the third to beat the Blue Jackets 5-4. Jakub Voracek, and Braydon Coburn scored 1:02 apart early in the third to cut it to 3-2. Blake Comeau would score to give the Blue Jackets a 4-2 lead. Erik Gustafsson would cut it to 4-3 with his second goal of the season. Claude Giroux’s first goal with just over three and a half minutes left would tie it at 4-4. With just over a minute and a half left Claude Giroux struck again, his 100th career goal, it is an instant classic, to give the Flyers a 5-4 lead that would stand up.Steve Mason faced his former team for the first time  as a Flyer, and beat his former team for the first time as a Flyer. the win is the Flyers’ eighth straight win at home. The Flyers have jumped up to third place in the Metropolitan Division for at least one night.The Flyers and Blue Jackets will get together again on Saturday night in Columbus.

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