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Coronato scores OT winner, Flames beat Flyers 4-3

Matt Coronato scored the overtime winner for the Calgary Flames in a 4-3 win over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday.

Coronato scores OT winner, Flames beat Flyers 4-3

Calgary Flames secured a 4-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in overtime, with Matt Coronato netting the game-winning goal. Zane Parekh, Zach Whitecloud, and Joel Farabee, playing on short-handed, contributed with two and three goals respectively, while Yegor Sharangovich provided two assists for the Flames (8-9-1). Yegor Sharangovich registered two assists for the Flames, while the Flyers (4-10-5) scored goals from Denver Barkey, Noel Acciari, and Owen Tippett, with Sean Couturier adding two assists.

The Flames' goal allowed overtime was scored by Farabee's breakaway on a short-handed play at 5:59 of the third period, tying the score. Tippett scored a rebound goal in the second period at 15:07, extending the Flyers' lead to 2-1. Coronato scored the winner with 52 seconds left in overtime, following a three-on-one sequence involving Farabee.

Acciari redirected a Nick Seeler shot off a screened Cooley at 2:16 to put the Flyers ahead 2-1. Calgary's goalie Devin Cooley, returning from a lower-body injury after five games missed, made 32 saves in the win. Barkey scored his second goal and earned his third point in three games for the Flyers, while Parekh's goal for Calgary moved him into fifth all-time in goals for a defenceman aged 20 or under in Flames history, behind Dion Phaneuf, Paul Reinhart, Derek Morris, and Al MacInnis.

The Flames will host the New York Rangers on Wednesday, while the Flyers travel to Vancouver to face the Canucks on Monday.

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