Maybe it was because it was a day game and the building was packed. Maybe it was because the Flyers were in the NHL’s basement, one point ahead of the last-placed San Jose Sharks, who were supposed to be there.

So Couturier went back to work and set up Rasmus Ristolainen’s close-range go-ahead goal with 2:24 to play and the Flyers went on to a 7-5 win on Saturday afternoon at the Wells Fargo Center, ending the Flyers’ six-game (0-5-1) winless streak.

Sean Couturier had a hat trick, assisted on the game-winner by Rasmus Ristolainen and the Philadelphia Flyers snapped a six-game losing streak with a 7-5 win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday.