Flyers gain ground on Red Wings as Owen Tippett gets hat trick

Owen Tippett notched his third career hat trick and fourth career four-point night as the Philadelphia Flyers survived a late scare to beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-3 to match their franchise record with eight straight road wins.

Noah Cates and Sean Couturier also scored for the Flyers (35-24-12, 82 points), and Jamie Drysdale and Travis Konecny posted two assists each.

Dan Vladar stopped 30 shots to go to 4-1-1 in his last six starts.

Mason Appleton, Alex DeBrincat and Lucas Raymond scored for Detroit (39-25-8...