Sean Couturier's hat trick ensures team is eliminated in six games – NBC Sports Philadelphia

The Flyers (2-5-1) ended a six-game losing streak.

“We are young, we are rebuilding, we are going to take some hits,” Tortorella said Friday. “But we’re better than that.”

His team got a much-needed win without top defenseman Cam York, who has an upper-body injury. More about his status here.

“It probably goes unnoticed, but we fought back,” Tortorella said. “We spent a lot of time in our end zone, but we did a really good job on defense. Nobody will talk about it, but it gave us a chance.”

The Wild (5-1-2) suffered their first regulation loss of the season. They visited Philadelphia on a four-game winning streak, with all four wins coming on the road.

John Tortorella spoke to the media after the Flyers' 7-5 win over the Wild on Saturday afternoon.

• Samuel Ersson made 21 saves on 26 shots.

Minnesota took its first lead, 4-3, early in the third period when Marcus Foligno deflected a shot past Ersson.

The Wild tied the game at 5-5 for the third time on Jake Middleton's goal with 6:32 left.

The Flyers had a problem with committing too many bad penalties, and that continued Saturday. Joel Eriksson Ek tied the game at 3-3 with 3.2 seconds left in the middle stanza. It was a power play goal after the Flyers were whistled for having too many men on the ice.

“We get way too many penalties,” Tortorella said. “It’s ridiculous the penalties we receive. We lead the league in minutes played. But in the end we find a way to win a crazy game.”

Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson stopped 16 of the Flyers' 22 shots.

In the first 3:51 minutes of the game, Couturier was the first to end his lull, and Seeler made it 2-0.

“A very special player,” Seeler said of Couturier. “I’m happy for him and he definitely got us going today.”

Minnesota then turned things upside down and outplayed the Flyers for long stretches, eventually erasing the lead with goals within 33 seconds of the second period.

• Michkov had a two-point game (one goal, one assist), giving the 19-year-old rookie nine points (four goals, five assists) in eight games.

His goal, which came on a delayed penalty, gave the Flyers their lead back to 3-2 in the second period before the Wild evened things up.

• Before the game, the Flyers returned junior Jett Luchanko to his junior club, Guelph. More about that here.

“He’s definitely going to be a big part of that future,” Couturier said.

• The Flyers are back at action on Sunday when they host the Canadiens (7:00 p.m. ET/NBCSP).