The Boston Bruins have struck a deal with the Philadelphia Flyers for their first trade of deadline day. The Bruins have announced that they have acquired Massimo Rizzo and Alexis Gendron from the Flyers in exchange for Brett Harrison and Jackson Edward.

The Bruins kicked off their trade deadline day with a minor league swap.

PHILADELPHIA -- Dan Vladar made 26 saves, and the Philadelphia Flyers ended the Boston Bruins' eight-game point streak with a 3-1 win at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Saturday.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Travis Konecny opened the scoring in the third period and set up Jaime Drysdale's goal, Dan Vladar made 26 saves and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Boston Bruins 3-1 on Saturday.

Maybe the curtain hasn’t come down on the Flyers just yet. Entering Saturday’s matinee against the Boston Bruins, they saw themselves eight points back of Boston for the last wild card in the Eastern Conference,

Rick Tocchet's Philadelphia Flyers (26-21-11) are home on Saturday for a matinee match against Marco Sturm's Boston Bruins (33-20-5).

The Bruins having interest in Tippett is not difficult to understand in the slightest. It is no secret that they need another impactful winger if they hope to be a more legitimate threat in the Eastern Conference, and acquiring Tippett would provide them with just that.