One good game will not be enough to calm the nerves of the Bruin fandom that has seen some consistently shoddy play from their team through the first month of the season.

But on Saturday in Philadelphia, the B’s looked like a team that was finally sick of getting their butts kicked.

The B’s got goals in all three periods and timely stops from Joonas Korpisalo (20 saves) to come away with a 3-0 win at Wells Fargo Center. Brad Marchand led the offensively way with a goal and an assist.

The Bruins dominated the first period, outshooting the Flyers 14-5, and taking a 1–0 lead. Even when they made a couple of mistakes that appeared to give Philly the odd scoring chances, the B’s executed defensively to thwart the plays before it ever got to goalie Korpisalo. According to Natural Stat Trick, the B’s had five high danger chances to none for the Flyers in the opening 20 minutes.

The B’s earned an early power play and, though they did not score on it, they moved the puck well enough to give themselves some momentum that they did not relinquish in the period.

Philly goalie Sam Ersson, who shut out the Bruins at the Garden on Tuesday, had to leave the game at 7:36 with an undisclosed injury, replaced by Aleksei Kolosov.

The B’s finally were finally rewarded for their hard work at 13:28. Kolosov turned away a Hampus Lindholm shot but Matt Poitras tracked down the rebound on the left side and, with Morgan Geekie at the top of the crease, his backhander went off Kolosov and in. It was Poitras’ first goal of the season.

Late in the period, the struggling Charlie Coyle, who had noticeable jump in the opening 20 minutes, drew a holding penalty as he tried to motor to the net. On the PP, after Elias Lindholm disrupted a shorthanded 2-on-1 for Philly to create a 2-on-1 for the B’s, Marchand dinged the post.

The B’s could not fully carry over their play from the first to second period, but they did manage to extend the lead.

As one would expect, the Flyers made a bit of a push in the second and the B’s didn’t always handle it well. Pucks that should have have gotten out of the defensive zone never made it over the blue line, creating more offensive zone time for the Flyers.

Philly got its second PP of the day when Poitras turned a puck over in the offensive zone and then had to take a penalty on the backcheck close to the net. But Korpisalo made the saves he had to and, at 11:23, they gave themselves some much needed breathing space, thanks to a terrific play from their captain.

Elias Lindholm gave Marchand a touch pass up the left wing but Rasmus Ristolainen cut off Marchand’s path to the net at the circle. Marchand did not give up on the play. He shielded the puck form the bigger Ristolainen, took it behind the net and hit a changing-on Justin Breazeau, who ripped home a one—timer from the high slot. It was Brazeau’s third of the year.

Korpisalo continued to pick up is teammates. On one sequence late in the period, Brandon Carlo fell down, taking Hampus Lindholm with him, and the netminder made his save of the game on an all-alone Morgan Frost at the top of the crease. That allowed the B’s to get to the third period with a 2-0 lead.

In the third, the B’s did a great job off choking off the Philly attack until, with 3:39 left, Marchand scored an empty-netter from his own defensive slot to end it.