Porter Martone's First-Career Playoff NHL Goal Becomes the Game Winner
/Peterborough’s Porter Martone has once again wasted no time in making an immediate impact with the Philadelphia Flyers, as his first playoff goal was a game-winner in his postseason debut on Saturday night.
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His goal came late in the third period with 2:37 left in regulation to give the Flyers a 3-1 lead. Martone was leading the rush into the offensive zone and despite being defended well, he did a U-turn, snapped a shot and went in, bar down against Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Stuart Skinner.
“It was a good high flip out of the zone and T.K. (Travis Konecny) made a great play to me,” explained Martone. “I kind of stopped up, I saw an opening and shot it. Luckily it went in.”
Bruins forward Bryan Rust scored with 61 seconds left in the game to make it 3-2 in favour of Philadelphia, which made Martone’s goal the game-winner.
Martone is the first player to score a game-winning goal as a teenager (19) in their playoff debut since 2019. On April 5, the Peterborough-born forward had his first NHL goal in his fourth-career game in overtime against the Boston Bruins for a 2-1 win.
The Peterborough forward was a member of the Petes U15 AAA team, scoring six goals and 15 assists in 36 games.
He spent most of his OHL career with the Mississauga/Brampton Steelheads and had a brief stint with the Sarnia Sting.
Porter is the son of his father and former NHL player Mike Martone. The latter was known for scoring the game-winning overtime goal in the 1996 OHL Championship against the Guelph Storm.
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