PHILADELPHIA – Once it came down to a shootout, this was no contest.

Tyler Seguin scored the decisive goal against Ilya Bryzgalov in a shootout, and Tim Thomas and the Boston Bruins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-5 on Sunday.

Thomas finally allowed a shootout goal after going 9 for 9, but he stopped Wayne Simmonds to end it.

Meanwhile, Bryzgalov has allowed goals on all five shots he’s faced in shootouts this season.

“As a goalie, I would prefer to go to a shootout at 1-1 or 2-2,” Thomas said. “We need to improve. We played some real good hockey a majority of the year. We’ve found a way to get points. It’s nice to win, but we want to do it the right way.”

The Northeast Division-leading Bruins haven’t lost in regulation in Philadelphia since March 10, 2007, going 9-0-1. The defending Stanley Cup champions are tied with the New York Rangers for first place in the Eastern Conference.

Patrice Bergeron, Seguin, Milan Lucic, David Krejci and Gregory Campbell scored Boston’s goals.

Scott Hartnell scored a natural hat trick in the second period, and Max Talbot had two goals for Philadelphia.

Philadelphia’s Matt Read missed the net on the first shot in the shootout. Krejci then scored for the Bruins. Claude Giroux answered for Philadelphia, becoming the first person to score on Thomas in three shootouts this season.

After Seguin beat a sprawling Bryzgalov, Thomas stuffed Simmonds.

“Our whole team could have been better,” Bruins Coach Claude Julien said. “(Thomas) was bombarded with shots. There was a lot of traffic. We battled hard and did what we had to do to win.”

Leading 4-3 to start the third, the Flyers failed to become the first team to overcome a two-goal deficit against Boston this season.

Krejci redirected Rich Peverley’s shot to tie it at 4 just 1:19 into the third period. Campbell scored the go-ahead goal less than four minutes later when he tapped in Daniel Paille’s wraparound shot.

Talbot tied it at 5 when he tipped Matt Carle’s slap shot past Thomas during a power play.

PENGUINS 4, CAPITALS 3: Evgeni Malkin pounded home a rebound 1:31 into overtime to lift visiting Pittsburgh to its sixth straight win.

Malkin, the NHL’s leading scorer, banged a long carom off the end boards past Washington’s Michal Neuvirth for his 26th goal of the season. Malkin added two assists to give him a league-leading 58 points on the season.

DUCKS 3, AVALANCHE 2: Bobby Ryan scored twice and Jonas Hiller made 43 saves to help host Anaheim win its sixth straight.

Captain Ryan Getzlaf scored on a power play early in the third period and assisted on Ryan’s second goal.

Hiller made 28 saves through the first two periods and was working on his third shutout of the season before Ryan O’Reilly and Milan Hejduk scored late in the third period.