PHILADELPHIA -- Thanks to the kid, the Philadelphia Flyers are staying afloat.

Twice over the past three games the Flyers have blown third-period leads on home ice, and twice rookie defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere has saved the day with game-winners in overtime.

After coughing up its lead on Friday afternoon with 20 seconds left in regulation, Philadelphia held on to beat the Nashville Predators 3-2 in overtime at Wells Fargo Center when Gostisbehere, in just his ninth NHL game, won it with a power-play marker in the extra session.

"It's a fun ride right now and I don't have any plans of getting off it," Gostisbehere said. "I mean I've never scored that many OT winners in my life, so it's a surreal moment but I'm going to keep going."

His heroics lifted the struggling Flyers (8-10-5) to their fourth win in the last 16 games. On Monday, Philadelphia relinquished a 2-0 advantage in the third before Gostisbehere won it in OT. Per NHL public relations, he is the first rookie in franchise history to score multiple overtime winners in one season.

"We're kind of putting it on ourselves there giving up the late goals," Gostisbehere said. "But then again it just shows that our team is just fighting for two points no matter what."

In just his second game with the Philadelphia, right winger Colin McDonald netted a third-period goal to give his new team a 2-1 lead.

However, center Mike Fisher erased the lead by scoring on a backhander in traffic to help Nashville earn a point. Still, the Predators (12-6-4) had a sour end to their tough five-game road trip in which they went 1-3-1 with just five goals.

Nashville now comes home for three straight, where it's 7-1-2.

"It's a tough road trip, we really didn't get the results," Predators goalie Pekka Rinne said. "Yeah, you can say we played pretty well, but that doesn't change the fact that we went (1-3-1)."

Nashville was burned in overtime by a penalty for too many men on the ice.

What did the referees say?

"I don't think I need an explanation," Predators coach Peter Laviolette said. "They thought we had too many men."

Philadelphia goalie Michal Neuvirth (5-3-1) got the start thanks to strong career numbers against Nashville. He entered 2-0-1 with a 1.29 goals-against average lifetime against the Predators and made 33 saves for the win.

Rinne (10-5-4) stopped 34 shots for Nashville and has lost four straight with very little goal support.

"Our guys usually show up and play hard," Laviolette said. "They played hard today. It was good to even it up there at the end, but through the course of the road trip, it was pretty good. It's never perfect, but it was pretty good."

The Predators, who on Wednesday snapped their longest goal drought in franchise history at 227 minutes, 39 seconds, got things started just 1:44 into the game.

Center Mike Ribeiro fooled Neuvirth behind his own net by reversing directions and finding left winger Filip Forsberg for an easy goal and a 1-0 lead.

The Flyers quickly answered 2:16 later as defenseman Michael Del Zotto joined a rush and laced a slap shot from the circle past Rinne, assisted by centers Brayden Schenn and Claude Giroux.

"That was a huge point in the hockey game for us," Flyers coach Dave Hakstol said.

Not only did Nashville kill Philadelphia's first power play in the second period, but it nearly took the lead on a short-handed opportunity. However, Neuvirth made an outstanding second-effort leg save by stretching out to block a snap shot from left winger Eric Nystrom after denying defenseman Mattias Ekholm's attempt a second prior.

It kept the second period scoreless, allowing McDonald to make his mark in the third before Fisher countered.

"It was a big goal for us at the time," Laviolette said. "We were pressing at the end."

Fortunately for the Flyers, Gostisbehere was there to bail them out -- again.

"I think (Gostisbehere) has his confidence offensively," Hakstol said, "but I think most importantly for our team."

NOTES: Before the game, the Flyers called up C Nick Cousins and sent LW Taylor Leier back to American Hockey League affiliate Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Cousins played 11 games for the Flyers last season and went scoreless. Leier appeared in six games this season and did not register a point. ... Predators C Colton Sissons, who was recalled on Thursday, was inserted into the lineup, replacing C Paul Gaustad, who left Wednesday's game with an upper-body injury. ... Flyers D Evgeny Medvedev saw his first action since Nov. 12 and played just his second game since Oct. 31. He replaced D Brandon Manning, who was a healthy scratch. ... Predators RW Miikka Salomaki was placed on injured reserve with an upper-body injury, while D Anthony Bitetto and D Victor Bartley were healthy scratches. ... Flyers C R.J. Umberger (foot), D Mark Streit (groin), C Ryan White (upper body) and C Sam Gagner (upper body) were all out of the lineup.