SPRINGFIELD -- Philippe Desrosiers set a new Springfield Thunderbirds team record with 62 saves in a 3-1 win over the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Wednesday night at the MassMutual Center.

“During nights like this, I just see the puck well,” Desrosiers said of his performance. “Sometimes, I’m lucky, and the puck will hit me, even though I don’t see it.

"But overall, it was a great win by the boys.”

Chris Driedger set the previous record of 49 in an overtime win against Rochester on Oct. 27.

With the game tied at 1-1 through 55 minutes, the Thunderbirds (14-11-0-0) earned their fourth power-play opportunity and capitalized as Tommy Cross connected with Brady Keeper for a one-timer over Phantoms goalie Alex Lyons’ shoulder for the eventual game-winner.

Following their 1-for-4 performance on the man-advantage, Springfield has now recorded at least one goal in seven of its last eight games.

“Part of our identity is our penalty kill, and the No. 1 factor in that has to be your goalie, and (Desrosiers) is the reason we got the points tonight,” Thunderbirds coach Geordie Kinnear said. “The power play gave up a shorthanded early, and it was unacceptable how it happened. Then, our power play gave us a chance because (Lehigh) wasn’t ready to go, so (Keeper) went out there and scored a big goal.”

Wednesday also marked the ninth consecutive game Springfield opened a game trailing 1-0 as Connor Bunnaman beat Desrosiers top-shelf halfway through the first period.

The Thunderbirds, however, didn’t let that phase them as Dryden Hunt evened the score behind his first goal since being sent down from the Florida Panthers back in November.

Despite entering the second intermission all knotted up, the Thunderbirds were still being outshot 39-13 by Lehigh.

“Yeah ... I mean, we’re lucky to get outta there with a 1-1 score since Lyon (20 saves) was great tonight,” Hunt said. “You do, however, have to hit the reset button because you can’t play like that and ultimately win. It was a relief (scoring his first goal) because when you’re in a slump like that, you think it’s never going to come, and to see it go in the net was nice.”

Sebastian Repo also added a late insurance goal, while Henrik Borgstrom and Jonathan Ang both tallied assists.

Springfield will continue its five-game homestand against a Hartford Wolf Pack team that has taken both matches thus far on Friday, Dec. 6, at 7:05 p.m.

“To be quite honest, I’m not worried about Hartford,” Kinnear said. “I’m more worried about getting that group energized, organized, and getting back to our standards of being ultracompetitive.”