Flyers looks to snap 7 game losing streak at Mellon Arena - Preview.
November 13, 2008
The Philadelphia Flyers have their own talented young core of players, but they’ve grown tired of seeing Pittsburgh Penguins stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin continually put up gaudy numbers in their intrastate rivalry.
They might have to move Jordan Staal to the top of their growing list of concerns.
After Staal sparked a stunning comeback over the defending Stanley Cup champions, the Penguins will look for their fifth straight victory on Thursday night when they host the Flyers, who have lost seven in a row at Mellon Arena.
Crosby and Malkin are two of the NHL’s best young players, and they’ve scored more points against Philadelphia than any other franchise in their careers thus far. Crosby has 16 goals and 37 points in 21 regular-season games versus the Flyers, while Malkin has 10 goals and 24 points in 16 games.
The two combined for five goals and seven assists as the Penguins (9-4-2) ousted Philadelphia in five games in last season’s Eastern Conference finals, a series that also saw Staal score four goals.
Staal was held without a point in Pittsburgh’s six-game loss to Detroit in the Cup finals, and the 20-year-old went 11 games without scoring to start 2008-09 before picking up two in his first three games in November.
He then played two scoreless periods Tuesday against the Red Wings as the Penguins went down 5-2, but that’s when Staal got going. He scored three times in the third, then set up Ruslan Fedotenko in overtime, turning a near-certain loss into a 7-6 win.
“It obviously feels good,” Staal told the team’s official Web site. “The last couple of games I’ve been playing really well. The puck just wasn’t going in for me but (Tuesday) night everything I touched went in. It was a great feeling and hopefully I can keep doing it.”
It took overtime for the Penguins to top the Flyers (5-6-3) in their first meeting this season. Pascal Dupuis scored with just 11 seconds left in the extra period on Oct. 14 at Mellon Arena, lifting Pittsburgh to a 3-2 win.
Even though Philadelphia has lost seven straight at the Igloo - including three in the playoffs - the Penguins are expecting a battle on Thursday.
“It’s going to be a tough game,” said right wing Petr Sykora. “They always come to this building and play hard. It’s always fun to play Philly.”
The Flyers won their final four games in October, then followed that streak with three straight losses to open November, a skid they snapped Tuesday afternoon on Long Island.
Danny Briere and Mike Richards scored their fifth goals of the season to lift Philadelphia past the New York Islanders 3-1.
Briere has scored in four straight, though that streak was interrupted for two weeks as he dealt with a torn stomach muscle. He returned to the lineup Saturday, but after his goal in the second period Tuesday, Briere left with a groin strain.
He’s expected to miss a week with his latest injury.
The other negative development for the Flyers was the benching of left wing Scott Hartnell, who hasn’t scored in six games. Coach John Stevens kept Hartnell off the ice Tuesday for the entire third period.
“You just deal with it and work hard in practice,” Hartnell said. “I have no problems sitting if he doesn’t think I’m doing a good job. I’m a positive person.”
Joffrey Lupul, who hasn’t produced a point in five games, had seven goals and seven assists in 13 games against Pittsburgh last season.
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Flyers beat Islanders on Veterans Day (2008) in New York City.
November 11, 2008
Danny Briere gave the Flyers a second-period lead before leaving with another injury, and Martin Biron made 35 saves to lift Philadelphia to a 3-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Tuesday.
With former Secretary of State Colin Powell on hand for the Veterans Day matinee, Briere staked the Flyers to a 1-0 advantage but didn’t get back on the ice following his fifth goal of the season — all scored in his past four games.
Briere has scored in each of his two games, and in four straight overall, since making a quick return following abdominal surgery. He came back Saturday night after a six-game absence and put Philadelphia ahead 1-0 in that one, too, but the Flyers lost 2-1 to Tampa Bay.
The team said he had an unspecified lower body injury and wouldn’t return.
Mike Richards gave Biron some breathing room by scoring a short-handed goal with 9:09 left to make it 2-0, and Kimmo Timonen added an empty-netter with four seconds remaining as Philadelphia snapped a three-game losing streak.
Biron took care of the rest, but fell 3:40 short of his first shutout of the season and 24th in his nine-season NHL career.
Trent Hunter cut New York’s deficit to 2-1 by putting a shot between Biron’s pads off a rush down the right side for his sixth goal this season, but not even the NHL debut of Josh Bailey could help the Islanders avoid their third straight loss (0-2-1). Joey MacDonald made 29 saves.
The 19-year-old Bailey, taken by New York with the ninth pick in this year’s draft, hoped to crack the lineup long before 15th game of the season, but he was sidelined by a muscle strain since the preseason.
Now he will try to impress coach Scott Gordon enough that he doesn’t get sent back to his junior hockey team.
Just 1:14 after the Flyers killed off a two-man disadvantage for the second time in the game — this one lasting a full two minutes — Briere gave Philadelphia a 1-0 lead. Skating near the right-wing boards, Briere waited for Islanders defenseman Brett Skinner to get in front of him and then used him as a screen. His shot from above the right circle beat MacDonald with 6:20 left in the middle period.
Richards came down on a 2-on-1 with Simon Gagne, while Philadelphia was short-handed for the eighth time, and got to a rebound of Gagne’s shot to score his fifth.
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Flyers continue horrid road play in 2008, lose to inferior Senators.
November 8, 2008
Dany Heatley and the Ottawa Senators are both enjoying successful five-game runs.
Heatley scored for the fifth straight game and Jesse Winchester had his first NHL goal, leading Ottawa to a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday.
Alex Auld stopped 17 shots and Anton Volchenkov and Chris Neil also scored for the Senators, who won their second consecutive home game. Auld, making his seventh straight start, improved to 5-2-1 in eight appearances overall.
“When things are going good, they’re going good sometimes and you don’t want to ask why,” Heatley said. “I think overall, it starts with (Auld). He’s just solid for us, calm and solid back there, and then from there, we work on our defensive game. Overall, we’re coming back, our D are moving the puck well and recently we’re getting offensive contributions from everybody.”
Mike Fisher had two assists after picking up his first two points of the season Tuesday night in a 2-1 win over Washington, including his first goal of the season in overtime.
Ottawa is 4-0-1 in its last five games following a four-game losing streak.
“They’re playing well right now,” Philadelphia coach John Stevens said. “You’ve got to give them credit. They played a sound hockey game and we’ve got to show more patience from start to finish to keep these games close early so we don’t have to play catch-up all night.”
Arron Asham scored his first goal for the Flyers, who lost their second in a row after a four-game winning streak and fell to 4-5-3 overall.
Philadelphia captain Mike Richards got his 11th assist on Asham’s goal 7:18 into the second, which cut the Senators’ lead to 2-1 before Winchester scored 56 seconds later.
“When we scored, I thought we had some momentum, and then they kind of crushed it there,” Richards said.
Flyers backup Antero Niittymaki made 21 saves in his fifth start of the season.
Antoine Vermette appeared to have opened the scoring for the Senators 4:42 in, but a video review determined that the Ottawa left wing directed the puck into the net using his right skate in a distinct kicking motion.
“It’s one of those calls that sometimes it goes your way, but it’s a good thing we didn’t need it tonight,” Vermette said.
Volchenkov scored his second goal of the season at 8:49 when he put a slap shot from the right point past Niittymaki to give the Senators a 1-0 lead.
Heatley, a two-time 50-goal scorer with Ottawa, got his team-leading ninth goal during a power play at 12:42 after Philadelphia’s Braydon Coburn was assessed a boarding major for driving Vermette into the boards with a check from behind in front of the Flyers’ bench.
Asham drew Philadelphia to 2-1 when he put a shot over Auld’s glove into the top right corner 7:18 into the second.
Winchester restored the Senators’ two-goal lead 56 seconds later with his first goal in 14 NHL games overall, including each of Ottawa’s 13 games so far this season.
“Both of my brothers were here and my cousin from Philly, actually, so it’s pretty special,” Winchester said.
Neil scored his second of the season into an empty net with 1:41 left in the third.
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2008 NHL regular season game preview - Flyers vs Senators.
November 6, 2008
The Philadelphia Flyers and the Ottawa Senators have both reached the .500 mark in similar ways.
Both teams have used tighter defense and better goaltending to overcome dismal starts and look to continue those improvements Thursday in Ottawa.
Flyers (4-4-3) started 0-3-3, giving up 29 goals in those first six games. Philadelphia goaltenders Martin Biron and Antero Niittymaki combined to allow seven goals in a four-game winning streak before having that snapped with a 5-4 loss Sunday to Edmonton.
“We gave up way more chances in the first five games than in the second five games. We dropped them by almost half,” Flyers coach John Stevens said. “If you do a better job without the puck and checking and create the same amount of chances on offense, you’re going to win a lot of hockey games.”
The Flyers also have converted nearly twice as many power-play chances during the last five games, scoring on 9 of 23 opportunities after cashing in on just 5 of 31 through the first six games.
At 25.9 percent, Philadelphia ranks just ahead of Ottawa’s 22.8 percent in NHL power-play conversion rates. The Flyers have scored on 14 of 52 opportunities with the man advantage, and the Senators have converted on 13 of 57 chances.
Scoring hasn’t been a problem for the Flyers, who are averaging a NHL-best 3.91 goals - nearly half a goal more than the Detroit Red Wings’ 3.50.
Simon Gagne and Mike Richards share the team lead with 14 points apiece. Gagne has a point in all but one game and scored a goal in all but three. Richards has a point in each of the last three games, and Jeff Carter, who has a team-leading nine goals, has scored in six of the past seven contests.
The Senators (5-5-2) allowed 25 goals in a 2-5-1 start, but have conceded just seven goals in going 3-0-1 in their last four games. Alex Auld, who has started the last six games after Martin Gerber injured his leg, may have supplanted Gerber as the No. 1 goaltender.
Auld, signed as a free agent this offseason, lost two of his first three starts, allowing eight goals. But in his last four games, he has yielded just six and is among the league leaders with a 1.96 goals-against average and .935 save percentage. Auld stopped 26 shots in a 2-1 overtime victory Tuesday over the Washington Capitals and is 2-0 in three games against the Flyers, allowing eight goals.
“He’s confident in what he’s doing. He’s confident in the decisions he’s making,” defenseman Jason Smith told the Senators’ official Web site. “If you go around and ask any player in the league, if you’re feeling confident and you’ve got that edge, it’s a lot easier to play.”
With a close margin on the power play, a superior penalty kill for the Senators could give them an edge on special teams.
Philadelphia has allowed a power-play goal in all but two games, and opponents have converted nearly 20 percent (12 for 61). The Senators, meanwhile, have conceded only seven power-plays goals in 52 chances for an 86.5 percent kill rate.
Dany Heatley has a four-game goal streak, and leads Ottawa with eight goals and 14 points, but has been limited to three goals in his last seven games versus the Flyers.
Philadelphia went 3-0-1 against Ottawa last season, outscoring the Senators 15-7.
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Oilers snap Flyers 4 game winning streak with 5-4 win in Philly.
November 2, 2008
Ales Hemsky is rounding into form and the Edmonton Oilers are winning again.
Hemsky had two goals and an assist, and the Oilers held on to end the Philadelphia Flyers’ four-game winning streak with a 5-4 win Sunday.
“He played unreal,” Edmonton coach Craig MacTavish said after the Oilers won their second straight after dropping five in a row. “Those are all-world goals that he scored.”
Hemsky put the Oilers ahead 2-1 at 12:27 of the first period on a nifty forehand-to-backhand move after skating in from center ice. Then at 4:26 of the second, Hemsky skated in from the blue line and went backhand-to-forehand to score again.
They were the first goals in 19 games dating back to last season for the sixth-year right-wing.
“I wouldn’t have minded a couple of garbage goals, but I didn’t get mentally down and the goals came,” Hemsky said.
Sheldon Souray added a goal and assist, Erik Cole and Dustin Penner also scored, and Tom Gilbert had three assists for the Oilers.
Mike Knuble and Simon Gagne each had a goal and assist, and Braydon Coburn and Jeff Carter also scored goals for Philadelphia, which outscored its opponents 19-7 during the streak.
“We just let them skate,” Philadelphia coach John Stevens said. “There were some severe breakdowns. We also have to do a better job of checking.”
Dwayne Roloson stopped 22 shots as the Oilers built a 5-2 lead. He denied Scott Hartnell on a breakaway with 9:07 left in the third period and Edmonton leading 5-4.
“The Flyers are a great offensive team,” Roloson said. “Their power play was firing pretty good today. They took advantage of some mistakes.”
Martin Biron, who had 23 saves, said that the Flyers made it too easy for the Oilers’ offense.
“We gave them a lot of room to execute their give-and-goes, their passes, and their three-on-twos,” the goaltender said.
Edmonton went ahead on Cole’s wrist shot from the right circle at 9:10 of the first period.
The Flyers tied it on a power play 1:42 later. Gagne hit the post on a rebound attempt and the puck bounced back to Knuble who poked it in from the front of the net.
After Hemsky’s scores, Coburn and Souray traded goals with slap shots on the power play from inside the blue line at 8:10 and 10:21 respectively, Penner hammered in a rebound to make it 5-2 at 11:52.
Carter extended his goal-scoring streak to seven goals in seven games with a wrist shot through a screen on a power play to get the Flyers closer with 1:17 left in the second period.
Gagne’s rebound goal made it 5-4 20 seconds into the third period.
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Flyers look to extend winning streak to 5 games against Oilers - preview.
November 2, 2008
The Edmonton Oilers can breathe a little easier after snapping a five-game losing streak the last time they took the ice. To build off that, they’ll have to win in a city they rarely visit, but one where they have enjoyed some recent success.
On Sunday, the Oilers go for their fourth straight win in Philadelphia against the Flyers, who will be looking for their fifth consecutive victory after a six-game skid to start the season.
Edmonton (5-4-1) earned its first win since Oct. 18 by beating Carolina 3-1 on Saturday. Ethan Moreau, who had one goal this season coming in, scored twice in the final 88 seconds to snap a 1-1 tie.
“We got some really fortunate goals,” Moreau said. “We just had the philosophy that if we kept doing things right, we’d be successful. This has been a process. We’ve lost a few games we’ve played well in and finally tonight we got a win.”
Shawn Horcoff - who assisted on Moreau’s second tally - also scored, and Dwayne Roloson made 27 of his 33 saves over the final 40 minutes. It was only the Oilers’ second regular-season win in North Carolina since the Hurricanes moved there from Hartford a decade ago.
“We were here to win and get two points and get ourselves back on track,” said Edmonton’s Erik Cole after facing his former team for the first time.
Now, Edmonton will be looking to continue its winning streak in Philadelphia. After a 2-0 loss in 2000, the Oilers have outscored the Flyers 9-4 in their next three contests.
In the most recent game in 2005, Moreau had two shorthanded goals against Antero Niittymaki in a 3-2 win. Starting in 2006, the Oilers’ captain has missed 143 games due to various injuries, and was limited to five goals in 25 contests last season but now appears healthy again.
Philadelphia gave up 28 goals during its 0-3-3 start to 2008-09, but has surrendered only seven while winning four in a row. On Thursday, Martin Biron stopped 34 shots, and Jeff Carter scored his second goal 4:37 into overtime of a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders.
“I thought Marty was the reason we won the hockey game tonight,” coach John Stevens told the Flyers’ official Web site.
Biron has been in goal for three games during Philadelphia’s current winning streak, recording a 2.23 goals-against average. Niittymaki picked up the other victory, making 24 saves for his first shutout of the season in a 7-0 rout of Atlanta on Tuesday.
But neither Biron nor Niittymaki have beaten the Oilers. In five appearances, including three starts, Biron is 0-4-0 with a 3.38 GAA while Niittymaki hasn’t faced them since losing in 2005.
Carter, who leads Philadelphia (4-3-3) with eight goals this season, has scored six and added three assists in a six-game points streak.
He’s part of a resurgent offense that includes Mike Knuble, who has five goals and an assist over the last four games. Simon Gagne and Mike Richards are tied with seven points each during the run.
Knuble will be looking to notch an assist in a sixth straight game against the Oilers.
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Jeff Carter’s OT goal propels Flyers to fourth straight win.
October 31, 2008
Jeff Carter doesn’t believe in wasting scoring opportunities.
Carter scored two goals, including the winner in overtime, and the Philadelphia Flyers edged the New York Islanders 3-2 on Thursday for their fourth straight win.
“I’m just shooting every chance I get,” Carter said after he scored on a one-timer from the front of the left circle on a power play with 24 seconds left in the extra session.
“Every time I get a good look at the net, I’m putting it on there,” said the fourth-year center who has scored points in six straight games (six goals, three assists).
Carter said that he usually gets off to slow starts offensively.
“It’s nice this year to get off hot,” he said.
Flyers coach John Stevens is not surprised by Carter’s fast start.
“He’s bigger, stronger, faster, more fit, and more confident,” Stevens said. “He’s matured into a good pro.”
Mike Knuble also scored and Martin Biron made 34 saves for the Flyers, who have rebounded from a 0-3-2 start.
Knuble said that Carter’s value to the team isn’t just his goal-scoring ability.
“Every team would love to have a guy like him right now,” Knuble said. “You talk about the goals he’s scored, but it’s been a full-time effort. The guy kills penalties and stuff like that. He shoots the puck so well, he can be a force when he gets going. He plays in every situation.”
Bill Guerin and andy Hilbert scored for the Islanders, who have dropped five straight games and six of their past seven.
New York coach Scott Gordon was not discouraged by the loss.
“I told our guys that tonight was just like a tie,” Gordon said. “The secondary point would have just been a bonus. It is more about the 60-minute body of work that we put together. Tonight, our guys played a good hockey game.”
The Islanders tied the game at 2-2 on a fluke goal at 12:40 of the third period. Hilbert’s shot from in close bounced off the elbow of Flyers defenseman Ossi Vaananen and rolled behind Biron.
Carter broke a 1-1 tie at 15:29 of the period when he redirected Vaananen’s long slap shot with a nifty backhand.
New York’s Joey MacDonald, who replaced Rick DiPietro in the net for the second straight game, stopped 25 shots. DiPietro is day to day with a lower-body injury.
“It was a tough game, but we got a point out of it,” MacDonald said. “We had some chances. In overtime, we had the power play and had the puck in the crease, but we couldn’t get any bounces in. We can take a lot of positives out of it.”
Knuble put the Flyers ahead with a one-timer from the slot at 7:45 of the first period.
Guerin tied it on a power play 2:32 later with another one-timer from just inside the blue line.
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2008 NHL regular season game preview - Islanders vs Flyers.
October 30, 2008
After struggling to stop opponents from scoring in the early part of the season, the Philadelphia Flyers have shored up their defense. That’s not good news for the offensively inept New York Islanders.
Philadelphia tries to extend its winning streak to four games and hand visiting New York its fifth straight loss when the Atlantic Division rivals meet for the first time this season on Thursday.
The Flyers had no trouble scoring in their first six games of the season, registering 20 goals over that span, but they allowed 29 in getting off to an 0-3-3 start.
Since that rough stretch, though, Philadelphia has continued its high-scoring ways and gotten better at preventing teams from finding the back of the net.
The Flyers have won three straight, outscoring opponents 16-5 to improve to 3-3-3. They set a season high in goals and recorded their first shutout of 2008-09 on Tuesday in a 7-0 victory at Atlanta.
Mike Knuble, Simon Gagne and Joffrey Lupul each scored twice and Antero Niittymaki stopped 24 shots in his fourth career shutout for Philadelphia, which reached the Eastern Conference finals last spring.
“After the success we had last season, maybe we thought it would be easy this season,” said Gagne, who also had two assists. “It’s tough to get two points. Now I think we’re back the way we played last season.”
Knuble has four goals in the last three games and seven points in his last five.
“We got a great result,” he said. “We scored every which way. These are treats.”
New York (2-6-0) is having trouble scoring in any way.
The Islanders are near the bottom of the NHL with 19 goals and own the fewest points in the league. They suffered their fourth straight loss on Monday night, 4-2 to the division-leading New York Rangers.
The Islanders again played without goaltender Rick DiPietro, who sat out with a lower body injury. DiPietro had surgery on his knee and hip during the offseason and has appeared in only three games thus far, going 0-2-0 with a 3.91 goals-against average.
Joey MacDonald (3.54 GAA) has appeared in six games for the Islanders, who have been decimated by injuries to their defensemen and are also among the league leaders in goals allowed (29).
Brendan Witt and Radek Martinek are a few weeks away from returning, while Freddy Meyer is listed as day-to-day with an abdominal injury.
“It’s a little disappointing,” MacDonald said. “The bounces aren’t going our way right now. Eventually, they’ll turn our way.”
New York will get some help on the blue line Thursday as Andy Sutton is expected to make his season debut following hand surgery. Sutton appeared in 58 games last season and was second on the team with 86 penalty minutes.
Philadelphia won seven of the eight meetings between these teams in 2007-08, including all four at home. The Islanders were outscored 14-5 at the Wachovia Center and 30-16 overall in the season series.
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Flyers shoutout Thrashers, 7-0, to run winning streak to 3 games.
October 29, 2008
Mike Knuble can’t explain why Philadelphia has dominated the Atlanta Thrashers since he signed with the Flyers as a free agent four years ago.
Knuble, Simon Gagne and Joffrey Lupul each scored two goals as Philadelphia earned its 11th consecutive victory against the Thrashers 7-0 on Tuesday night.
“They are a better team than they showed tonight,” Knuble said. “Maybe we’re not as good as we showed.”
The Flyers won their third consecutive game overall after a sluggish 0-3-3 start.
“We got a great result,” Knuble said. “We scored every which way. These are treats.”
Antero Niittymaki stopped 24 shots in his fourth career shutout. After watching his No. 2 goaltender improve to 10-0 against the Thrashers, Philadelphia coach John Stevens believes the Flyers are beginning to match the intensity they showed last season in advancing to the Eastern Conference finals.
“We were up tempo,” Stevens said. “We were a little worried because their’s is a different style of play. After two emotional games against the Devils, it would’ve taken away from those games if we hadn’t won this one.”
Knuble, who made it 2-0 at 3:13 of the second period, has four goals in three games and seven points in the past five.
Philadelphia took a 3-0 lead with 14.5 seconds left in the second period on Gagne’s second short-handed goal. Mike Richards set up Gagne by stepping in front of Ron Hainsey to intercept Ilya Kovalchuk’s pass near the Thrashers’ blue line.
Knuble’s second goal of the game came on the power play and gave the Flyers a 4-0 lead 1:02 into the third. Philadelphia had an extra man because Kovalchuk was penalized for throwing his stick following his giveaway.
“We weren’t ready, and from the start we didn’t have the effort we wanted,” Atlanta forward Colby Armstrong said. “There was a couple of good bounces for them, but at the same time the game was there for us. After they got up a few, we just kind of folded the tent.”
Lupul made it 1-0 with an unassisted goal 1:20 into the game. His second goal, and fifth this season, put Philadelphia up 5-0 only 37 seconds after Knuble’s third-period goal.
Kari Lehtonen’s only bright moment in the Atlanta net came with 7:47 remaining when he stopped Richards’ penalty shot. Hainsey gave Richards the attempt by hooking him on a breakaway.
Gagne’s seventh goal this season gave the Flyers a 6-0 lead midway through the third. Glen Metropolit’s first goal came on the power play with 3:40 left.
“After the success we had last season, maybe we thought it would be easy this season,” Gagne said. “It’s tough to get two points. Now I think we’re back the way we played last season.”
Gagne likes the addition of Metropolit, who signed as a free agent from Boston on July 1, to his line.
“We’ve got a good line here,” Gagne said. “He is learning to hold the puck a little longer. I won’t say we were worried about the slow start. We’re back the way we played last year.”
Atlanta hasn’t beaten the Flyers since winning 6-5 in overtime at Philadelphia on Nov. 18, 2005.
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Flyers win second straight against Devils, 3-2, in overtime.
October 25, 2008
Jeff Carter scored in overtime to lift the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday.
Martin Biron made 29 saves as the Flyers beat New Jersey for the second time in as many days. The Flyers’ 6-3 win over the Devils on Friday night snapped a 13-game winless streak in New Jersey and was Philadelphia’s first win of the season following six losses.
After play was delayed in overtime when a fan threw a smoke bomb on the ice, Carter deflected Ossi Vaananen’s shot from the blue line past Martin Brodeur. It was Carter’s sixth goal of the season and extended his goals streak to four games.
Mike Knuble and Scott Hartnell added goals for the Flyers. Zach Parise and Brian Gionta scored for New Jersey.
Philadelphia appeared to have won only moments before Carter’s goal when Simon Gagne poked the puck over Brodeur’s shoulder and off the cross bar — but a review showed the puck never crossed the goal line.
New Jersey tied it at 2 late in the second period on Gionta’s power-play goal. Gionta took a pass from behind the net, skated across the goal mouth and beat Biron with a backhand shot.
Hartnell broke a 1-1 tie at 9:40 of the second period. Brodeur made an initial save on Braydon Coburn’s slapshot, but Hartnell scooped up the rebound and scored on a wide open net.
Brodeur stopped 30 shots in the loss.
The Devils made it 1-1 on Parise’s sixth goal of the season 27 seconds into the second period. He beat Biron to the glove side after deflecting Colin White’s wrist shot from the blue line.
Parise, who led New Jersey in scoring last season, extended his goals streak to four games, collecting eight points in that span.
Knuble opened the scoring, giving the Flyers a 1-0 lead at 9:42 of the first period after taking a wraparound shot and punching his own rebound past Brodeur.
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