2/8/10 3-2 Win SCORING 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total NJD 1 1 0 - - 2 PHI 0 2 1 - - 3 _______________________________ SHOTS 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total NJD 7 13 10 - - 30 PHI 12 15 10 - - 37

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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) – Mike Richards tallied the game-deciding power-play goal late in the third period, as Philadelphia recovered from a two-goal deficit to top New Jersey, 3-2, at Wachovia Center.

James van Riemsdyk and Jeff Carter also lit the lamp for the Flyers, who snapped a two-game slide and face New Jersey in Newark on Wednesday in the back end of this home-and-home set.

Michael Leighton was sharp in net, stopping 28 shots.

Zach Parise and Anssi Salmela scored for the Devils, who have dropped four of five. Martin Brodeur took the loss despite making 34 saves.

Philadelphia took its only lead of the contest courtesy of the power play, when Kimmo Timonen dished from behind the net to Richards, whose quick tip beat Brodeur up high with 7:58 left in the contest.

New Jersey was given a power play with 1:52 remaining and the visitors went with an extra skater seconds later. New acquisition Ilya Kovalchuk unloaded a pair of hard shots in the final seconds, but the first one went high and the last was wide as time expired.

The Devils picked up the game’s first goal while up a man seven minutes in, when Parise’s attempted pass into the slot deflected off Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger’s skate and in.

New Jersey went up 2-0 with 61 seconds played in the second period as Salmela beat Leighton with a wrister, but the Devils defenseman was forced to leave the game after being leveled on a clean shoulder check by Philly forward Jeff Carter.

Van Riemsdyk finally got the Flyers within a goal with 1:36 left in the period, then Carter finished off a 2-on-1 break with 23.2 seconds to go.

Game Notes

The Flyers have won three of four meetings with the Devils this season…Pronger picked up two assists…New Jersey has dropped its last five road games.

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Scoring Summary

1st Period
07:00 NJD PPG – Zach Parise (26) Assists: P. Elias (18) & A. Greene (20)

2nd Period
01:01 NJD SHG – Anssi Salmela (2) Wrist Shot – Assists: T. Zajac (30) & J. Langenbrunner (34)
18:24 PHI James van Riemsdyk (13) Snap Shot – Assists: C. Giroux (21) & C. Pronger (31)
19:36 PHI Jeff Carter (23) Snap Shot – Assists: S. Hartnell (18) & C. Pronger (32)

3rd Period
12:02 PHI PPG – Mike Richards (23) Wrist Shot – Assists: K. Timonen (25) & S. Gagne (18)

Penalty Summary

1st Period
06:43 PHI Danny Briere : Hi-sticking – 2 min
07:45 NJD Bryce Salvador : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
07:45 PHI Daniel Carcillo : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
08:47 PHI Blair Betts : Tripping – 2 min
11:25 PHI Arron Asham : Too many men/ice – bench – 2 min
13:32 NJD Dean McAmmond : Hooking – 2 min
19:20 NJD Andy Greene : Tripping – 2 min

2nd Period
06:04 PHI Oskars Bartulis : Holding the stick – 2 min
13:27 NJD Patrik Elias : Interference – 2 min
19:36 PHI Daniel Carcillo : Misconduct – 10 min

3rd Period
03:48 PHI Chris Pronger : Cross checking – 2 min
06:50 PHI Lukas Krajicek : Holding – 2 min
10:24 NJD Zach Parise : Hi-sticking – 2 min
18:08 PHI Kimmo Timonen : Boarding – 2 min

02/06/10 2-1 Loss SCORING 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total PHI 1 0 0 - - 1 MIN 1 1 0 - - 2 _______________________________ SHOTS 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total PHI 17 10 12 - - 39 MIN 7 16 7 - - 30

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Minnesota Wild 2, Philadelphia Flyers 1

St. Paul, MN (Sports Network) – Anton Khudobin’s first career start was a successful one, as the Russian stopped 38-of-39 shots to lead Minnesota over Philadelphia, 2-1, at Xcel Energy Center.

The 23-year-old earned his second pro victory, just two days after winning his first NHL game in relief of injured goaltender Josh Harding by stopping nine shots against Edmonton.

Owen Nolan and Cal Clutterbuck tallied for the Wild, who improved to 8-0-1 in their last nine home contests.

Daniel Carcillo notched the lone score for the Flyers, who dropped two in a row to end their three-game road trip.

Starting in place of Ray Emery who was sidelined with a hip injury, Michael Leighton took the loss despite making 28 saves.

Clutterbuck capitalized off a Flyers turnover for a 1-0 Wild edge with 4:23 left in the first, but Carcillo batted a rebound out of the air to tie the score 16 seconds later.

After misfiring on a power play, Nolan gave Minnesota back the lead when he pushed the rebound of an Eric Belanger shot off Leighton’s glove and in with 8:12 to play in the second.

The Flyers failed to score on a 3-on-1 shorthanded rush almost nine minutes into the third period, when Mike Richards elected to shoot and hit Khudobin’s breadbasket. Philadelphia then came up empty on an advantage after the midway point of the period.

Leighton went to the bench for an extra skater with 1:48 remaining, and despite several chances in close, Khudobin and the Wild held on for the win.

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Scoring Summary

1st Period
15:37 MIN Cal Clutterbuck (11) Wrist Shot – Assists: none
15:53 PHI Daniel Carcillo (8) Backhand – Assists: B. Coburn (10) & S. Gagne (17)

2nd Period
11:48 MIN Owen Nolan (14) Wrist Shot – Assists: E. Belanger (21) & K. Johnsson (8)

3rd Period
none

Penalty Summary

1st Period
02:29 MIN Robert Earl : Slashing – 2 min

2nd Period
01:46 PHI Chris Pronger : Holding – 2 min
05:45 MIN Greg Zanon : Interference – 2 min
09:35 PHI Braydon Coburn : Hooking – 2 min
13:36 PHI Mike Richards : Tripping – 2 min
18:54 MIN Owen Nolan : Roughing – 2 min
18:54 PHI Scott Hartnell : Roughing – 2 min

3rd Period
03:09 MIN Mikko Koivu : Hooking – 2 min
07:07 PHI Scott Hartnell : Roughing – 2 min
09:59 MIN Eric Belanger : Delaying Game-Puck over glass – 2 min

2/3/10 1-0 Loss SCORING 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total PHI 0 0 0 - - 0 EDM 0 0 1 - - 1 _______________________________ SHOTS 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total PHI 14 12 7 - - 33 EDM 11 10 6 - - 27

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Edmonton, AB (Sports Network) – Ryan Potulny’s power-play goal with 16.1 seconds left in regulation lifted Edmonton over Philadelphia, 1-0, at Rexall Place.

“We need luck, every one needs some luck. I think hard work maybe creates a little luck,” Potulny said about the game-winner. “We worked hard tonight, we played well, and had a little luck maybe tonight but I think its about time.”

Jeff Deslauriers notched his second shutout of the season with 33 saves for the Oilers, who have won two straight games after enduring a franchise-worst 13-game losing skid.

Making his first start since January 14, Michael Leighton stopped 26-of-27 shots for the Flyers, who had won two in a row.

Philly forward Darroll Powe was sent off for high sticking with 1:50 left in the contest, and the Oilers didn’t get on track until the tail end of the advantage.

Dustin Penner weaved his way up ice as seconds ticked away in regulation, skating from center ice to the left wing. His lead pass found Sam Gagner, who used a backhand dish to catch a Flyers defender off guard, and Potulny tapped the puck home at the right post.

Through 40 scoreless minutes, Leighton halted 21 shots, while Deslauriers was equal on all 26 he faced.

“Woulda, coulda shoulda. It doesn’t help us right now. We should have found a way to kill that penalty get out with at least one point,” said a frustrated Flyers forward Ian Laperriere. “We didn’t. We got to forget about it and go back to work.”

Game Notes

Edmonton’s last shutout win over the Flyers was a 3-0 decision in Philadelphia on January 10, 2004…The Oilers last blanked Philly at home in a 6-0 contest on December 30, 1987…It was the lowest-scoring game, regular-season or playoffs, between the clubs since Edmonton was admitted to the NHL for the 1979-80 season…Since snapping a 13-game winless streak in Edmonton, the Flyers have gone 3-2-2 in their last seven trips to Alberta’s capital.

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Scoring Summary

1st Period
none

2nd Period
none

3rd Period
19:43 EDM PPG – Ryan Potulny (12) Wrist Shot – Assists: S. Gagner (20) & D. Penner (23)

Penalty Summary

1st Period
07:28 EDM Jason Strudwick : Tripping – 2 min
10:52 EDM Zack Stortini : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
10:52 PHI Ian Laperriere : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
13:52 PHI Mike Richards : Hi-sticking – 2 min
17:46 EDM Patrick O’Sullivan : Hooking – 2 min

2nd Period
09:47 PHI Darroll Powe : Interference – 2 min
12:39 EDM Dustin Penner : Slashing – 2 min

3rd Period
14:36 EDM Alex Plante : Delaying Game-Puck over glass – 2 min
18:10 PHI Darroll Powe : Hi-sticking – 2 min
20:00 PHI Scott Hartnell : Interference – 2 min

2/1/10 3-0 Win SCORING 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total PHI 0 1 2 - - 3 CGY 0 0 0 - - 0 _______________________________ SHOTS 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total PHI 7 8 12 - - 27 CGY 7 3 8 - - 18

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Calgary, AB (Sports Network) – Ray Emery posted his third shutout of the season behind 18 saves, and the Philadelphia Flyers topped a new-look Calgary club, 3-0, at the Saddledome.

Mike Richards’ 100th NHL goal in the game’s second period proved to be the game-winner, while the Flyers’ captain added another in the third for his first two-goal game since December 23 against Tampa Bay.

Claude Giroux scored on a breakaway in the third as Philadelphia won the opener of a three-game road trip following a 4-2-0 homestand. Simon Gagne assisted on both Richards’ scores.

“I thought that was probably our best sixty minute effort in a little while,” remarked Flyers coach Peter Laviolette.

The Flames, meanwhile, failed to build off their lone win in their previous 10 games following Saturday’s 6-1 drubbing of Edmonton. The following day, Calgary pulled off a seven-player trade with Toronto in an effort to shake the team out of the doldrums — most notably sending defenseman Dion Phaneuf to the Leafs, while receiving four Toronto regulars in return.

Instead, the hosts dropped their seventh game in the last eight at home and moved to 1-7-3 over their last 11 games overall. Miikka Kiprusoff had 24 saves in the loss.

“We had a lot of guys here tonight who just didn’t play well. The emotion level was not where it needed to be. We can’t have players, new and old, take too long getting used to each other because we have no time for that, we need to win hockey games,” said Flames coach Brent Sutter.

After the game, the Flames did more dealing, sending forwards Olli Jokinen and Brandon Prust to the New York Rangers in exchange for forwards Ales Kotalik and Christopher Higgins.

Following a scoreless first period, Richards got things started just past the halfway point of the game — finding a loose puck in the slot off a Gagne deflection and cranking a shot over the glove of Kiprusoff.

Less than two minutes into the third, Arron Asham hit Giroux with a cross-ice pass streaking down the left wing. He feigned forehand before flipping a backhander up and over Kiprusoff’s blocker for a 2-0 affair.

Approaching two minutes left in the game, Richards put the finishing touches on the win by rifling a slap shot to the back of the net from the low slot.

Emery wasn’t tested all that much, but came up with stops when he needed to, posting seven saves in the first, three in the second and eight over the final 20 minutes.

Game Notes

The Flames were attempting to win consecutive contests for the first time since putting together a five-game win streak from December 28-January 5…Emery has allowed two or fewer goals in five of his last games…The Flyers notched a 3-2 win the last time the clubs met at the Saddledome on October 4, 2005, and have now won three straight and five of their last six trips to Calgary…Philadelphia had lost four of its last five on the road coming in…Richards has 22 goals on the year, while Giroux picked up his 12th of the season…Acquired from the Maple Leafs on Sunday and in the lineup were defenseman Ian White and forwards Niklas Hagman, Jamal Mayers and Matt Stajan.

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Scoring Summary

1st Period
none

2nd Period
10:15 PHI Mike Richards (21) Slap Shot – Assists: S. Gagne (15) & D. Briere (17)

3rd Period
01:49 PHI Claude Giroux (12) Backhand – Assists: A. Asham (12) & O. Bartulis (7)
17:44 PHI PPG – Mike Richards (22) Slap Shot – Assists: S. Gagne (16) & C. Pronger (30)

Penalty Summary

1st Period
07:46 PHI Scott Hartnell : Cross checking – 2 min
10:35 CGY Cory Sarich : Slashing – 2 min

2nd Period
07:34 CGY Jamie Lundmark : Hi-sticking – 2 min
07:38 PHI Danny Briere : Hooking – 2 min

3rd Period
08:28 CGY Jamal Mayers : Tripping – 2 min
17:39 CGY Rene Bourque : Slashing – 2 min

01/30/10 2-1 Win SCORING 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total NYI 0 1 0 - - 1 PHI 2 0 0 - - 2 _______________________________ SHOTS 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total NYI 10 12 10 - - 32 PHI 16 10 6 - - 32

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Philadelphia Flyers 2, New York Islanders 1

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) – Ray Emery turned aside 31 shots as the Philadelphia Flyers ran their streak of wins against the New York Islanders to 14 with a 2-1 victory at Wachovia Center.

Danny Briere and Scott Hartnell each had a goal for the Flyers, who had dropped their previous two games.

“It’s always fun to score a goal, that is what hockey is about,” said Hartnell. “Everyone was very emotional here today. It was kind of a chippy game. A lot of stuff after the whistle, but we got two points and that’s what we needed.”

Josh Bailey scored the lone goal while Dwayne Roloson stopped 30 shots for the Islanders, who have lost their past four games.

“It took us a little bit to get going tonight,” said Roloson. “We shouldn’t have to rely on guys getting upset on the bench or in the lockerroom to get us going. We have to realize there is a lot at stake here.”

Philly took a 1-0 lead just 8:22 in as Darroll Powe caught up to his own dump- in the deep left boards and chipped it over to Briere, who used a wraparound from the left side for his 18th goal of the season.

Skating on the power play later in the period, the Flyers took a 2-0 lead on Hartnell’s 12th goal of the season, a tip-in off of a Mike Richards pass with 2:48 left in the first.

Philadelphia appeared to take a 3-0 lead at the 12:38 mark of the second as Simon Gagne’s shot from the left circle got past Roloson just before Hartnell crashed into the goaltender. However, despite the puck being in the net before Hartnell made contact with the goaltender, the goal was called off and Hartnell was assessed a goaltender interference minor.

Shortly after their power play expired, the Islanders cut their deficit in half as Kyle Okposo skated down the right side and lost the puck as he was about to pass it, but it went over to the left side where Bailey banged it home.

The Islanders pressed the attack on several occasions in the third and pulled Roloson in the final minute, but were unable to net the tying goal as the Flyers held on for the win.

Game Notes

Philly plays in Calgary on Monday to start a three-game road trip…The Islanders play in Florida on Sunday…Overall, the Flyers have won 17 of the last 18 against the Islanders and nine straight at home…Philly went 1-for-6 on the power play while the Islanders failed to score on any of their four chances.
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Scoring Summary

1st Period
08:22 PHI Danny Briere (18) Wrap-Around – Assists: D. Powe (4) & J. Carter (25)
17:12 PHI PPG – Scott Hartnell (12) Tip-In – Assists: M. Richards (22) & S. Gagne (14)

2nd Period
14:44 NYI Josh Bailey (13) Wrist Shot – Assists: K. Okposo (25) & R. Schremp (12)

3rd Period
none

Penalty Summary

1st Period
04:24 NYI Andy Sutton : Cross checking – 2 min
16:29 NYI Sean Bergenheim : Hi-sticking – 2 min

2nd Period
09:19 PHI Chris Pronger : Slashing – 2 min
11:29 NYI Richard Park : Hooking – 2 min
12:38 PHI Scott Hartnell : Interference on goalkeeper – 2 min
16:09 NYI Doug Weight : Slashing – 2 min
17:34 PHI Scott Hartnell : Cross checking – 2 min
17:34 NYI Andy Sutton : Roughing – 2 min
17:34 PHI Scott Hartnell served by Arron Asham : Roughing – 2 min

3rd Period
00:38 NYI Freddy Meyer : Boarding – 2 min
03:40 PHI Daniel Carcillo : Interference on goalkeeper – 2 min
14:13 NYI Doug Weight : Holding – 2 min
20:00 PHI Jeff Carter : Cross checking – 2 min

1/28/10 4-3 Loss SCORING 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total PHI 0 3 0 - - 3 ATL 1 0 3 - - 4 _______________________________ SHOTS 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total PHI 12 12 13 - - 37 ATL 7 13 8 - - 28

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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) – Jim Slater scored a pair of goals including the winner late in the third period, as Atlanta rallied from two goals down to defeat Philadelphia, 4-3, at Wachovia Center.

Ilya Kovalchuk and Rich Peverley also tallied for the Thrashers, who won their second in a row and third in five contests. Johan Hedberg stopped 34 shots.

Claude Giroux had a goal and one assist for the Flyers, who have lost two in a row after winning three straight. Arron Asham and Dan Carcillo also scored but Ray Emery surrendered four goals on 28 shots in the setback.

Atlanta hit the net three times in the final period to erase that two-goal deficit.

Kovalchuk slipped a bouncing puck from a faceoff past Emery 29 seconds into the third to bring Atlanta within a goal, then Peverley tallied on a clean breakaway at 4:26.

Slater then put the Thrashers ahead, being alone in the slot to tip home Evander Kane’s centering feed with 6:32 left in regulation, after the rookie Kane outskated two Flyers while moving behind the net prior to his pass.

The Flyers’ comeback was derailed on an interference call to Danny Briere with 2 1/2 minutes to play, and the Thrashers checked away the remainder of the clock.

The Flyers had a golden chance to take the lead inside of two minutes left in the first period, but Scott Hartnell missed on a breakaway chance and the rebound at a wide-open net.

Slater made the most of his opportunity from the left side with 48.5 seconds left to put the Thrashers up after one.

Giroux evened the game at 6:52 of the second period, faking out an Atlanta defender and Hedberg en route to stuffing the puck home at the left post, then fed Asham to finish off a 2-on-1 at 10:13.

Carcillo made it 3-1 with 6:43 left in the second, when his desperation poke at an Ian Laperriere pass chipped the puck over Hedberg.

Game Notes

Atlanta has won both meetings this season, after dropping 14 in a row to Philadelphia from December, 2005 to February, 2009…Kovalchuk’s 31 goals make him one of five players in the NHL to score 30-or-more this season…Both clubs are in action on Saturday with the Thrashers heading to Nashville and the Flyers finishing their six-game homestand against the Islanders.

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SCORING SUMMARY

1st Period
19:11 ATL Jim Slater (6) Wrist Shot – Assists: E. Kane (9)

2nd Period
06:52 PHI Claude Giroux (11) Wrist Shot – Assists: none
10:13 PHI Arron Asham (6) Wrist Shot – Assists: C. Giroux (20) & J. van Riemsdyk (19)
13:17 PHI Daniel Carcillo (7) Assists: I. Laperriere (11) & B. Betts (4)

3rd Period
00:29 ATL Ilya Kovalchuk (31) Wrist Shot – Assists: N. Antropov (27)
04:26 ATL Rich Peverley (17) Wrist Shot – Assists: P. Kubina (22) & T. White (15)
13:28 ATL Jim Slater (7) Wrist Shot – Assists: E. Kane (10)

PENALTY SUMMARY

1st Period
04:29 ATL Jim Slater : Holding the stick – 2 min
07:27 ATL Pavel Kubina : Interference – 2 min

2nd Period
07:14 PHI Mike Richards : Hooking – 2 min

3rd Period
01:06 ATL Bryan Little : Hooking – 2 min
05:01 PHI Scott Hartnell : Slashing – 2 min
07:41 PHI Arron Asham : Tripping – 2 min
11:19 PHI Arron Asham : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
11:19 ATL Chris Thorburn : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
11:19 PHI Ole-Kristian Tollefsen : Unsportsmanlike conduct – 2 min
11:19 ATL Eric Boulton : Unsportsmanlike conduct – 2 min
17:30 PHI Danny Briere : Interference on goalkeeper – 2 min

01/24/10 2-1 Loss SCORING 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total PIT 1 0 1 - - 2 PHI 1 0 0 - - 1 _______________________________ SHOTS 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total PIT 5 11 6 - - 22 PHI 10 5 13 - - 28

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Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) – Sergei Gonchar had a goal and an assist on the power play, as the Pittsburgh Penguins took a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers in an Atlantic Division battle at Wachovia Center.

Matt Cooke got the other power-play goal, while Brent Johnson stopped 27 shots for the Penguins, who have won four of their last six.

Pittsburgh came into the game with the worst power play on the road at 11.1 percent, but the team got both its goals on the power play and went 2-for-8 in the game.

Jeff Carter scored the lone goal, while Ray Emery made 20 saves for the Flyers, who had a three-game winning streak stopped.

Skating with a man advantage late in the third after Kimmo Timonen was called for delay of game after throwing the puck over the glass, Pittsburgh took the lead.

Gonchar had the puck in the high slot and blasted a shot on net that went between the legs of two Philly players and then hit the stick of Cooke before sliding by Emery with 1:47 to play.

Gonchar was called for hooking with 48 seconds left, and the Flyers pulled Emery for a 6-on-4, but the Pens held off the Flyers for the win.

Philly took a 1-0 lead just 5:18 into the contest on the power play. Timonen blasted a shot from the left circle that was tipped and sat on the back of the net. Carter knocked the puck off the net then hit it again and the puck hit off the back of Johnson’s right leg and went in.

The Pens, though, got the goal back with 5:27 left in the first with a power- play goal of their own. With traffic in front, Gonchar sent a simple shot on net from the high slot that hit off a Flyers in front and got past Emery for his eighth goal of the season.

The second period went scoreless, as Philly managed just five shots while Pittsburgh threw 11 on net with the two goaltenders turning every shot aside.

Game Notes

The Flyers host Atlanta on Thursday…Pittsburgh plays in New York against the Rangers on Monday…Pittsburgh has won four of the five games against Philadelphia this season…Philadelphia went 1-for-9 on the power play.
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Scoring Summary

1st Period
05:18 PHI PPG – Jeff Carter (22) Wrap-Around – Assists: K. Timonen (24) & S. Hartnell (17)
14:33 PIT PPG – Sergei Gonchar (8) Tip-In – Assists: R. Fedotenko (13) & S. Crosby (32)

2nd Period
none

3rd Period
18:13 PIT PPG – Matt Cooke (11) Tip-In – Assists: S. Gonchar (23) & E. Malkin (34)

Penalty Summary

1st Period
04:57 PIT Sidney Crosby : Slashing – 2 min
07:44 PHI Scott Hartnell : Interference on goalkeeper – 2 min
08:46 PIT Alex Goligoski : Cross checking – 2 min
10:04 PIT Jordan Staal : Hooking – 2 min
10:47 PHI Mike Richards : Hi-sticking – 2 min
13:23 PIT Evgeni Malkin : Roughing – 2 min
13:23 PHI Simon Gagne : Roughing – 2 min
13:23 PHI Simon Gagne served by Arron Asham : Hi-sticking – 2 min
16:04 PIT Matt Cooke : Tripping – 2 min
19:15 PHI Darroll Powe : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
19:15 PIT Kris Letang served by Tyler Kennedy : Interference – 2 min
19:15 PIT Kris Letang : Fighting (maj) – 5 min

2nd Period
17:03 PHI Simon Gagne : Tripping – 2 min
19:55 PIT Mike Rupp : Elbowing – 2 min

3rd Period
02:00 PIT Alex Goligoski : Boarding – 2 min
06:20 PIT Matt Cooke : Roughing – 2 min
06:20 PIT Evgeni Malkin : Roughing – 2 min
06:20 PHI Darroll Powe : Roughing – 2 min
06:20 PHI Arron Asham : Roughing – 2 min
11:01 PIT Kris Letang : Slashing – 2 min
12:26 PHI Claude Giroux : Slashing – 2 min
16:50 PHI Kimmo Timonen : Delaying Game-Puck over glass – 2 min
19:12 PIT Sergei Gonchar : Hooking – 2 min

1/23/10 4-2 Win SCORING 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total CAR 1 0 1 - - 2 PHI 1 2 1 - - 4 _______________________________ SHOTS 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total CAR 9 10 16 - - 35 PHI 13 6 11 - - 30

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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) – Jeff Carter had two goals and an assist as the Philadelphia Flyers took a 4-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes at Wachovia Center.

Chris Pronger had a goal and an assist while Daniel Carcillo had a goal for the Flyers, who have won the first three games of a six-game homestand. Ray Emery stopped 33 shots in the win.

Eric Staal and Rod Brind’Amour each had a goal for the Hurricanes, who have dropped four of their last five.

Manny Legace started the game in net, but left early in the first period with a recurrence of pink eye. He gave up one goal on seven shots while Cam Ward played the rest of the game in net and allowed two goals on 22 shots.

Carolina made it a one-goal game just 1:21 into the third on a lucky break as Emery misplayed the puck behind his net where Sergei Samsonov grabbed it and threw a blind pass out front where Brind’Amour fired it home for his fifth goal of the season.

Mike Richards was awarded a penalty shot with 8:03 to play as he was interfered with on a breakaway, but he blew his chance to give the Flyers a two-goal lead as he shot it a rolling puck over the net.

The Hurricanes were given a power play with 2:12 to play when Braydon Coburn was called for slashing and Ward was pulled from the net moments later for a 6-on-4 advantage, but Emery preserved the lead with a pair of stops down low on Brind’Amour and Carter got the puck into the open net with just 0.6 seconds left to seal the win.

Philly drew first blood as Carcillo stole the puck off a Carolina player near the blueline, skated in all alone and went backhand to forehand before lifting the puck over Legace just 3:05 in.

Carolina, though, tied the game on the power play with 59.7 seconds left in the first as Jussi Jokinen sent a saucer pass from the left circle to the front where a wide open Staal slammed it home.

The Hurricanes came out on fire in the second period and had several scoring chances through the first several minutes, but Emery was able to make the stops and keep the game tied.

The Flyers then took the lead back just three seconds into a power play as Carter won a right circle faceoff draw back to Pronger, who wristed the puck off the right post and past Ward with 5:49 to play in the second.

Philly then made it a 3-1 game just 1:45 later as a Carolina player skated past the puck at his own right circle and Aaron Asham passed it from there to the slot where Carter fired a wrister home for his 20th goal of the season.

Game Notes

Philadelphia continues its six-game homestand on Sunday against Pittsburgh…Carolina hosts Boston on Sunday…The Flyers took all four games against Carolina this season and have won 11 of the last 13, overall…Richards is 0-for-5 on penalty shots in his career.

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Scoring Summary

1st Period
03:05 PHI Daniel Carcillo (6) Wrist Shot – Assists: none
19:00 CAR PPG – Eric Staal (14) Wrist Shot – Assists: J. Jokinen (20) & R. Whitney (22)

2nd Period
14:11 PHI PPG – Chris Pronger (8) Slap Shot – Assists: J. Carter (24)
15:56 PHI Jeff Carter (20) Snap Shot – Assists: A. Asham (11) & K. Timonen (23)

3rd Period
01:21 CAR PPG – Rod Brind’Amour (5) Snap Shot – Assists: S. Samsonov (7)
19:59 PHI EN – Jeff Carter (21) Snap Shot – Assists: C. Pronger (29)

Penalty Summary

1st Period
05:49 PHI Ian Laperriere : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
05:49 CAR Andrew Alberts : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
09:35 CAR Aaron Ward : Clipping – 2 min
17:38 PHI Darroll Powe : Roughing – 2 min

2nd Period
08:24 PHI Daniel Carcillo : Slashing – 2 min
13:26 PHI Ian Laperriere : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
13:26 CAR Tom Kostopoulos : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
14:08 CAR Patrick Dwyer : Hooking – 2 min
19:34 PHI Danny Briere : Hooking – 2 min

3rd Period
06:10 CAR Stephane Yelle : Boarding – 2 min
10:46 PHI Scott Hartnell : Roughing – 2 min
10:46 CAR Joni Pitkanen : Roughing – 2 min
12:26 PHI Chris Pronger : Hooking – 2 min
17:48 PHI Braydon Coburn : Slashing – 2 min