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.
Last updated: January 30, 2010 at 4:56 PM

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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

1/19/10 5-3 Win SCORING 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total CBJ 0 2 1 - - 3 PHI 1 3 1 - - 5 _______________________________ SHOTS 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total CBJ 10 11 7 - - 28 PHI 12 11 14 - - 37

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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) – Jeff Carter scored twice and added an assist to lead the Philadelphia Flyers in a 5-3 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Chris Pronger, Dan Carcillo and Arron Asham also tallied for Philadelphia, which snapped a two-game losing streak. Ray Emery, making a second straight start following a return from abdominal surgery, recorded 25 saves for the win.

Former Flyer R.J. Umberger netted a pair of goals for the Blue Jackets, who have lost four of their last five games. Rick Nash got his 23rd of the season to account for the other Columbus score and added an assist, while Kristian Huselius picked up three helpers.

Mathieu Garon was pulled in the third period after allowing all five goals on 30 shots. Steve Mason came on to make seven saves the rest of the way.

Carter’s second goal of the game came on a heady play at 11:31 of the second period and broke a 2-2 tie. Carter swiped the puck right off the drop of an offensive zone draw to Garon’s left and beat him inside the far post.

“We had the momentum and that third goal kind of took the wind out of us,” said Columbus coach Ken Hitchcock.

That helped set the tone for Philadelphia’s win as Pronger took a Danny Briere feed from across the crest of the crease and poked in a power-play goal from the right post inside the period’s final minute for a 4-2 game.

Carcillo then made it 5-2 by snapping off a quick wrister from above the circles to beat Garon high to the glove side at 9:12 of the third.

Nash’s deflection on the power-play of an Anton Stralman point shot came in the game’s final two minutes and accounted for the final margin.

Carter got things started just 58 seconds in by splitting a pair of Blue Jacket defenders on the right-wing side and lifting a backhander past Garon.

“I thought the first period was one of the best periods we’ve put together in a while,” said Flyers coach Peter Laviolette.

Asham received a terrific backhanded centering pass from Claude Giroux in the slot to one-time his fifth of the season for a 2-0 lead 2:16 into the second.

Columbus came back with the next two — both from Umberger — to even things up at two apiece. First, Umberger batted home the rebound off a Stralman offering for a power-play marker at 4:22, then hustled to slip a loose puck past Emery just past the midway point when the goaltender failed to cover up at the left post.

Game Notes

The Flyers had won eight of 10 games (8-1-1) before their recent two-game slide and kicked off a six-game homestand Tuesday…The Flyers have won four straight in Philly and are 13-9-2 as the host this season…Columbus played the first of three straight on the road Tuesday and fell to 8-16-4 as the guest this season…Carter has 19 goals this season while Umberger has 17…Carter has 15 points (7 goals, 8 assists) over his last 12 games…Briere’s assist gave him a point for the sixth time in seven games. He has three goals and five helpers during that stretch… Huselius has seven points (1 goal, 6 assists) over his last three games…The Blue Jackets are 1-5-0 with three ties in nine all-time meetings with the Flyers.

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Scoring Summary

1st Period
00:58 PHI Jeff Carter (18) Backhand – Assists: none

2nd Period
02:16 PHI Arron Asham (5) Wrist Shot – Assists: C. Giroux (19) & J. van Riemsdyk (18)
04:22 CBJ PPG – RJ Umberger (16) Backhand – Assists: A. Stralman (19) & K. Huselius (23)
10:04 CBJ RJ Umberger (17) Backhand – Assists: K. Huselius (24) & R. Nash (24)
11:31 PHI Jeff Carter (19) Snap Shot – Assists: none
19:08 PHI PPG – Chris Pronger (7) Wrist Shot – Assists: D. Briere (16) & J. Carter (23)

3rd Period
09:12 PHI Daniel Carcillo (5) Snap Shot – Assists: I. Laperriere (10)
18:43 CBJ PPG – Rick Nash (23) Tip-In – Assists: A. Stralman (20) & K. Huselius (25)

Penalty Summary

1st Period
05:00 PHI Arron Asham : Boarding – 2 min

2nd Period
02:39 PHI Ian Laperriere : Hooking – 2 min
07:45 CBJ Chris Clark : Roughing – 2 min
10:28 PHI Ian Laperriere : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
10:28 CBJ Mathieu Roy : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
18:58 CBJ Derick Brassard : Hooking – 2 min

3rd Period
00:45 CBJ Derick Brassard : Holding – 2 min
14:06 CBJ Fedor Tyutin : Hi stick – double minor – 4 min
17:34 PHI Daniel Carcillo : Roughing – 2 min

01/17/10 5-3 Loss SCORING 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total PHI 2 0 1 - - 3 WAS 2 1 2 - - 5 _______________________________ SHOTS 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total PHI 9 12 12 - - 33 WAS 8 9 5 - - 22

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Washington Capitals 5, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Washington, DC (Sports Network) – Brooks Laich picked up a pair of goals as Washington rallied from an early deficit to down Philadelphia, 5-3, at Verizon Center.

“He’s a very intense young man,” said Caps head coach Bruce Boudreau of Laich. “We just looked at the goals he scored before, to find anything that he was doing different. I was just so happy when he scored. You’re never going to find a guy who cares as much as he does about his performance.”

Alex Ovechkin and Alexander Semin each posted a goal and one assist for the Capitals, winners of three in a row and six of seven.

Jose Theodore stopped 30 shots for the win.

Jeff Carter, James van Riemsdyk and Danny Briere hit the net for the Flyers, who have dropped back-to-back games after winning four straight.

In his first start since recovering from abdominal surgery, Ray Emery was tagged for five goals on 22 shots.

Semin tapped in a shot for a 3-2 Caps lead on the power play at 7:05 of the second period, and Laich capitalized on a bad turnover for a 4-2 Washington edge with a breakaway backhander while shorthanded at 4:56 of the third.

Ovechkin then converted a penalty shot — the first successful chance in his career — with 4:12 left in regulation for a three-goal edge.

Emery went to the bench for an extra skater with 1:30 remaining while the Flyers were on the power play, but Briere’s tally with 27.8 seconds left was the only strike the visitors could muster.

“Some of the early goals were tough ones to give up. We missed a couple assigments, didn’t cover guys on face-offs and didn’t follow rebounds,” noted Flyers head coach Peter Laviolette. “They are very dynamic in transition and we had to do a better job of coverage.”

Carter opened the scoring 6:03 into the contest, when his sharp wrister from the left circle on a Philadelphia power play beat Theodore.

Mike Knuble converted an Ovechkin pass for a stuffer at the left post at 7:49, but van Riemsdyk’s wrister in the slot made it 2-1 for Philadelphia at 9:16.

Washington knotted the score with 6:32 left in the first when Emery was not able to stop a rebound and Laich deposited the puck into a half-open net.

Game Notes

Washington took three of four in the season series, outscoring Philadelphia 22-13…Ovechkin, who had been 0-for-5 in penalty shots until Sunday, reached the 30-goal plateau for the fifth consecutive season…Laich posted his third multi-goal game of the season and first since November 1…Emery’s last start came on December 5, when he allowed five goals on 17 shots in an 8-2 loss to the Capitals.
Last updated: January 17, 2010 at 6:52 PM

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Scoring Summary

1st Period
06:03 PHI PPG – Jeff Carter (17) Wrist Shot – Assists: K. Timonen (21) & C. Pronger (27)
07:49 WSH Mike Knuble (13) Wrist Shot – Assists: A. Ovechkin (34) & T. Poti (14)
09:16 PHI James van Riemsdyk (11) Wrist Shot – Assists: A. Asham (10)
13:28 WSH Brooks Laich (12) Wrist Shot – Assists: T. Fleischmann (15) & A. Semin (23)

2nd Period
07:05 WSH PPG – Alexander Semin (20) Wrist Shot – Assists: B. Laich (21) & M. Green (37)

3rd Period
04:56 WSH SHG – Brooks Laich (13) Backhand – Assists: none
15:48 WSH PS – Alex Ovechkin (30) Backhand – Assists: none
19:32 PHI PPG – Danny Briere (17) Tip-In – Assists: M. Richards (21) & S. Gagne (13)

Penalty Summary

1st Period
05:03 WSH Brendan Morrison : Cross checking – 2 min

2nd Period
04:44 WSH Tyler Sloan : Roughing – 2 min
04:44 PHI Scott Hartnell : Roughing – 2 min
06:57 PHI Jeff Carter : Holding – 2 min
15:33 WSH Jeff Schultz : Tripping – 2 min

3rd Period
03:36 WSH Tyler Sloan : Roughing – 2 min
06:08 WSH Shaone Morrisonn : Roughing – 2 min
17:48 WSH Tom Poti : Tripping – 2 min

01/09/10 4-1 Win SCORING 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total TBL 0 0 1 - - 1 PHI 1 0 3 - - 4 _______________________________ SHOTS 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total TBL 5 7 6 - - 18 PHI 11 8 12 - - 31

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Philadelphia Flyers 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 1

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) – Michael Leighton stopped 17 shots as the Philadelphia Flyers edged the Tampa Bay Lightning, 4-1, at Wachovia Center.

Blair Betts scored twice while Claude Giroux and Scott Hartnell each had a goal for the Flyers, who have won three straight. Simon Gagne had an assist to reach 500 points in his career.

“I don’t think it was our best game of this little stretch,” said Philadelphia’s Chris Pronger. “There were moments when we were real lackadaisical, but we picked things up during the latter part of the second. The third period saw good chances and we were able to capitalize on some of them.”

Martin St. Louis had the lone goal while Antero Niittymaki stopped 27-of-30 shots in the loss for the Lightning, who have dropped three of four.

“They outshot us pretty good,” said Tampa Bay’s Steven Stamkos. “They outplayed us for most of the game. I felt we were chasing the puck too much. Our goaltending have really stepped up for us, we have to find a way to reward them.”

The Flyers got the only goal of the first period and they did so on the power play. Gagne cycled the puck down low to Mike Richards, who sent a pass from the low right boards to the inside right circle where Giroux one-timed it home at the 13:01 mark.

Leighton needed to stop just five shots in the first period to keep Tampa off the board.

Neither side lit the lamp in the middle stanza as Niittymaki turned aside eight shots while Leighton stopped seven at the other end to keep Tampa Bay scoreless.

Philly gave itself an insurance goal 3:36 into the third period. Pronger chipped the puck out of the Flyers end, and Danny Briere caught up to it in the neutral zone on a 2-on-1 break. Flying into the Tampa end, Briere chipped the puck over from the right circle to the front where Hartnell tapped it in.

The goal proved fortunate as Tampa Bay made it a one-score game with 6:55 to play in the game. Steve Downie had the puck along the right boards and it bounced out to Stamkos, who whacked it over to the left side where St. Louis slapped it home.

However, the Flyers got the goal back with a 4-on-4 tally. Braydon Coburn blasted a shot on net from the right circle that was blocked by a Tampa player in front. The rebound went back to the slot where Ian Laperriere’s slapper was blocked by Niittymaki, but the rebound sat at the left side and Betts slid it home with 3:05 to play.

Betts sealed the win with an empty-net goal in the final moments of the game.

Game Notes

On Sunday, Tampa will resume its contest with New Jersey that was suspended on Friday due to a lighting failure at the Prudential Center. The game will resume with 9:12 to play in the second period with Tampa holding a 3-0 lead…Philly hosts Dallas on Tuesday…The Flyers have won four straight against Tampa Bay, including all three meetings this season.
Last updated: January 9, 2010 at 11:06 PM

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Scoring Summary

1st Period
13:01 PHI PPG – Claude Giroux (9) Wrist Shot – Assists: M. Richards (19) & S. Gagne (11)

2nd Period
none

3rd Period
03:36 PHI Scott Hartnell (10) Wrist Shot – Assists: D. Briere (14) & C. Pronger (25)
13:05 TBL Martin St Louis (11) Wrist Shot – Assists: S. Stamkos (20) & S. Downie (12)
16:55 PHI Blair Betts (5) Wrist Shot – Assists: I. Laperriere (8) & B. Coburn (9)
19:33 PHI EN – Blair Betts (6) Wrist Shot – Assists: none

Penalty Summary

1st Period
01:48 TBL Matt Smaby : Tripping – 2 min
05:52 PHI Oskars Bartulis : Tripping – 2 min
07:26 TBL Alex Tanguay : Hi-sticking – 2 min
11:09 TBL Matt Walker : Slashing – 2 min
16:55 PHI Blair Betts : Hooking – 2 min
19:38 TBL Blair Jones : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
19:38 PHI Scott Hartnell : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
19:58 PHI Simon Gagne : Hooking – 2 min

2nd Period
02:48 TBL Mike Lundin : Delaying Game-Puck over glass – 2 min
18:37 PHI Kimmo Timonen : Delaying Game-Puck over glass – 2 min

3rd Period
14:57 TBL Alex Tanguay : Hooking – 2 min
16:08 PHI Simon Gagne : Tripping – 2 min

1/6/10 6-2 Win SCORING 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total TOR 0 0 2 - - 2 PHI 2 1 3 - - 6 _______________________________ SHOTS 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total TOR 9 14 9 - - 32 PHI 9 13 10 - - 32

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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) – Danny Briere scored a pair of goals and Chris Pronger notched three assists as Philadelphia clipped Toronto, 6-2, at Wachovia Center.

Danny Syvret, Dan Carcillo and Mike Richards also lit the lamp for the Flyers, who won for the fifth time in seven games.

Michael Leighton stopped 30-of-32 shots for Philadelphia, which faces a stiffer test on Thursday against Pittsburgh.

Nikolai Kulemin and Alexei Ponikarovsky scored for the Maple Leafs, who have dropped three of four. Jonas Gustavsson was tagged for all six goals on 32 shots in defeat.

Armed with a power play to start the third period, Philly extended its advantage to 4-0 on Richard’s tally from the slot at 1:22, but Kulemin wristed a shot home at 4:14 making it a 4-1 contest.

However, Briere broke in down the right wing and launched a shot past Gustavsson for a 5-1 edge at 4:54 — a goal which proved to be his 500th NHL point.

Ponikarovsky responded only 11 seconds with a redirect of Tomas Kaberle’s shot from the point, but James van Riemsdyk’s man-advantage redirection of a Pronger shot put the Flyers up 6-2 at 7:08 and wrapped up the game.

Briere put the Flyers on the board just 4:11 into the contest, as he lifted a rebound past Gustavsson from the right post with Ponikarovsky off for high- sticking.

Syvret then posted his second goal of the season with 50.5 seconds left in the period, blasting home a shot from the high slot.

Carcillo made it 3-0 just past the midway point of regulation, snaking from the left circle to the slot then past the right post before sliding a backhander into the net.

Game Notes

Briere reached the 500-point plateau in 626 career contests…The Flyers have beaten the Leafs in four of the last five meetings in Philadelphia…Van Riemsdyk snapped a 10-game scoring drought, with his last goal coming on December 14 in Boston…Matt Stajan assisted on both Leaf tallies.

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Scoring Summary

1st Period
04:11 PHI PPG – Danny Briere (15) Wrist Shot – Assists: J. Carter (20) & C. Pronger (21)
19:09 PHI Danny Syvret (2) Slap Shot – Assists: A. Asham (6)

2nd Period
10:13 PHI Daniel Carcillo (4) Backhand – Assists: B. Betts (3) & I. Laperriere (7)

3rd Period
01:22 PHI PPG – Mike Richards (18) Wrist Shot – Assists: S. Gagne (9) & C. Pronger (22)
04:14 TOR Nikolai Kulemin (7) Snap Shot – Assists: M. Stajan (20) & I. White (14)
04:54 PHI Danny Briere (16) Snap Shot – Assists: J. van Riemsdyk (16) & J. Carter (21)
05:05 TOR Alexei Ponikarovsky (15) Slap Shot – Assists: T. Kaberle (34) & M. Stajan (21)
07:08 PHI PPG – James van Riemsdyk (8) Tip-In – Assists: C. Pronger (23) & K. Timonen (19)

Penalty Summary

1st Period
02:21 TOR Jamal Mayers : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
02:21 PHI Ian Laperriere : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
03:58 TOR Alexei Ponikarovsky : Hi-sticking – 2 min
15:24 TOR Rickard Wallin : Interference – 2 min
19:20 TOR Jamal Mayers : Roughing – 2 min

2nd Period
01:55 PHI Chris Pronger : Slashing – 2 min
12:40 PHI Danny Syvret : Tripping – 2 min
16:00 PHI Oskars Bartulis : Holding – 2 min
17:15 PHI Mike Richards : Boarding – 2 min
19:56 TOR Colton Orr : Roughing – 2 min

3rd Period
02:48 TOR Garnet Exelby : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
02:48 PHI Arron Asham : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
04:24 TOR Jeff Finger : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
04:24 PHI Scott Hartnell : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
05:06 PHI Daniel Carcillo : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
05:06 TOR Jamal Mayers : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
06:39 TOR Francois Beauchemin : Cross checking – 2 min
13:31 TOR Garnet Exelby served by Jason Blake : Boarding – 2 min
13:31 TOR Garnet Exelby : Misconduct (10 min) – 0 min
13:31 PHI Scott Hartnell : Misconduct (10 min) – 0 min

12/30/09 6-0 Win SCORING 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total PHI 3 2 1 - - 6 NYR 0 0 0 - - 0 _______________________________ SHOTS 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total PHI 11 18 2 - - 31 NYR 5 5 12 - - 22

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New York, NY (Sports Network) – Simon Gagne posted his first hat trick of the season as the Philadelphia Flyers dominated the New York Rangers, 6-0, at Madison Square Garden.

Michael Leighton stopped all 22 shots he faced for his first shutout of the year for the Flyers, who posted their fourth consecutive victory, all away from home, on their current six-game road trip.

Claude Giroux and Danny Briere each added a goal and one assist for Philadelphia, which plays Boston at Fenway Park in the 2010 Winter Classic on Friday.

Henrik Lundqvist allowed three goals on 11 shots in the first period to take the loss for the Rangers, who have dropped two in a row after winning four straight.

Chad Johnson subbed for the final 40 minutes in his first NHL action and yielded three scores on 20 shots.

Blair Betts knocked a loose puck home through a scramble in the crease just 54 seconds into the contest, and the Flyers went up 2-0 with 8:09 left in the first on Briere’s nifty score in front.

Just 1:37 later, it was 3-0 when Giroux found Gagne’s rebound in front and stashed it home.

The remainder of the contest belonged to Gagne, the 10-year veteran and once- feared sniper.

Johnson was victimized on the first shot he faced, a Gagne wrister, 23 seconds into the second period, then Gagne added another goal during a 5-on-3 power play off a Briere pass for a 5-0 contest with 5:19 left in the period.

Gagne completed his natural hat trick and capped the scoring by redirecting a Giroux pass with 8 1/2 minutes left in the third period.

Game Notes

Gagne’s last trifecta came on November 5, 2005 against Atlanta. He has three career three-goal games…The Flyers had dropped the previous four meetings with the Rangers dating back to March 15…Leighton has four career shutouts, the first three coming with Chicago from 2002-04…Philadelphia’s last six-goal win over the Rangers came in an 8-2 thrashing on March 29, 1986.

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Scoring Summary

1st Period
00:54 PHI Blair Betts (4) Backhand – Assists: I. Laperriere (6)
11:51 PHI Danny Briere (14) Wrist Shot – Assists: M. Richards (16) & J. Carter (17)
13:28 PHI Claude Giroux (8) Wrist Shot – Assists: S. Gagne (7)

2nd Period
00:23 PHI Simon Gagne (3) Wrist Shot – Assists: none
14:41 PHI PPG – Simon Gagne (4) Tip-In – Assists: D. Briere (11) & J. Carter (18)

3rd Period
11:30 PHI Simon Gagne (5) Wrist Shot – Assists: C. Giroux (18) & M. Richards (17)

Penalty Summary

1st Period
10:27 NYR Sean Avery : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
10:27 PHI Scott Hartnell : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
15:52 PHI Braydon Coburn : Hooking – 2 min

2nd Period
03:18 PHI Danny Syvret : Tripping – 2 min
09:08 PHI Arron Asham : Too many men/ice – bench – 2 min
12:46 NYR Marc Staal : Hi-sticking – 2 min
13:36 NYR Wade Redden : Hooking – 2 min

3rd Period
06:26 PHI Oskars Bartulis : Interference – 2 min

12/27/09 2-1 Win SCORING 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total PHI 1 1 0 - - 2 NYI 0 1 0 - - 1 _______________________________ SHOTS 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total PHI 12 11 7 - - 30 NYI 12 10 7 - - 29

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Uniondale, NY (Sports Network) – Michael Leighton stopped 28 shots as Philadelphia edged the New York Islanders, 2-1, at Nassau Coliseum.

Danny Briere and Jeff Carter scored for the Flyers, who won three games in succession for the first time since taking five in a row from October 31- November 12.

Jon Sim provided the only offense for the Islanders, who had won two in a row coming in. Martin Biron played well in the loss, also making 28 saves.

Briere had a goal waved off a little more than three minutes gone in the third period, when a replay determined he intentionally kicked in his own rebound at the left post. The forward attempted to follow his shot, which eluded Biron, but had his stick tied up by an Islanders defender and the disc caromed off his skate incidentally. The review, however, apparently revealed a kicking motion.

Leighton made sure the one-goal lead held up with seven saves in the final 20 minutes, and the Flyers withstood two Islanders power play opportunities to emerge victorious.

Briere snuck a shot inside the right post from the right circle for a 1-0 Flyers edge 1:51 into the contest.

Sim then broke down the middle, gathered a bouncing puck and tied the game at the 3:35 mark of the second, but Carter finished off a 2-on-1 by one-timing a Scott Hartnell feed with 3:07 left in the period.

Game Notes

The Flyers have won 13 consecutive games over the Islanders and 16 of 17 since the start of the 2007-08 season…Hartnell posted a pair of assists for Philadelphia…Three of Philly’s six wins in the last month have come at the Islanders’ expense.

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Scoring Summary

1st Period
01:51 PHI Danny Briere (13) Wrist Shot – Assists: J. Carter (16) & S. Hartnell (14)

2nd Period
03:35 NYI Jon Sim (4) Wrist Shot – Assists: M. Streit (16) & R. Schremp (5)
16:53 PHI Jeff Carter (14) Wrist Shot – Assists: S. Hartnell (15) & D. Briere (10)

3rd Period
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Penalty Summary

1st Period
17:13 PHI Daniel Carcillo : Roughing – 2 min
17:13 NYI Tim Jackman : Roughing – 2 min
19:10 NYI Blake Comeau : Tripping – 2 min

2nd Period
12:29 NYI Tim Jackman : Tripping – 2 min
19:05 PHI Daniel Carcillo : Roughing – 2 min
19:05 NYI Jon Sim : Diving – 2 min

3rd Period
04:38 PHI Chris Pronger : Boarding – 2 min
09:49 NYI Trent Hunter : Roughing – 2 min
09:49 PHI Arron Asham : Roughing – 2 min
09:49 PHI James van Riemsdyk : Roughing – 2 min

12/26/09 4-3 SO Win SCORING 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total PHI 2 0 1 0 2 4 CAR 0 0 3 0 0 3 _______________________________ SHOTS 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total PHI 9 9 11 7 2 36 CAR 11 7 20 2 2 40

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Raleigh, NC (Sports Network) – Danny Briere posted the shootout winner, as Philadelphia blew a three-goal third-period lead but recovered to top Carolina, 4-3, at RBC Center.

Briere finished the first round by sliding a backhander inside the right post, then Michael Leighton robbed Jussi Jokinen to begin the second round with a prone glove save. Mike Richards then ended the game by sneaking a backhander home.

Richards, Briere and Jeff Carter hit the net for the Flyers, who picked up a win in head coach Peter Laviolette’s first trip back to Raleigh since being fired as Hurricanes head coach last December.

Leighton finished with 37 saves for the win, Philadelphia’s second in a row on its current six-game road trip.

“We take a step, and we take another small step,” said Laviolette of his club’s minute gains. “Just gotta keep working out and getting better, but the important thing is that the end result is one, to move up in the standings, and two, just for some confidence to build, start trying to put some things together.”

Jokinen tallied twice and Brandon Sutter once for the Hurricanes, who scored three times in the third period but suffered their third straight loss. Cam Ward made 33 stops in defeat.

The Flyers took a 1-0 lead 9:47 mark of the opening period when Richards elevated a Claude Giroux rebound past Ward.

Carter’s sizzling wrister from the slot made it 2-0 for the Flyers with 6:05 left in the first, and Leighton made the lead hold up through two periods by stopping all 18 shots he faced.

Briere’s top-shelf wrister on a power play with 11 minutes left in regulation gave the Flyers a 3-0 advantage, but 24 seconds later, Jokinen’s backhander hit a leg in front and trickled home.

Sutter cut the Hurricanes’ deficit to 3-2 on a man advantage with 4:02 to play, after he outmuscled a Philly checker on a dump-in and fired past Leighton from the left side.

That set the stage for Jokinen, who tied the game less than a minute later by tapping home a loose puck in the crease.

“I think a lot of it has to do with how you’re playing, if you’re down three and you aren’t playing very well its very difficult,” said Hurricanes head coach Paul Maurice. It’s very difficult to believe in the game that you can come back. We did enough sitting on their goal line to know if we got one, we knew we could get three.”

Game Notes

The Flyers have won seven of the last eight meetings in North Carolina, and nine of the last 11 overall against the Hurricanes since the start of the 2007-08 season…Philly defenseman Ryan Parent did not play after suffering a lower-body injury some time during warmups…Carolina fell to 3-4 in shootouts this season.

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Scoring Summary

1st Period
09:47 PHI Mike Richards (16) Wrist Shot – Assists: C. Giroux (17)
13:55 PHI Jeff Carter (13) Snap Shot – Assists: S. Hartnell (13) & B. Coburn (8)

2nd Period
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3rd Period
09:00 PHI PPG – Danny Briere (12) Snap Shot – Assists: K. Timonen (17) & C. Pronger (19)
09:24 CAR Jussi Jokinen (9) Backhand – Assists: E. Staal (14) & M. Cullen (11)
15:58 CAR PPG – Brandon Sutter (9) Wrist Shot – Assists: J. Pitkanen (16) & C. Ward (1)
16:47 CAR Jussi Jokinen (10) Wrist Shot – Assists: E. Staal (15) & M. Cullen (12)

OT Period
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Shootout
Tuomo Ruutu - CAR - Save
Danny Briere - PHI - Goal
Jussi Jokinen - CAR - Miss
Mike Richards - PHI - Goal

Penalty Summary

1st Period
04:26 CAR Aaron Ward : Tripping – 2 min
07:28 PHI Oskars Bartulis : Interference – 2 min

2nd Period
06:25 PHI Arron Asham : Too many men/ice – bench – 2 min
14:20 PHI Simon Gagne : Delaying Game-Puck over glass – 2 min
18:03 CAR Joni Pitkanen : Cross checking – 2 min

3rd Period
08:37 CAR Joni Pitkanen : Cross checking – 2 min
14:23 PHI Scott Hartnell : Hooking – 2 min
19:00 PHI Jeff Carter : Hi-sticking – 2 min

OT Period
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