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Photos by Jun , FlyerFlies.com Staff Photographer Game #71 - Home Game #36 PHILADELPHIA - Four 1st period goals by Philadelphia sealed Ottawa's fate and gave the Flyers their first season series win over the Senators since the 1997-98 season. The Flyers, who have suddenly reemerged as an Easten Conference powerhouse after nearly 2 1/2 months of inconsistency and futility, used an unlikely offensive explosion early in the game to propel themselves to a 6-3 victory over the Senators at the Wachovia Center on Saturday night. Petr Nedved started the scoring for the Flyers a mere 35 seconds into the game, and they never looked back. A shot by Joni Pitkanen was blocked off in front, and Nedved managed to gather the rebound before making a turn and whipping a wristshot past Ottawa goaltender Ray Emery. The recently acquired Niko Dimitrakos then made it a 2-0 game at the 2:01 mark when he grabbed the rebound of a Jeff Carter shot and tucked the puck through the 5-hole of Emery. Carter would then tally a goal of his own and did it first by leading the charge into the Senators' zone. Once he got down low, he was able to strip a turning Ottawa defenseman of the puck and move in unhindered on the hapless Emery. A wristshot in close gave Carter his 19th goal of the year, and the Flyers a 3-0 lead less than 7 minutes into the game. But the carnage would continue, and the Flyers would make it a 4-0 lead at the 8:33 point of the 1st when Michal Handzus scored his 10th of the year. Nedved got the play going by moving into the zone and gaining possession along the back boards before passing to Handzus, who completed the play with a wrap-around goal. Emery was then pulled out of the game in favor of newcomer Mike Morrison. Read more about this game...

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