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				<title><![CDATA[Yandle lifts Coyotes past Flyers]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[GLENDALE, Ariz.(AP) -- Keith Yandle and the Phoenix Coyotes took
advantage of the Philadelphia Flyers' momentary confusion
Saturday night.

Yandle scored a power-play goal with 9:41 remaining to help the
Coyotes beat the Flyers 3-1 on Saturday night for their second
victory in three games.

"I just found a lane and Lombo (Matthew Lombardi), he's a great
passer," Yandle said. "He found me and I shot it where I wanted
it. It's usually not like that."

Lombardi had a power-play goal and an assist, and Shane Doan
added an empty-net goal without putting the puck in the net for
the Coyotes.

Scott Hartnell scored for the Flyers, who have lost two straight
after winning seven of their previous eight.

Yandle's goal came moments after Adrian Aucoin bobbled a
bouncing puck on the blue line. As coach John Stevens and the
Flyers bench screamed for an offside call, Aucoin moved the puck
to Lombardi, who passed to Yandle at the top of the left circle.
Yandle took one stride in and beat Ray Emery with a hard wrist
shot past his outstretched glove.

"I guess the other guys, the other team, thought it maybe was an
offside," Lombardi said. "Yands just foiund a hole there and I
kind of threw it to him and he made a great shot."

After the game, Stevens and Flyers players said one linesman was
raising his arm to call offsides while the other waved off the
violation.

"We all thought it was offsides and the players reacted to it,"
Stevens said. "But we still have to kill off the power play."

Added Hartnett, "You can't blame Ray for that one. He thought
what we all did."

Doan was credited with a goal with 39.9 seconds after he was
hooked by Chris Pronger while attempting to shoot on the empty
net after Emery was pulled for an extra attacker.

"He (the referee) said I got him on the hands but I got him on
the stick," Pronger said. "I disagree. I didn't think it should
have been a goal. I didn't even think it was a penalty. He had
his stick down. How am I going to get him on the hands when I
lifted his stick?"

After a scoreless first period, Lombardi briefly gave Phoenix
the lead. Doan drove the puck into the low slot, tapped a back
pass to Robert Lang in the right circle and Lang found Lombardi
in the middle of the left circle for the one-timer past Emery at
4:49 of the second period.

"We've been looking for a couple of plays that matter and those
were the plays," Coyotes coach Dave Tippett said.

The Flyers answered quickly, with Hartnell taking a long outlet
pass from Claude Giroux while skating backward into the Phoenix
zone before turning and firing the puck over Ilya Bryzgalov's
glove and just inside the right post.

NOTES: Doan tied Thomas Steen for third place on the franchise
goal list with 264. ... Lombardi's goal was his first since
October 22. He missed the past three games with an upper-body
injury. ... The Coyotes were perfect on five penalty kills and
have successfully killed 11 straight penalties over three games.
... Philadelphia has not won in Phoenix since 2003 and is 1-5-0
on the road against the Coyotes dating to 2000-01. ... Flyers
center Blair Betts returned to the locker room late in the first
period with a dislocated right shoulder and will miss at least a
month. ... Phoenix defenseman Ed Jovanovski was scratched for
the seventh straight game because of a lower-body injury. ...
Emery has started 18 of 20 games this season and 10 of the
Flyers' past 11.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:05:12 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Flyers-Coyotes Preview]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By MATT BEARDMORE
STATS Writer

Philadelphia (12-6-1) at Phoenix (12-9-1), 8:00 p.m. EDT

After failing to do much against the NHL's top team, the
Philadelphia Flyers look to bounce back from one of their worst
efforts of the season.

They'll get that chance Saturday night against the Phoenix
Coyotes, who have won four of five at home in this matchup.

Philadelphia (12-6-1), which had won seven of eight overall, is
coming off a 6-3 loss at San Jose. It was the most goals allowed
by the Flyers since a 7-6 shootout loss to the Sharks on Oct.
22, 2008.

"(The Sharks) beat you every which way you can imagine," Flyers
coach John Stevens said Friday.

Philadelphia's Ray Emery, who opened the season 10-3-1 with a
2.18 goals-against average, lost for the second time in three
starts.

After making his first career start versus the Sharks, Emery
could do the same versus the Coyotes.

If not, Brian Boucher would make his second start in three
games. In his second appearance this season, Boucher stopped 37
shots in Wednesday's 3-2 victory in Los Angeles to open a
five-game road trip.

Boucher recorded five consecutive shutouts while with the
Coyotes in 2003-04, and his scoreless streak of 332:01 is the
longest in the league's modern era. Overall, he won 28 games for
the club from 2002-06, and is 0-2-1 with a 2.53 GAA in his last
three games in Arizona.

Philadelphia travels there for the first time since a 4-0 loss
on March 12, 2007.

The Coyotes (12-9-1) return home after being beaten for the
first time in three games after regulation this season with a
3-2 defeat at St. Louis on Thursday. Ilya Bryzgalov gave up Erik
Johnson's game-winner 17 seconds into overtime.

"I didn't see it when he released the puck," said Bryzgalov, who
is 1-0-0 with a 2.32 GAA in two career games versus
Philadelphia. "I only found the puck when it was close to my pad
and it was too late."

Radim Vrbata looks to extend his goal-scoring streak to three
after tying Scottie Upshall with his team-high seventh score
Thursday.

Upshall, who has found the back of the net just once in the last
five games, will face his former team for the first time. Picked
sixth overall by the Flyers in the 2002 draft, Phoenix acquired
him and a draft pick in March for Dan Carcillo.

"There's an opportunity to be in the spotlight and to have a
chance to show a team that had you on their lineup only five or
six five months ago, that maybe it was a bad decision," said
Upshall, who had 27 goals and 37 assists in 134 games with
Philadelphia.

In the teams' last meeting, Carcillo scored for Phoenix in a 4-3
overtime loss in Philadelphia on Nov. 22. Captain Mike Richards
scored the game-winner off an assist from Jeff Carter.

Richards will try to extend his points streak to five after
assisting on Claude Giroux's second goal of the game Friday.

After scoring the game-winner in four of his previous five
contests, the Flyers' James van Riemsdyk assisted on Giroux's
first goal. Van Riemsdyk is second among rookies with 18 points
in 16 games.

Philadelphia's last road victory over Phoenix was 5-4 on Oct.
18, 2003.

Coyotes defenseman Ed Jovanovski has missed the last six games
with a lower body injury, and is questionable for this contest.
He's second on the club with 13 points.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Heatley's hat trick leads Sharks past Flyers]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, Calif.(AP) -- Dany Heatley thought he could have scored
a few more goals, but he wasn't about to complain. He was having
too much fun.

Heatley scored three times, Joe Thornton recorded his 600th NHL
assist, and the San Jose Sharks beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-3
on Friday night.

"When you have a chance to play with guys on a line like that
it's just fun," Heatley said. "Those guys open up a lot of
room."

Manny Malhotra, Ryane Clowe and Patrick Marleau also scored for
the Sharks, who are 7-0-2 at home.

"You drop your mouth every time you see Joe do something like
that," Malhotra said. "He's a special player, a special passer.
On that first one, I think there were 17,000 people who wanted
him to shoot. There aren't many players who have the patience to
make that play."

Claude Giroux scored twice and Danny Briere added a goal for the
Flyers, who lost for the second time in nine games.

Thornton, who had points on each of Heatley's goals, earned four
assists. He matched his franchise record and has 30 points this
season.

"Throw in Marleau, and that was the first time all three guys
played together the whole game," Thornton said. "Those guys must
have 30 goals between them. When you're passing to those guys,
it's a passer's dream."

Heatley notched his second hat trick of the season, and the
ninth of his career.

"Just moving the puck, skating and creating chances," he said.
"It was a fun game to play."

Giroux had his first career multigoal game.

The matchup of two of the NHL's top offensive clubs didn't
disappoint as the action remained furious throughout.

"They beat you every which way you can imagine," Flyers coach
John Stevens said. "That top line kind of took the game away."

Heatley leads the NHL with 17 goals, and Thornton has a
league-best 24 assists. The Flyers and Sharks combined for 14
goals in two meetings this season.

Evgeni Nabokov stopped 27 shots and improved to 6-0-2 against
the Flyers.

Heatley helped create his first goal after picking up a loose
puck along the boards as Chris Pronger fell going after it, and
dishing it to Thornton before skating to the net. Thornton split
two defenders and put the puck on Heatley's stick in front of an
open net 50 seconds into the middle period.

Pronger had his skates fixed between the first and second
periods.

"The ice conditions were bad but I thought I got the problem
fixed," the defenseman said. "That's a goal they shouldn't have.
The puck was on our stick and down I go."

Heatley's short-handed goal 8:41 into the third period was a
near duplicate. He completed his hat trick and gave the Sharks a
5-3 lead with a power-play goal with 7:16 left in the game.

"He's the goal scorer," Thornton said. "I thought about
shooting, but then I saw Dany. He gave me the puck the first two
times and I found him in the exact same spot."

Ray Emery (11-5-1) made 23 saves for Philadelphia.

NOTES: D Jason Demers leads NHL rookies with 12 assists. ...
Flyers D Matt Carle has recorded assists in two consecutive
games following a six-game scoreless streak. ... All four of
Malhotra's goals have been scored against Philadelphia or
Pittsburgh. ... Briere scored his third goal in five games since
returning from an injury. ... Emery made his first career start
against the Sharks. ... The Sharks have scored an NHL-leading 40
goals in the second period. ... The Flyers are winless in San
Jose since Nov. 15, 1999. ... Heatley has 28 points - 18 goals -
in 28 games against the Flyers.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:36:02 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Flyers-Sharks Preview]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By MIKE LIPKA
STATS Writer

Philadelphia (12-5-1) at San Jose (14-5-4), 10:00 p.m. EDT

A return home figures to help the San Jose Sharks as they try to
avoid their first three-game losing streak, but they'll find one
of the NHL's hottest teams waiting for them.

The Philadelphia Flyers look to continue their road trip Friday
with an eighth victory in nine games, but that would require
their first win over San Jose in nearly nine years.

The Sharks (14-5-4) closed their recent trip by losing
back-to-back games for just the second time, and their streak of
earning at least a point in 12 straight ended with a 4-3 loss to
Nashville on Tuesday.

San Jose, though, has been outstanding at HP Pavilion,
outscoring opponents 25-12 while going 6-0-2 - the best home
winning percentage in the league.

The Sharks have also dominated the Flyers this decade.
Philadelphia is 0-6-2 with two ties in 10 meetings since a 4-3
win Dec. 21, 2000, and it has not won in San Jose since Nov. 5,
1999.

The Sharks won 4-1 in Philadelphia on Oct. 25.

Flyers backup and former Shark Brian Boucher was in net in that
game, and he got his second start of the season Wednesday,
stopping 37 shots - 20 in the third period - to help
Philadelphia (12-5-1) to a 3-2 win over Los Angeles to start its
five-game trip.

"I didn't think we had our A game by any means," coach John
Stevens said, "but I think good teams find a way to grind out
and get a win."

Ray Emery will likely return to the crease to face the Sharks
for the first time, looking to continue his brilliant start with
his new team. Emery, who signed with the Flyers after playing in
Russia last season, is 6-1-0 with a 1.70 goals-against average
in his last seven starts.

Philadelphia has also been boosted by the NHL's top power play,
which is converting 27.6 percent of the time. James van
Riemsdyk's third-period power- play goal stood up as the winner
Wednesday.

Van Riemsdyk, the No. 2 overall pick in 2007, is the only rookie
averaging more than one point per game, with 17 in 15 contests.

"I think we were (surprised about van Riemsdyk) in the beginning
but I think we've come to expect it from him now," Stevens said.
"He's only going to get better as he experiences these
situations on the road."

The Flyers' offense certainly faces a challenge against the
Sharks, whose 2.35 GAA ranks third in the NHL. Evgeni Nabokov is
7-0-3 with a 1.55 GAA in his last 10 starts, and he'll likely be
in net after getting Tuesday night off.

The loss to Nashville capped a stretch of three road games in
four nights for San Jose, which will try to use two off days to
recharge.

"Mentally you know when you're on the back end of a road trip,
and your legs don't give you everything you want," coach Todd
McLellan said Tuesday. "Mentally you better be sharp, and we
weren't that one bit."

The game will mark Flyers defenseman Matt Carle's first visit to
San Jose since the Sharks traded him to Tampa Bay before the
2008-09 season. Carle, the Hobey Baker Award winner as the
nation's top player at Denver, fell out of favor in San Jose
after signing an extension.

He leads the NHL with a plus-18.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:11:03 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Backup Boucher keys Flyers' 3-2 win over Kings]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By GREG BEACHAM
AP Sports Writer

LOS ANGELES(AP) -- For a few hours, Brian Boucher moved from his
usual seat on the Philadelphia Flyers' bench to the center of
the Los Angeles Kings' target during a 21-shot third period.

No wonder this former boy wonder-turned-backup was grateful to
sit down again.

Mika Pyorala scored his first NHL goal, Boucher made 37 saves in
his first victory since his return to Philadelphia, and the
Flyers opened a five-game trip with their seventh win in eight
games, 3-2 over the Kings on Wednesday night.

Boucher arrived in Philadelphia 10 years ago as the Flyers'
potential savior in net, but his career hasn't gone as many
expected while he bounced around the NHL and the minors. He
returned to the Flyers this fall after two seasons as a backup
with the San Jose Sharks, but Ray Emery started 16 of the
Flyers' first 17 games, and Boucher lost his only other start.

Boucher's night at Staples Center began inauspiciously when he
allowed Jarrett Stoll's halfhearted fling from the corner to get
past him late in the first period, but he found his groove by
the frantic final minutes.

"It feels good to finally get that one," said Boucher, who spent
his first three NHL seasons with Philadelphia. "It would have
been nice to get it at home in front of the fans, but this was a
really important game for us."

Mike Richards and James van Riemsdyk also scored, and Braydon
Coburn had two assists for the Flyers, who played 12 of their
previous 15 games at home and hadn't left the East Coast this
season before the five-game trip.

Drew Doughty trimmed the Flyers' lead with a power-play goal on
a long slap shot with 7:51 to play, but Los Angeles couldn't
even it despite outshooting Philadelphia 21-5 in the third
period. The Kings had a golden chance while Jonathan Quick was
pulled with 15 seconds left, but Michal Handzus' tip in front of
Boucher skittered under the goalie and missed the post by
perhaps an inch.

"Clearly we're going to need (Boucher) to win us some hockey
games as we move through the schedule here in November and
December and on throughout the year," Philadelphia coach John
Stevens said. "It's great to see him get in and have some
success."

Stoll had a goal and an assist, and Quick stopped 17 shots for
the Kings, who have lost two straight at home after a fruitful
five-game trip. Before the game, Los Angeles confirmed top-line
left wing Ryan Smyth has an apparently serious upper-body injury
and could be out for a month.

NHL points leader Anze Kopitar was held scoreless for just the
fifth time this season. He hasn't scored a goal in five games,
his longest drought of the season.

"It was a game that I think we're going to look at as one we
gave away," Kopitar said. "We were playing decent, except for
those two breakdowns in the second period that cost us two
goals. It's definitely the time of the game where you want to
score and get a two-goal lead. Unfortunately, we didn't."

The Kings got their first taste of life without Smyth, the
15-year veteran whose steady presence at Kopitar's side has
propelled Los Angeles to a solid start. Coach Terry Murray
replaced Smyth on the top line with Alexander Frolov, who's been
shaky this fall after leading the Kings with 32 goals last
season.

"We played well enough to win, but the Flyers played a real good
road game," Murray said. "They played smart. They're a good team
and they've got some premiere players. They capitalized on
turnovers, mistakes and decisions we made, and they won because
of it."

After Stoll scored his third goal in five games in the first
period, Pyorala tied it midway through the second, flipping home
a rebound with a backhand while falling facefirst to the ice.
The 28-year-old Finnish center hadn't scored in his first 17
games with the Flyers, who signed him in July after he played in
Sweden last winter.

Philadelphia took control after its first goal, dominating puck
possession before Richards put the Flyers ahead late in the
second period with a one-timer on a behind-the-net pass from
Claude Giroux. Van Riemsdyk then boosted the lead with a goal in
his third straight game early in the third period, deflecting a
rebound off Quick.

NOTES: Los Angeles also played without D Rob Scuderi (lower
body). ... Richards began the season with six goals in five
games, but has just three in 13 games since. ... Los Angeles got
a full 2-minute two-man advantage late in the first period, but
was terribly disorganized and barely managed a shot on net. ...
Actor Vince Vaughn attended the game.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:58:50 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Flyers-Kings Preview]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By MIKE LIPKA
STATS Writer

Philadelphia (11-5-1) at Los Angeles (13-7-2), 10:30 p.m. EDT

After another solid performance at home, the Philadelphia Flyers
are hoping to prove they can continue their consistent play
during a five-game road trip.

The Los Angeles Kings have already done that, and they'll look
for a third straight victory as they return home to face the
Flyers on Wednesday night.

Philadelphia's strong start has happened mostly at the Wachovia
Center, where the team has played 12 of 15 games and won five of
six, including Monday's 3-2 victory over New Jersey, which had
been 9-0-0 on the road.

But things could get tougher for the Flyers (11-5-1) as they
head west to begin a trip that includes stops at San Jose and
Colorado.

They probably wouldn't mind replicating the Kings' recent
results. Los Angeles (13-7-2) finished its trip at 3-2-0 after a
4-3 shootout win at Florida on Monday night, bouncing back from
Friday's ugly 7-0 loss at Atlanta with back-to-back wins over
the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Panthers.

"Obviously you want to go 5-0," Kings defenseman Jack Johnson
told his team's official Web site, "but you're playing in the
NHL and you're playing a lot of games. I think if we can win
more than we lose on the road, and win our home games, we'll be
in a great spot."

The Kings have played just five home games in a stretch of
nearly six weeks dating back to early October, but there's no
reason their winning formula shouldn't carry over to the Staples
Center. Los Angeles has been buoyed by a resurgent offense
anchored by NHL points leader Anze Kopitar and a relatively
steady start from goaltender Jon Quick.

After the Kings ranked 27th with 2.46 goals per game and
extended their playoff drought to six seasons in 2008-09,
they're averaging more than three goals thanks in part to
Kopitar's torrid start. The 22-year-old Slovenian has 32 points
in 22 games after totaling 66 in all 82 games last season.

The offense may have to get by without newcomer Ryan Smyth, the
team's second-leading scorer. Smyth left the win over Florida
due to an upper-body injury.

"We're going to ... get back to L.A. and have a doctor look at
it, and we'll see where it's at," Kings coach Terry Murray said.

Either way, Quick will likely be in net to try to slow down
Philadelphia's high-powered offense. In his lone career
appearance against the Flyers, Quick stopped 31 shots -
including a Scott Hartnell penalty shot - in a 2-1 shootout win
on Jan. 3.

Philadelphia beat the Kings 2-0 at home on Feb. 25.

The Flyers have used more solid defense to win six of seven
overall, allowing a total of 12 goals in that stretch. Newcomer
Ray Emery continues to rack up victories in net, stopping 33
shots against New Jersey to lower his goals-against average to
2.22 and outduel Martin Brodeur.

But Philadelphia has also been boosted by the league's top power
play during its early run. The unit was 1 for 2 against the
Devils and is 20 for 74 (27.0 percent) on the season, with Mike
Richards (nine power-play points) and Hartnell (six power-play
goals) leading the way.

"The two points was the main thing (Monday) as we head out on
the road here," coach John Stevens told the Flyers' official Web
site.

Wednesday's game will mark Kings defenseman Randy Jones' first
game against his former team after Los Angeles claimed him off
waivers from the Flyers last month. Jones has two goals and two
assists in his first four games with his new club.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Flyers snap Devils' eight-game win streak]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA(AP) -- The Philadelphia Flyers game plan was to keep
it simple against the streaking New Jersey Devils.

Darroll Powe, Scott Hartnell, and James van Riemsdyk scored as
the Flyers edged New Jersey 3-2 to snap the Devils' eight game
winning streak on Monday night.

"Keep the puck in their zone, no turnovers at the blue line,
things like that," van Riemsdyk said. "We didn't want to give
them anything easy on offense because we knew they wouldn't give
us anything."

Zach Parise scored in a goal-mouth scramble with 0.6 seconds
left in regulation and David Clarkson also scored for the
Devils, who fell one win short of tying the NHL record of 10
road wins to start the season, set by the 2006-07 Buffalo
Sabres.

"You never want to lose, but we knew that we weren't going to go
41-0 on the road," Parise said. "But 9-0 is pretty good, so we
will just try to start it up again in Nashville (on Thursday)."

Claude Giroux had two assists and Ray Emery made 33 saves for
the Flyers, who have won six of their last seven games.

"We knew that they (Devils) were pretty hot coming in," Giroux
said. "We stuck to our game plan by keeping in simple and
shutting down their top forwards with great teamwork. We put a
lot of pressure on them, made sure they didn't get a lot of room
with the puck, and waited for our chances."

Patrik Elias had two assists and Martin Brodeur stopped 32 shots
for the Devils, who trailed the entire game.

Powe put the Flyers ahead by shoveling in the puck from the slot
at 7:11 of the first period. Arron Asham set the score up by
intercepting a clearing attempt by Brodeur and passing to
Giroux, who backhanded a pass to Powe.

Hartnell got credit for a power-play goal 44 seconds into the
second period after Devils defenseman Mike Mottau attempted to
intercept his centering pass and deflected the puck into the
net.

Skating with 3 seconds left on a two-man advantage, Clarkson got
the Devils on the board with 4:18 left in the second with a
wrist shot from the crease.

Philadelphia made it 3-1 at 10:38 of the third period when van
Riemsdyk picked up a loose puck in the slot and scored
unassisted with a wrist shot.

"Brodeur's a tough goalie but I think I got a little lucky," van
Riemsdyk said of his game-winning goal. "I sort of handcuffed
him."

Asham left the game in the second period with an oblique strain
on his left side and is expected to be out between 10 and 14
days.

NOTES: Dave "The Hammer" Schultz, the primary enforcer on the
1974 and 1975 Stanley Cup champions, was inducted as the 20th
member of the Flyers' Hall of Fame in pre-game ceremonies. ...
Philadelphia LW van Riemsdyk returned after missing one game
(flu). ...The Devils played the first of three straight road
games that also includes stops at Nashville snd Dallas. ...The
Flyers have scored the first goal in 14 of 17 games this season.
... New Jersey LW Parise, who also had an assist, scored a point
for the fifth straight game.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Devils-Flyers Preview]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By KATE HEDLIN
STATS Writer

New Jersey (14-4-0) at Philadelphia (10-5-1), 7:00 p.m. EDT

Road trips have been anything but intimidating for the New
Jersey Devils, who begin a three-game stretch away from home
with a chance to make history.

The Devils look to tie the NHL record for consecutive road wins
to start a season when they visit the Philadelphia Flyers on
Monday night.

New Jersey (14-4-0) opened the season with consecutive losses at
home to Philadelphia and the New York Rangers, but the team has
been outstanding since, especially on the road. The Devils have
scored 29 goals while winning nine straight away from home, and
they've strung together eight straight victories overall.

A victory Monday would tie the NHL record for consecutive road
wins to start the season, equaling the mark set by Buffalo in
2006.

"For whatever reason we're comfortable on the road," left wing
Zach Parise said. "It's not as if you go into other rinks so
much anymore where you get intimidated. We play pretty smart.
It's all the same size ice surface. We are just playing smart
and easy hockey and it is working for us."

Parise has been especially important to the team's success on
the road. He has scored six of his team-leading 10 goals on the
road.

Parise comes in having scored in four straight games overall,
including once in a 5-2 home win over Washington on Saturday.
The Devils scored three times in the second period, with Parise
adding the go-ahead goal on a breakaway with 5:20 remaining.

New Jersey now begins a three-game road trip, which also
includes trips to Nashville and Dallas. The Devils look to not
only keep up their strong offensive play during this stretch,
but continue their success on defense as well. They have given
up six total goals in their last five games outside New Jersey
and killed 27 of 30 opponent power-play opportunities on the
road this season.

Goaltender Martin Brodeur, the NHL leader in road wins, is 8-0-0
with a 1.70 goals-against average away from home.

"I think the road caters to our style of game," said right wing
Jamie Langenbrunner, who has six points in the last four games.
"We can keep it simple and make it hard on the other team, and
when they start pressing, that's when we're at our best."

Though New Jersey is feeling confident, the Devils have lost
three of their last four road games against the Flyers (10-5-1).
Brodeur has dropped five of his last six starts against them,
including three in a row in Philadelphia.

The Devils will face a Flyers team that is looking to bounce
back after having a five-game winning streak snapped with a 3-2
loss to Buffalo on Saturday.

Philadelphia had scored 24 goals during the streak, going 6 for
19 on the power play. The Flyers were 0 for 4 with the man
advantage on Saturday, though, and trailed 2-0 entering the
third period. Jeff Carter scored a short-handed goal midway
through the third, but Philadelphia was unable to get closer.

"We made it harder by playing catch-up hockey with penalties in
the first period," coach John Stevens said. "We got frustrated a
little bit and allowed them to get a little momentum."

That loss also snapped Philadelphia's four-game winning streak
at home, during which goaltender Ray Emery held opponents to
five goals while starting each game.

Emery was in net for the Flyers' win over the Devils earlier
this season, making 26 saves in the 5-2 victory. He had lost his
previous four starts against them, allowing 10 goals.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:49:34 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Miller and Sabres snap Flyers' 5-game win streak]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA(AP) -- Tyler Ennis described his first game in the
NHL as an awesome experience.

Ennis scored his first NHL goal and Ryan Miller stopped 29 shots
to help the Buffalo Sabres snap the Philadelphia Flyers' five
game winning streak, 3-2 on Saturday night.

Ennis, the 26th pick in the 2008 draft, earned a spot in the
Buffalo lineup in place of injured right winger Drew Stafford.

"You dream of playing in the NHL, and that first goal was just
indescribable," Ennis said. "It was really just extreme
excitement hopping on the ice for the first time, a pretty
awesome feeling."

Stafford sustained a hip flexor injury Friday night against
Calgary while playing in his 200th NHL game. Ennis was recalled
from Portland of the AHL and arrived in Philadelphia about 90
minutes before the game.

"I thought he (Ennis) played a great game," Sabres coach Lindy
Ruff said. "He gave us some energy, he made a couple of great
plays. He could have had a couple of goals in the game ... and
he even took a run at (Chris) Pronger."

Thomas Vanek and Paul Gaustad also scored for the Sabres, who
never trailed and won their third straight game.

Pronger and Jeff Carter netted third-period goals for the
Flyers.

Miller (12-2-1) was aided by a strong Buffalo defense that
constantly thwarted the Flyers from in-close. He was at his best
midway through the second period when he stopped Danny Briere
and Scott Hartnell on the doorstep on successive flurries.

"They've been playing smart," Miller said of the defense. "Our
defensemen don't allow the other team to get the puck where they
want it. That sets everything up and makes it a little easier
for all the other guys."

Vanek put the Sabres ahead during a power play at 3:11 of the
first period with a one-timer from the slot.

Ennis made it 2-0 at 14:50 of the second, sending a wrist shot
from just below the left circle that sailed under the armpit of
Ray Emery, who made 22 saves.

"We made it harder by playing catch-up hockey with penalties in
the first period," Flyers coach John Stevens said. "We got
frustrated a little bit and allowed them to get a little
momentum."

Pronger brought the Flyers to within 2-1 at 2:43 of the third
when he snapped a shot through a screen, but Gaustad restored
Buffalo's two-goal edge at 6:25 on a power play.

Carter scored a short-handed goal during a skirmish in front of
the net at 10:21 to again bring the Flyers within one goal.

Briere said that the Sabres were still thinking about the
Flyers' 5-2 win in Buffalo on Nov. 6.

"I think their coaching staff used that game as motivation,"
said Briere, a former Sabres player.

NOTES: Philadelphia LW James van Riemsdyk was scratched (flu).
... Flyers D Ryan Parent returned after missing four games
(lower body). ... Sabres RW Jason Pominville hit the post during
a power play late in the first period.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Sabres-Flyers Preview]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By JON PALMIERI
STATS Editor

Buffalo (10-4-1) at Philadelphia (10-4-1), 7:00 p.m. EDT

Having played the fewest games in the NHL certainly hasn't
hindered the Philadelphia Flyers. A much busier upcoming
schedule should provide a stiffer challenge for one of the
league's hottest teams.

Starting a stretch of nine games in 15 days, the Flyers seek
their sixth straight victory overall and sixth in row against
the Buffalo Sabres when the teams meet Saturday night at
Wachovia Center.

While three teams have played 20 games, Philadelphia (10-4-1)
has played a league-low 15 with two five-day breaks between
games, one four-day rest and two more three-day layoffs already
this season.

The Flyers have made the relatively light schedule work to their
advantage, ranking second in the league with 3.67 goals per game
while allowing 38 - a total bettered by only New Jersey (35) and
Buffalo (35).

After hosting the Devils on Monday, Philadelphia opens a
five-game road trip two days later against Los Angeles.

"I think it's a good thing," Flyers defenseman Kimmo Timonen
told the team's official Web site of the busy schedule. "(I)
would rather play games than practice, personally. It's going to
be a tough stretch down the road, but I think we're ready for
that. There's been a lot of breaks, and that's actually tough."

Ray Emery continued his impressive return to the NHL with 22
saves in Philadelphia's 5-1 victory over visiting Ottawa on
Thursday.

Emery spent his first five years with the Senators after playing
last season in Russia.

"These are fun ones to play. Definitely nerves are going," Emery
said. "It's a little bit special, a different situation but it's
two good teams and a little personal story for myself. I'm just
happy that we won."

Since allowing five goals in back-to-back games Oct. 6 and 8,
Emery is 7-2-1 with a 1.86 goals-against average in 10 starts.
He stopped 28 shots in a 5-2 victory at Buffalo on Nov. 6 - the
Flyers' fifth straight win in the series.

Philadelphia's potent offense received an additional lift
Thursday with the return of Danny Briere, who scored two goals
after missing four games with a groin injury and the flu.

Briere's presence makes the league's top-ranked power play even
stronger. The Flyers have outscored opponents 23-7 during their
five-game streak, going 6 for 19 with the man advantage in that
span.

Buffalo (11-4-1) extended its lead in the Northeast Division
with a 2-1 shootout win over Calgary on Friday night. Jason
Pominville scored in the fourth round of the tiebreaker, and
Ryan Miller was outstanding again with 25 saves.

Miller is the biggest reason why the Sabres rank among the
league's best teams. He is tied for the NHL lead with 11 wins
and ranks first with a 1.75 GAA, but he has allowed 10 goals
during a personal three-game losing streak to the Flyers.

"I think any goalie in the league, if he's playing good hockey,
it's probably because his team is playing with a strong sense of
awareness," Miller said. "It's not just that I feel good in the
net, it's because the guys are giving me the opportunity to make
smart reads."

Buffalo's Derek Roy has picked up his play considerably, scoring
four goals in his last five games after failing to find the back
of the net in his first 11 contests this season. Roy has five
goals and two assists in his past seven games against
Philadelphia.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:05:37 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Emery leads Flyers past Senators]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA(AP) -- Ray Emery admitted that it was a special night
- and that he was relieved when it was over.

Emery made 22 saves in his first start against his former team,
and Danny Briere scored two goals to help the Philadelphia
Flyers beat the Ottawa Senators 5-1 on Thursday night for their
fifth straight victory.

"These are fun ones to play. Definitely nerves are going," Emery
said. "It's a little bit special, a different situation but it's
two good teams and a little personal story for myself. I'm just
happy that we won."

Blair Betts, James Van Riemsdyk and Darroll Powe also scored for
the Flyers. Jeff Carter, Kimmo Timonen, and Chris Pronger each
added two assists.

Mike Fisher scored for Ottawa. The Senators have lost two
straight and four of their last six games.

Emery was with Ottawa for five seasons (three as a regular), but
was cut loose after the 2007-08 season, the year after he led
the Senators to the Stanley Cup finals. He played in Russia last
season.

"I've never really played on a bad team," said Emery, 10-3-1
this season. "With this team I know we are going to get our
goals and I just have to do my part and play solid."

Briere said that the Flyers realized that it would be a special
night for Emery to face his former team for the first time.

"Definitely we're happy for him," Briere said. "He's been
playing well and he's been a great teammate for us so far this
year."

Flyers coach John Stevens said that he senses that the team
believes in their new goaltender.

"I really think there is a fondness or affection, and when he
gets in a situation like he did tonight, I think there's a
little more urgency in their play, Stevens said/

"Everyone's happy to see him (Emery) back in the league,"
Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson said about his former
teammate. "He played OK. We weren't able to test him too much
when we needed a couple of goals in the third period."

Ottawa's Pascal Leclaire also stopped 22 shots.

Betts, who signed as a free agent before the season and later
missed seven games with a shoulder injury, scored his first goal
to put Philadelphia ahead on a power play at 9:34 of the second
period. He poked the puck into the net after a dump-in by Claude
Giroux took a strange bounce off the boards.

Ottawa tied it on a power play at 14:49 on Mike Fisher's
one-timer off a backhand, cross-ice pass from Alex Kovalev.

Van Riemsdyk, who went into the game tied for the NHL rookie
points lead, made it 2-1 on another power play at 16:23, scoring
from inside the left circle.

Briere increased the lead with a spectacular rebound goal at
6:56 of the third period, batting Carter's shot out of the air.
Powe made it 4-1 with a wrist shot at 11:47, and Briere scored
on a slap shot 1:52 later.

Ottawa coach Cory Clouston said that he thought the Senators
"played very well" for the first 40 minutes.

"I don't know if we can play much better on the road than
that,"he added.

NOTES: The Flyers' winning streak is their longest since they
won five straight in December 2008. Philadelphia has outscored
its opponents 23-7 in regulation during the streak. ...
Philadelphia has four shots on goal in the first period, a
season low for a period. ... Flyers C Briere returned after
missing four games (groin and flu).]]></description>
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				<description><![CDATA[By KATE HEDLIN
STATS Writer

Ottawa (8-5-2) at Philadelphia (9-4-1), 7:00 p.m. EDT

Ray Emery's career with the Ottawa Senators was memorable, but
not always for the right reasons.

Now with Philadelphia, Emery faces his former team for the first
time and the Flyers seek their fifth straight win on Thursday
night when they host the Senators.

Philadelphia (9-4-1) signed Emery to a one-year deal in June,
giving the goaltender another shot at the NHL after he played in
Russia following an acrimonious split with Ottawa (8-5-2) at the
end of the 2007-08 season.

Emery led the Senators on their run to the 2007 Stanley Cup
finals, but frustrated teammates and management with his
attitude and off-ice problems. He won 71 games and appeared in
30 playoff contests over five seasons with the Senators.

"He created a little bit of it himself, but it also snowballed
and people seemed like they wanted to run him out of town
towards the end there," said former teammate Jason Spezza, who
remains a close friend of Emery. "Maybe he got a little bit more
attention that he wouldn't have got if he was somewhere else."

Emery, who went through eight weeks of behavior counseling
before signing with the KHL, seems to have put his problems
behind him. He is 9-3-1 with a 2.27 goals-against average and
has been in net for each the Flyers' last four wins, giving up
just six goals.

He recorded 30 saves through overtime and three more in the
shootout of a 2-1 victory over St. Louis on Saturday.

Emery admitted it will be a little easier having his first game
against his former teammates come in Philadelphia. The Flyers
don't visit Ottawa until Jan. 3.

"I had really good times there," Emery said of his time in the
Canadian capital. "Made a lot of friends but that being said,
that's done. ... It's another game, but it's important for the
team and myself."

Emery will be looking to help the Flyers win five straight for
the first time since Dec. 6-16.

His former team, meanwhile, is trying to get back on track.
After losing three of four, the Senators won 4-3 in a shootout
against Edmonton on Tuesday as Spezza scored the deciding goal.

The Senators trailed 2-1 at the end of the first period, then
failed to protect a 3-2 lead in the third when Pascal Leclaire
gave up a goal with 4:43 left.

"We made it exciting and we were pretty disciplined," said
Leclaire, who stopped 31 shots through regulation and two more
in the shootout. "There was the little breakdown by myself at
the end but the guys came back and we were able to get the win,
so it's a little easier to forget about."

Jonathan Cheechoo recorded his first goal of the season in the
first period. Cheechoo, who was part of the deal that sent Dany
Heatley to San Jose, scored 12 goals last season with the Sharks
and has been a disappointment since leading the league with 56
in 2005-06.

He came in with two assists in 14 games.

"If we expect him to be a 50-goal scorer, that's not realistic,"
coach Cory Clouston told the Senators' official Web site. "But
we do need him to contribute more offensively."

Cheechoo has four goals and three assists in six career games
versus Philadelphia.

Ottawa won three of four against the Flyers last season,
splitting two games at the Wachovia Center.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Pyorala helps Flyers beat Blues in shootout]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA(AP) -- Mika Pyorala was satisfied, even if he's still
looking for his first career goal.

Pyorala scored in the shootout to lead the Philadelphia Flyers
to a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night.

Pyorala's goal in the fourth round was the difference as the
Flyers won their fourth consecutive game. Philadelphia's Claude
Giroux and St. Louis' Brad Boyes each scored in the second
round.

Shootout goals aren't reflected in a player's career statistics,
so Pyorala will have to wait for his first official tally.

"That's a little strange, but I hope I get a real goal soon,"
said Pyorala, 28, who has played in 14 NHL games.

Pyorala flipped a backhand shot past Chris Mason in the Blues'
first shootout this season.

"I would've liked to make one more save, but that's the way it
goes," said Mason, who stopped 35 shots. "It took a while to get
to our first shootout, so it was a little bit of a feeler."

Scott Hartnell scored in regulation for the Flyers, who improved
to 83-39-17 overall against the Blues, including 47-12-10 at
home. He has a goal in four of his past five games.

"Coming back after playing last night (against Buffalo), we
needed to get off to a good start and make sure we were moving
our feet and getting on the attack early," Philadelphia's Chris
Pronger said. "We were able to do that. We had a pretty decent
first period, and it kind of built from there. "

The struggling Blues, who entered with the NHL's fourth-worst
record, have dropped four consecutive games, but coach Andy
Murray thinks his team is playing better.

"It was a 1-1 hockey game and both teams were going hard to the
net," he said. "We watched the Flyers team dismantle Buffalo -
and Buffalo has been playing very well. Our team battled hard
and as long as you keep working like this, you get rewarded down
the road. We'll find a way to get two points if we keep playing
this hard."

Hartnell gave the Flyers the lead with 7:45 remaining in the
second period. Streaking down the left side, he deflected
Giroux's cross-ice pass past Mason. His momentum carried him
into the net, and officials reviewed the goal to determine
whether he kicked the puck as he slid.

St. Louis (5-7-2) tied it in the third when T.J. Oshie corralled
Roman Polak's blue-line shot and flipped it past Ray Emery at
5:43.

The Flyers (9-4-1) almost grabbed the lead again midway through
the third. Mason stopped Hartnell's rebound attempt but his
glove appeared to be behind the line in TV replays. The play
wasn't reviewed.

"It was right on top of his pad, and I pushed his pad," Hartnell
said. "I didn't know where the puck was because I got hit right
after. It was kinda weird that they didn't take some extra time
(to review)."

Hartnell also nearly won the game in overtime with some nice
stick work, but Mason made a sprawling save.

In his first career game against St. Louis, Emery stopped 30
shots.

NOTES: Mason shut out the Flyers in their only meeting last
season. ... Philadelphia general manager Paul Holmgren said
James van Riemsdyk likely has a break in the tip of the left
pinky finger, after the rookie was hit by a Jeff Carter shot in
the third. ... Pronger, who spent 1996-2004 with the Blues, had
an assist. He now has a point in nine of his 12 games, and 14
points overall - three goals and 11 assists. ... Ole-Kristian
Tollefsen left after slamming into the boards in the third
period. Holmgren said he has a mild concussion and could be "out
for a little bit."]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Blues-Flyers Preview]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By ANDY LEFKOWITZ
STATS Editor

St. Louis (5-6-2) at Philadelphia (7-4-1), 7:00 p.m. EDT

The Blues and Flyers were among six teams added when the NHL
doubled in size in 1967. Since then, St. Louis has not enjoyed
many of its visits to the City of Brotherly Love.

The Blues look for a rare win in Philadelphia on Saturday night
in the opener of a two-game road trip.

Overall, St. Louis is 12-45-1 with 10 ties in Philadelphia.
However, the Blues' futility there was most evident at the old
Spectrum from 1972-88 as they came away with 31 losses and three
ties, including skids of 20 and 10 games.

St. Louis' last trip to Philadelphia resulted in its first
overtime loss. Simon Gagne's power-play goal 27 seconds into the
extra session lifted the Flyers to a 4-3 victory on Feb. 10,
2007.

The sputtering Blues (5-6-2) will try to avoid a season-high
fourth consecutive loss while jump-starting a nearly
non-existent offense.

Rookie Lars Eller scored on the power play in his NHL debut
midway through the third period Thursday in a 2-1 overtime loss
to Calgary. That snapped the Blues' scoreless string at 171
minutes, 5 seconds and came after they failed to find the back
of the net in 26 straight chances with the man advantage.

St. Louis coach Andy Murray was happy to see his team finally
get on the scoreboard following shutout losses to Phoenix on
Oct. 29 and Florida two nights later.

"You know it's a tough league. You have to scrap and claw for
every point you can get," he said.

Brad Boyes and David Backes may want to take Murray's words to
heart.

After leading the Blues with 43 goals in 2007-08 and 33 last
season, Boyes has managed just two so far. That's one more than
Backes, who was second on the club with 31 goals in 2008-09 as
St. Louis made its first postseason appearance in five years.

St. Louis is last in the Central Division, but has a 3-1-1 road
record and closes out its brief swing Sunday in Atlanta.

Paul Kariya, limited to two goals in 11 games last season due to
injury, has scored all four of his goals in 2009-10 away from
home. A seven-time All-Star, Kariya has one assist in his last
six games, but points in five of the six career games he's
played in Philadelphia.

The Flyers (8-4-1) extended their run to a season high-tying
three games as Daniel Carcillo recorded the fourth multigoal
game of his career and rookie James van Riemsdyk also scored in
a 5-2 victory over Buffalo on Friday.

It was Carcillo's first two goals since being acquired from
Phoenix in March. In 32 games after that, Carcillo had five
assists and 101 penalty minutes.

"We did a good job of being physical and getting in their face,"
he said. "We want to get on a roll and gain some points and
momentum."

Van Riemsdyk has two goals and five assists in a four-game
streak. Selected second overall behind eventual Calder winner
Patrick Kane in the 2007 draft, van Riemsdyk is among the rookie
scoring leaders with 14 points.

The Flyers are 5-2-1 at home, scoring six goals in each of their
last two games. With 33 goals, Philadelphia is tied with
Edmonton for the league lead in home scoring.

That could spell trouble for either of St. Louis' goaltenders.
Neither Chris Mason nor Ty Conklin have stood out, but Mason
should be between the pipes.

Mason is 2-1-0 with a 2.02 goals-against average in three career
starts against Philadelphia, including a 4-0 shutout Jan. 31 in
St. Louis. Conklin has also made three starts against the
Flyers, going 1-2-0 with a 3.71 GAA.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Carcillo, Emery lead Flyers past Sabres]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y.(AP) -- Daniel Carcillo and the rest of
Philadelphia's third- and fourth-line players put up some big
numbers against stingy Buffalo.

Carcillo scored twice and Ray Emery made 28 saves to lead the
Flyers to their fifth straight victory over the Sabres, 5-2 on
Friday night.

Known more for their top two trios that include stars like Jeff
Carter, Mike Richards and Scott Hartnell, the Flyers got three
goals and three assists from their pluggers to improve to 8-4-1
with their third straight win.

"I think we can all play, and play against any line of the
league," Carcillo said about his comrades on the bottom rung of
the Philadelphia line ladder. "Fourth line, third line ... it's
just a name I guess."

Carcillo linemate Ian Laperriere had a pair of assists, center
Blair Betts had a helper, and fourth line pivot Darroll Powe
scored a third-period goal.

"Some nights the puck follows you, hits you, and it goes in,"
Laperriere said. "It's fun to play with guys like Betts and
Carcillo. They work hard, and they go to the net."

The end result was an impressive win over a Buffalo team that
came in as the NHL's stingiest defensive unit.

"We knew they have had success both offensively and defensively,
so we talked about getting bodies in front of (Ryan) Miller and
we did that," said Emery, who improved to 5-1-0 in his last six
starts. "We got a lead early, chipped in some late goals, and
played well defensively."

Chris Pronger had a goal and assist, and James van Riemsdyk also
scored, for the Flyers, who've outscored their opponents by a
17-5 margin during their three-game winning stretch.

"They were the better team," Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff said. "You
can't find any argument against that. I'm not going to mask it,
it wasn't a good night for us. We didn't help ourselves a lot."

Derek Roy had a power-play goal and assist, rookie Tyler Myers
also scored with the man advantage for Buffalo, and Ryan Miller
made 32 saves. The Sabres (9-3-1) have lost two of their last
three after an 8-1-1 start.

"We can be better," Buffalo forward Mike Grier said. "We have a
good record and the league is going to watch how we do in these
games. We have to show that we're willing not to back down."

Carcillo opened the scoring with 1:21 left in the first period,
deflecting defenseman Braydon Coburn's shot from the top of the
left circle. It was Carcillo's first goal in 47 games, and first
regular season tally for Philadelphia.

Pronger made it 2-0 with his third just 28 seconds into the
second period.

Roy cut the lead in half 4 minutes later, but van Riemsdyk gave
the Flyers a 3-1 edge with 5:05 left in the middle frame when
his cross-ice pass from below the right circle went off Miller's
right leg and into the net.

Powe added his fourth with a slap shot that handcuffed Miller
from the top of the left circle 2:34 into the third period, and
Myers made it 4-2 exactly 8 minutes later.

Carcillo capped the scoring with an empty-net goal with 48
seconds remaining to record his first multi-goal game since the
2007-08 season finale against Anaheim.

"We did a good job of being physical and getting in their face,"
Carcillo said. "We want to get on a roll and gain some points
and momentum."

NOTES: Former Sabres co-captain Danny Briere missed his third
game for the Flyers because of a groin strain. ... Sabres C Tim
Connolly played in his 499th career NHL game. He earned his
300th career NHL point with an assist on Roy's goal. ...
Carcillo's last goal was Jan. 18 at Edmonton when he was with
Phoenix. ... Philadelphia snapped a two-game road losing streak.]]></description>
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				<description><![CDATA[By MIKE LIPKA
STATS Writer

Philadelphia (7-4-1) at Buffalo (9-2-1), 7:30 p.m. EDT

Ryan Miller has lifted the Buffalo Sabres to one of the best
starts in the NHL, but he could get a tough test from the
Philadelphia Flyers.

The Sabres try to slow down Philadelphia's high-powered attack
Friday night in Buffalo after being unable to do so while
getting swept in last season's series.

Miller has anchored the league's best defense, which is allowing
2.0 goals per game, and the veteran netminder's 1.69
goals-against average is nearly a goal better than his career
mark.

That's a major reason why Buffalo (9-2-1) has one of the best
records in the league after missing the playoffs each of the
last two seasons.

Miller earned his second shutout of the season with 24 saves in
a 3-0 win over the New York Islanders on Wednesday night,
bouncing back after getting pulled from Saturday's 5-0 road loss
to the Islanders in Buffalo's previous game.

"We played a real sound game coming off that loss," Miller said.
"We did a very sound job pushing the puck up the ice, and we
didn't give up anything that was too dangerous. We want to be a
team that's in control."

Miller will likely start a seventh straight game as backup
Patrick Lalime deals with a groin injury.

The goalies each took two losses during Philadelphia's four-game
sweep of the Sabres in 2008-09, with the Flyers totaling 20
goals as Mike Richards racked up four goals and six assists.

The Flyers went 5 for 14 (35.7 percent) on the power play
against Buffalo, and they have been outstanding in that area
this season, converting 28.1 percent of the time (16 for 57).

Richards and Jeff Carter each had two goals and an assist in the
Flyers' 6-2 win over Tampa Bay on Monday, the second straight
game Philadelphia scored six goals even though Danny Briere
(groin) and Simon Gagne (abdomen, hip) remain out.

Rookies James van Riemsdyk and David Laliberte have been among
the players stepping up. Laliberte made his NHL debut Saturday
and has two goals and an assist in his first two games, while
van Riemsdyk - the No. 2 overall pick in the 2007 draft - has 13
points in 10 games.

"Gagne and Briere are always welcome in your lineup because
they're going to score all year long consistently," Flyers coach
John Stevens said, "but it's great to see Laliberte and van
Riemsdyk and these guys take advantage of the extra ice time and
use it as an opportunity."

Philadelphia (7-4-1) has scored at least four goals six times
this season, but only once in four road contests. The team has
played just two road games - losing both - since opening the
season with victories at Carolina and New Jersey.

The Sabres, meanwhile, are 5-1-1 at home, averaging 9.0 more
shots than their opponents. Buffalo has managed at least one
power-play goal in each of its home games, but the Flyers have
one of the league's best penalty kills, with opponents
converting 13.5 percent of the time.

That success can be partly attributed to Ray Emery, who is 4-1-0
with a 1.98 GAA in his last five starts. Emery was out of the
NHL last season but struggled against Buffalo while with Ottawa
in 2007-08, going 1-2-0 with a 4.02 GAA.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Richards, Carter score two each for Flyers in win]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA(AP) -- Playing without Simon Gagne and Danny Briere,
the Flyers didn't back down. Instead, they became aggressive.

Mike Richards and Jeff Carter scored two goals apiece and rookie
David Laliberte and Scott Hartnell also tallied, leading
Philadelphia to a 6-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday
night.

The Flyers' excitement over their victory was offset by the news
that Gagne will miss six to eight weeks. He's scheduled to have
hernia and hip surgery on Tuesday. Briere has also missed the
past two games with an injured groin.

"There's always concern when they go out," Flyers head coach
John Stevens said. "But this is short term. Gagne and Briere are
always welcome in your lineup because they're going to score all
year long consistently, but it's great to see Laliberte and van
Riemsdyk and these guys take advantage of the extra ice time and
use it as an opportunity."

Without two of their better offensive players, the Flyers
peppered Lightning goalie Antero Niittymaki, scoring two goals
in the first period, three in the second and one in the third.
Carter and Arron Asham played despite having the flu.

Contributions will just have to come from other players.

"They're obviously big shoes to fill," Richards said. "We
stepped it up as a team and everyone contributed."

The Flyers (7-4-1) have scored 12 goals in the past two games,
and won for the fourth time in the past six. Goalie Ray Emery
stopped 26 shots.

Despite leading the team in goals this season, Richards had gone
six games without scoring. His first goal came off a feed from
Chris Pronger, who corralled a bouncing puck. Hartnell assisted
on Richards' second score. Carter had gone seven games without
scoring.

"We were getting chances. We just weren't scoring," Richards
said. "We have an emphasis on getting to the net and finishing
plays off."

Laliberte, recalled from the AHL Philadelphia Phantoms last week
to replace Gagne, become the first Flyer to score in his first
two NHL games since Eric Lindros on Oct. 6 and 9, 1992. He's the
fifth to do that in Flyers franchise history.

James van Riemsdyk contributed with three assists for the first
three-point night of his career - and leads all NHL rookies in
scoring.

Steven Stamkos and James Halpern scored for Tampa Bay. Stamkos
scored the first goal for Tampa Bay (4-4-4), capitalizing on a
Danny Syvret turnover. Halpern's came late in the third period.

"It's just tough to get anything positive out of it," Lightning
head coach Rick Tocchet said. "I honestly can't think of who
played good. Usually you have a couple of individuals, but they
were very light on their sticks and the Flyers were very strong.
We looked really weak out there tonight. It was a little
alarming."

The Lightning have lost three of four, and have started this
season 0-5 on the road. The rough stretch prompted a closed-door
meeting after the game.

"It stays in the room," Halpern said. "You saw the game tonight,
so you can imagine what it was about. I'm not saying that we're
letting this slide, but I think the guys in this room are more
than capable of handling it."

NOTES: The Flyers have scored the first goal in 10 of their past
12 games. ... Pronger has recorded at least one point in eight
straight games. ... Carter has played in 225 straight
regular-season games. ... Four Flyers recorded three-point
nights Monday: Carter, Richards, Hartnell and van Riemsdyk.]]></description>
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				<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA(AP) -- Flyers winger Simon Gagne is expected to miss
the next six to eight weeks after having abdominal and hip
surgery.

Gagne, who missed the past two games, is scheduled for surgery
on Tuesday.

"It's hard to take, but it's still early in the season," Gagne
said. "I'll miss close to two months and have time to get back
in shape and feel 100 percent when I'm skating. That's something
I wasn't able to do right now."

The 29-year-old Gagne, who has one goal and four assists, has
two small hernias in his right groin, the same area that
required hernia surgery before the 2007-08 season. He also has
had multiple hip operations due to problems linked to the groin.

"He's had repairs in both of those areas before, so the doctor
wants to go through those same incisions - they're just small
incisions - and reinforce and strengthen the area," Flyers
general manager Paul Holmgren said. "He will look at the small
hernias that we saw in the ultrasound and see if they really are
there."

The Flyers wanted Gagne to have surgery earlier, but Gagne
sought a second opinion. The team issued a statement Saturday
saying it was still reviewing MRI, ultrasound and bone scan
results, and hadn't made a decision.

The delay "was more to just make sure Simon was feeling
comfortable with what was going on," Holmgren said. "I think
deep down, he just wanted to know which is right. It does seem
frustrating at times, but at the end of the day you've got to
trust the player. Simon's been through a lot and we just wanted
to make sure we get it right."

Added Gagne: "We went to the bottom (of it) to make sure we were
making the right decision for myself, the team and the future,
to go and do the surgery. We're going to do the surgery and get
on a program to make sure those types of injuries don't happen
to me anymore."

Danny Briere also has missed two games for the Flyers after
tweaking a groin injury and Ryan Parent has missed three games
with a groin strain before returning for two periods on
Saturday.

He re-injured the groin and could miss another week.]]></description>
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				<description><![CDATA[By ALAN FERGUSON
STATS Writer

Tampa Bay (4-3-4) at Philadelphia (6-4-1), 5:00 p.m. EDT

After dismal finishes the past two seasons, the Tampa Bay
Lightning have showed promise in 2009-10, although they are
struggling away from home once again.

The Lightning have had plenty of success on the road against the
inconsistent Philadelphia Flyers and will try to continue it
Monday night in the opener of a four-game trip.

Tampa Bay finished last in the Southeast Division for the second
straight season in 2008-09 and had one of the league's worst
road records at 12-22-7. The Lightning were an NHL-worst 11-24-6
away from home the previous season.

Following a slow start to 2009-10, Tampa Bay (4-3-4) went 4-0-2
on its just-completed homestand. The Lightning concluded the
stretch with a 2-1 shootout loss to New Jersey on Saturday.

Steven Stamkos tied it in the third period by scoring in his
fifth straight game, recording his team-leading 10th goal.
Martin St. Louis assisted for his 600th career point and
extended his season-opening point streak to 11 games.

Stamkos, however, was one of four shooters that failed to score
in the shootout. Tampa Bay has not scored in 14 attempts this
season and has suffered four shootout defeats.

One of those losses came in the season's second game at Carolina
and represented their best chance for a victory away from home.

Tampa Bay has been outscored 18-6 in going 0-3-1 on the road.
The Lightning had a franchise-worst 0-7-0 start away from home
in 2007-08.

"Shootout, what do you do?" Lightning coach Rick Tocchet said.
"I don't know."

After stopping 37 shots to help his team earn a point Saturday,
Antero Niittymaki could face his former team for the first time.
Tocchet could also turn to Mike Smith, who started all four
matchups last season against Philadelphia.

Smith helped Tampa Bay go 2-1-1 versus the Flyers by allowing
one goal apiece in the two victories, but he gave up 10 in the
two defeats. He is 3-2-1 with a 2.88 goals-against average
all-time against Philadelphia.

If Smith starts Monday, he will face a Flyers team that has been
up and down since a season-opening three-game win streak.

Philadelphia (6-4-1) followed that early run with three straight
losses but then defeated Boston and Florida at home. The Flyers
fell to San Jose and Washington in their next two games before
beating the Hurricanes 6-1 on Saturday.

With Simon Gagne and Danny Briere out with groin injuries,
Braydon Coburn recorded his first two-goal game in five years.
Scott Hartnell and Matt Carle each added a goal and two assists.

With his performance Saturday, Carle, who played 12 games last
season with Tampa Bay, tied Mike Richards for the team lead with
12 points.

Gagne is on injured reserve, while Briere remains day to day and
is doubtful for Monday.

"It shows what kind of depth we have as a team," Carle said.
"With the way we've played the last two home games, it was good
to get a win like that. Hopefully, it'll start something here
for us."

The teams have split their last 10 meetings, but Tampa Bay has
won nine of the last 11 in Philadelphia.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Flyers 6, Hurricanes 1]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA(AP) -- Flyers defenseman Braydon Coburn waited five
years for his first two-goal game in the NHL. Then he took care
of the feat in 1 1/2 minutes.

Coburn scored twice and Scott Hartnell and Matt Carle each had a
goal and two assists to help Philadelphia snap a two game losing
streak and send the Carolina Hurricanes to their eighth straight
loss, 6-1 on Saturday.

"I've had a lot of close calls so far," said Coburn, who has
played in 227 career NHL games. "You just have to wait for your
time."

David Laliberte, playing in his first NHL game, and James Van
Riemsdyk each had a goal and an assist for the Flyers, unbeaten
in their last six regulation games at home against Carolina.

"Actually, I was hoping I'd get a chance for another one,"
Coburn said.

Coburn's goals came within a span of 1:30 midway through the
third period, the first with the teams skating 4-on-4, the next
on a slap shot.

Brandon Sutter scored for the Hurricanes (2-7-3), who are off to
their worst start since 1997 - the franchise's first season in
Carolina - when they were 2-7-2. Carolina is winless on the road
(0-5-2). The Hurricanes are on an 0-5-3 skid overall.

Ray Emery, who stopped 28 shots in the Flyers' season-opening,
2-0 win over Carolina on Oct.2, made 39 saves in the rematch.

Michael Leighton, making his first start for the Hurricanes,
stopped 22 shots.

"I felt a little rusty the first part of the game, but I felt
good the second half," Leighton said. "I let up a couple of
goals early and I gave up some rebounds that I usually don't
give up."

Carolina coach Paul Maurice said he thought Leighton needed some
game action after Cam Ward started the first 11 games.

"Leighton's been looking good in practice," Maurice said. "He's
played well in this situation before."

Hartnell put the Flyers ahead with a power-play goal at 8:04 of
the first period when he redirected Chris Pronger's shot from
just inside the blue line.

Laliberte made it 2-0 at 12:30, putting in a rebound after
Leighton failed to control Ryan Parent's initial shot. Carle
earned his 100th NHL point with a wraparound goal at 17:21.

Sutter brought the Hurricanes to within 3-1 with a one-timer at
2:56 of the second, but Van Riemsdyk restored Philadelphia's
three-goal lead 14 seconds later with a backhander from in
close.

A total of 25 penalties for 68 minutes were assessed during the
physical game.

"Guys are sticking up for each other and that's a big part of
hockey," Van Riemsdyk said. "We're coming together as a team,
becoming a cohesive unit."

NOTES: Flyers LW Daniel Briere (groin) was scratched. ...
Carolina LW Sergei Samsonov, who had an assist, played in his
750th NHL game. ... Leighton's wife, Jennifer, gave birth to a
girl on Friday. The baby is their second child.]]></description>
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