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Flyers seek more offensive punch against Devils

Dec 21, 2008 - 8:17 AM Philadelphia (18-8-6) at New Jersey (18-9-3), 1:00 p.m. EST

NEWARK, New Jersey (Ticker) -- A high-octane offense has the Philadelphia Flyers on a roll.

Seeking their seventh win in eight tries, the Flyers visit the New Jersey Devils on Sunday in a battle of Atlantic Division foes.

The Flyers' 114 goals this season rank second in the Eastern Conference, behind Boston's 118.

They received another eye-opening effort on the offensive end on Saturday, when Scott Hartnell recorded his fifth career hat trick and set up another goal in a 7-1 win over the Washington Capitals.

Jeff Carter had two goals and an assist and Joffrey Lupul had a tally and two assists for the Flyers, who improved to 14-2-3 in their last 19 games. Simon Gagne also scored.

Antero Niittymaki, who has won six of his past seven starts, made 47 saves - including 25 in the first period.

Philadelphia is unbeaten in regulation in its past 11 home games (9-0-2), but is 7-4-3 overall on the road this season. Its lone regulation loss in December came on Thursday, a 5-2 setback in Montreal.

New Jersey is coming off a 5-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators, and has won two in a row and 11 of their last 14.

The Devils have scored 34 goals in their last five wins in regulation and have gotten a tremendous boost from Zach Parise, who had four assists against Ottawa. He also has 36 points in his last 26 games.