Flyers down Senators; Devils beat Penguins
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The Associated Press - Published: November 13, 2009
PHILADELPHIA — Ray Emery made 22 saves in his first start against his former team, and Danny Briere scored two goals to help Philadelphia skate to a 5-1 victory over Ottawa.
Blair Betts, James Van Riemsdyk and Darroll Powe also scored for the Flyers in their fifth straight victory. Mike Fisher scored for Ottawa.
Emery was cut loose by Ottawa after the 2007-08 season, the year after he led the Senators to the Stanley Cup finals. He played in Russia last season.
Thrashers 5, Rangers 3
NEW YORK — Ilya Kovalchuk had a goal and two assists in his first game back from a foot injury, and Rich Peverley also had a goal and two assists for Atlanta.
Kovalchuk missed the previous six games.
Evander Kane added a goal and assist, and Colby Armstrong and Maxim Afinogenov also scored in Atlanta's fourth win in six games. Artem Anisimov, Marian Gaborik and Brian Boyle scored for New York.
Red Wings 3, Canucks 1
DETROIT — Henrik Zetterberg scored midway through the third period and Jimmy Howard made 31 saves, giving the Detroit Red Wings a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.
Zetterberg took a long pass from Brad Stuart, slipped past the defense and lifted a backhander over Roberto Luongo's left shoulder for his team-leading 17th point.
Luongo made 26 saves in his first start since facing Detroit on Oct. 27 when he aggravated a broken rib. After Luongo was pulled for an extra skater, Niklas Kronwall cleared the puck from the Red Wings' end, got a fortunate bounce off the boards and it trickled into the empty net.
Lightning 4, Wild 3, SO
TAMPA, Fla. — Ryan Malone tied it with 14.7 seconds left in regulation, and Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos scored in the shootout to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 4-3 comeback win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night.
Malone tied it 3 on a backhander during a power play with Lightning goalie Antero Niittymaki off the ice for an extra skater.
Stamkos scored his 13th goal of the season during regulation and added an assist. Steve Downie had the other Tampa Bay goal, coming at 9:17 of the third.
Benoit Pouliot, Kim Johnsson and Owen Nolan scored for Minnesota.
Devils 4, Penguins 1
PITTSBURGH — Niclas Bergfors had a goal and two assists and the New Jersey Devils closed within a victory of tying the NHL record of 10 consecutive road victories to start a season, beating the slumping Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Thursday night.
Zach Parise added a goal and an assist, Travis Zajac had three assists and Martin Brodeur made 25 saves as New Jersey improved to 9-0 on the road. The Devils can tie the road streak record Monday in Philadelphia.
New Jersey won its seventh in a row overall and, with 26 points, tied idle Washington for first place in the Eastern Conference.
Predators 3, Blues 1
ST. LOUIS — Jordin Tootoo scored on a wrist shot with 3:43 left to give the Nashville Predators a 3-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night.
Tootoo beat Chris Mason from just outside the faceoff circle for his first goal of the season. David Legwand added an empty-net goal.
The Predators won for the fifth time in seven games, finishing their trip 2-2.
Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne made 21 saves after letting in the first shot he faced. Rinne won for the fourth time in his last five appearances.
St. Louis took the early lead when Brad Boyes deflected a pass from Erik Johnson past Rinne at 2:03.
The goal was the fourth of the season for Boyes and his fifth point in the last two games. Boyes broke a seven-game pointless streak with a goal and three assists in a 6-1 win over Vancouver on Tuesday night.
Patric Hornqvist tied it at 1 in the second period, stuffing the puck past Mason from close range. The initial shot hit the side of the net and bounced out to Hornqvist, who scored for the fifth time this season.
St. Louis winger David Backes was given a major penalty and game misconduct for running Jean-Pierre Dumont into the boards late in the second period.
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