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| Skidding Islanders visit Penguins |
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12/11/2008 |
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| he month of December with four losses in a row and have dropped six of their last seven games overall. The club is also currently last in the division with just 22 points on the season. New York's most recent setback came Tuesday evening against the Philadelphia Flyers, another Atlantic Division rival. Simon Gagne's power-play goal late in the third period lifted Philadelphia over the visiting Isles, 4-3, at the Wachovia Center. Martin Biron also stopped 24 shots for Philly and recorded his ninth straight win over |
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| Flyers, Hurricanes wrap season series in Philadelphia |
NHL Hockey |
12/11/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Carolina Hurricanes and Philadelphia Flyers will complete their season series tonight, as they meet for the fourth time in just over two weeks with a battle at the Wachovia Center. The Flyers won the first meeting of the season on November 26, posting a 3-1 decision at the RBC Center in Raleigh. The next two encounters were decided in overtime, as the Hurricanes beat Philly on the road on November 28 before the Flyers won again last Saturday in Carolina. Philadelphia has taken six of eight |
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| Division-leading Caps visit second-place 'Canes |
NHL Hockey |
12/07/2008 |
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| the visiting team this year, has won two straight in Carolina after dropping five in a row there. Washington has won four of its last six games overall. The Hurricanes were also in action on Saturday night and dropped a 2-1 overtime decision to the Philadelphia Flyers. Sergei Samsonov's early third- period goal tied the game, but Michael Leighton was beaten on a Jeff Carter shot with 1:26 left in overtime. Leighton was starting in place of Cam Ward, who missed his second straight game due to a groin injury that h |
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| Carter's OT goal leads Flyers past Hurricanes |
NHL Hockey |
12/06/2008 |
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| Raleigh, NC (MySportsbook) - Jeff Carter scored with 1:26 left in overtime to help the Philadelphia Flyers to a 2-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes at RBC Center. With the puck in the Carolina end, Carter squared off against Rod Brind'Amour at the right faceoff circle and battled for the puck. He eventually got it away from Brind'Amour and snapped a quick shot on net that got past Michael Leighton for the win. Carter is tied with Buffalo's Thomas Vanek for the league-lead in goals with 19. Mike Richards sc |
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| Elias' late goals send Devils over Flyers in OT |
NHL Hockey |
12/04/2008 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Patrik Elias scored with 90 seconds left in regulation, then scored at the 2:46 mark of overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wachovia Center. In the extra session, Elias took a pass from Brian Gionta, slipped by his defender and then slid a backhander between the pads of Martin Biron for the win. Zach Parise scored the other goal while Scott Clemmensen made 29 saves for the Devils, who have won six of their past seven games. Kimmo |
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| Flyers center Briere out 4-5 weeks |
NHL Hockey |
12/03/2008 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Philadelphia Flyers center Daniel Briere will miss the next four to five weeks with a groin strain. Briere left Tuesday's 4-3 overtime win over the Tampa Bay Lightning after taking a hit in the second period. Prior to that contest, he had missed 14 of the previous 16 games with a series of injuries. In only nine games played this season, Briere has five goals and four assists with 10 penalty minutes. |
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| Briere returns to lineup for Flyers, but leaves against Bolts |
NHL Hockey |
12/03/2008 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Philadelphia Flyers forward Daniel Briere returned to the lineup for Tuesday's 4-3 overtime win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Briere missed the last nine and 14 of the previous 16 games while recovering from a groin injury. He did not register a point and left the game in the third period with an undisclosed injury and did not return. The 31-year-old has scored five times with nine points in only eight games this season, his second with the Flyers. To make room on the roster, t |
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| Briere to return to lineup |
NHL Hockey |
12/02/2008 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Philadelphia Flyers forward Daniel Briere returned to the lineup for Tuesday's 4-3 overtime win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Briere missed the last nine and 14 of the previous 16 games while recovering from a groin injury. He did not register a point and left the game in the third period with an undisclosed injury and did not return. The 31-year-old has scored five times with nine points in only eight games this season, his second with the Flyers. To make room on the roster, t |
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| Lightning aim to turn the page versus Flyers |
NHL Hockey |
12/02/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Lightning will try to put a tumultuous month of November behind them when they visit the Philadelphia Flyers tonight at the Wachovia Center in the first December outing for both clubs. The Lightning went just 3-7-4 last month and fired head coach Barry Melrose on November 14. Rick Tocchet replaced Melrose in an interim capacity and has led Tampa to a 1-3-3 record in his first seven games as an NHL head coach. Tocchet will try to get his second NHL win against his former club, as h |
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| Maple Leafs host Flyers as Burke era gets underway |
NHL Hockey |
11/29/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Playing their first game after officially naming Brian Burke team president and general manager, the Toronto Maple Leafs host the Philadelphia Flyers in tonight's meeting at Air Canada Centre. Burke is scheduled to be introduced this afternoon as the franchise's new GM after signing a deal reportedly worth $17 million over six years on Thursday. Burke will replace Cliff Fletcher, who was hired as interim general manager following the firing of John Ferguson in January. Burke spent the past thre |
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