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Flyers power past Capitals for road win, Devils edge Leafs
2007-11-03
R.J. Umberger's power-play goal sparked the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-2 road victory over the Washington Capitals on Friday. Umberger scored 1:33 into the third period to give the Atlantic Division leaders a 3-1 lead before Alex Ovechkin grabbed Washington's final goal on a power play with 4:08 remaining. The Flyers, who had not beaten the Capitals since early last year, fell behind 1-0 on Tomas Fleischmann's first-period goal for Washington. But the next three goals belonged to Philadelphia. Daniel Briere scored off an assist by Umberger eight minutes into the second period and Mike Richards made it 2-1 Philadelphia at 15:52 of the second. "Everyone is playing well and everyone is doing their part to win," Richards told reporters. "Our checkers are creating a lot of energy for us and our skill players are keeping it simple and not turning it over." Backup netminder Antero Nittymaki made 24 saves for the Flyers. "They obviously came out really hard in the first," Nittymaki told reporters. "There were a lot of shots especially from the outside and I was able to see most of them." "I think the rest of the game was harder for me than the first period," he added. "(There was) lots of standing around during the second and third periods and it was great to get the win." Olie Kolzig made 26 saves for Washington but the Capitals, who played without Chris Clark, Alexander Semin and Tom Poti, did not have enough offense to match the Flyers. Ovechkin's goal gave him points against the Flyers for the eighth successive game. * John Madden's short-handed goal broke a 1-1 tie to help the New Jersey Devils edge the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2. Zach Parise gave the Devils a 3-1 lead less than two minutes after Madden's third-period goal. New Jersey then withstood Mats Sundin's power-play goal for Toronto with 32 seconds remaining. * Richard Zednik scored back-to-back goals three minutes apart in the second period in the Florida Panthers' 4-2 road win over the Buffalo Sabres. * Phoenix netminder Mikael Tellqvist made 35 saves when the Coyotes shut out the Dallas Stars 5-0. (Writing by Gene Cherry in Salvo, North Carolina)
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