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Flyers stop Devils, streak
New Jersey 1 win short of road mark NHL ROUNDUP
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

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 host Flyers edged New Jersey 3-2 to snap the Devils' eight game winning streak.

"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 past 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.

Other games

• Islanders 4, Bruins 1: Matt Moulson scored two goals and Dwayne Roloson stopped 28 shots to lead visiting New York past Boston. John Tavares also scored to make it 3-1 -- a goal that was originally credited as Moulson's third of the game before being corrected on review.

• Kings 4, Panthers 3: Defenseman Jack Johnson scored the only goal in the shootout, as visiting Los Angeles rallied to beat Florida. Johnson and Jarrett Stoll scored power-play goals and Randy Jones scored short-handed for the Kings, came back from a 2-0 deficit.

• Lightning 4, Coyotes 1: Vincent Lecavalier had two goals and an assist and Mike Smith made 30 saves as visiting Tampa Bay beat Phoenix. Alex Tanguay had a goal and two assists and Martin St. Louis also scored for the Lightning.

• Blue Jackets 3, Oilers 2: Jakub Voracek scored the winner in the fourth round of the shootout to lift host Columbus to the victory against Edmonton. After Voracek's goal, Mathieu Garon stopped Gilbert Brule to secure Columbus' fourth win in five games.

Note

• Two-time reigning league MVP Alex Ovechkin appears set to return from his injury layoff when the Capitals visit the Rangers tonight.

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First published on November 17, 2009 at 12:59 am