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    NHL: PITTSBURGH at PHILADELPHIA

    <div class="pre">NHL PITTSBURGH 2
    PHILADELPHIA 3
    2ND PRD: PIT - (PP) SERGEI GONCHAR 4 (EVGENI MALKIN, RYAN WHITNEY)
    19:59</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NHL END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    PITTSBURGH 0 2 2
    PHILADELPHIA 2 1 3 END OF THE 2ND

    GOAL SCORING:

    1ST PRD: PHI - (PP) KIMMO TIMONEN 1 (DANIEL BRIERE, JOFFREY LUPUL)
    1:31
    PHI - (PP) MIKE KNUBLE 6 (DANIEL BRIERE, KIMMO TIMONEN) 7:51
    2ND PRD: PHI - (PP) JOFFREY LUPUL 6 (MIKE RICHARDS, KIMMO TIMONEN)
    5:40
    PIT - EVGENI MALKIN 6 (RYAN WHITNEY, SIDNEY CROSBY) 8:39
    PIT - (PP) SERGEI GONCHAR 4 (EVGENI MALKIN, RYAN WHITNEY)
    19:59

    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    PIT 7 15 22
    PHI 10 10 20

    GOALIES: PIT - MARC-ANDRE FLEURY
    PHI - MARTIN BIRON</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">------------------------------
    Pittsburgh 0 2 --2
    Philadelphia 2 1 --3
    ------------------------------

    FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Philadelphia, Kimmo Timonen 1 (power play)
    (Daniel Briere, Joffrey Lupul), 1:31. 2, Philadelphia, Mike Knuble 6
    (power play) (Daniel Briere, Kimmo Timonen), 7:51. Penalties: Bench,
    Pit (too many men served by D Sydor), 0:31; D Briere, Phi (
    misconduct), 8:50; J Smith, Phi (major fighting), 8:50; R Malone, Pit
    (major fighting), 8:50; R Jones, Phi (high sticking), 12:23; B Orpik,
    Pit (hooking), 16:07.

    SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Philadelphia, Joffrey Lupul 6 (power play)
    (Mike Richards, Kimmo Timonen), 5:40. 4, Pittsburgh, Evgeni Malkin 6
    (Ryan Whitney, Sidney Crosby), 8:39. 5, Pittsburgh, Sergei Gonchar 4
    (power play) (Evgeni Malkin, Ryan Whitney), 19:59. Penalties: D
    Sydor, Pit (major fighting), 2:17; S Ruzicka, Phi ( game misconduct),
    2:17; S Gonchar, Pit (hooking), 5:34; B Coburn, Phi (holding), 16:03;
    S Hartnell, Phi (delay of game), 19:22.

    Shots on goal:
    ----------------------------------
    Pittsburgh 7 15 --22
    Philadelphia 10 10 --20
    ----------------------------------

    Goalies : Pittsburgh, Marc-Andre Fleury (20 shots, 17 saves).
    Philadelphia, Martin Biron (22 shots, 20 saves). Referees: Don
    Koharski, Kerry Fraser. Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Michel Cormier.</div>
     
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    NHL: PITTSBURGH at PHILADELPHIA

    <div class="pre">NHL PITTSBURGH 2
    PHILADELPHIA 3 19:55 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NHL PITTSBURGH 2
    PHILADELPHIA 3 15:44 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NHL PITTSBURGH 2
    PHILADELPHIA 4
    3RD PRD: PHI - (PP) DANIEL BRIERE 6 (MIKE RICHARDS, KIMMO TIMONEN)
    7:54</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NHL PITTSBURGH 2
    PHILADELPHIA 4 11:28 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NHL PITTSBURGH 2
    PHILADELPHIA 4 8:00 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NHL PITTSBURGH 2
    PHILADELPHIA 4 4:00 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NHL PITTSBURGH 2
    PHILADELPHIA 4 1:04 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NHL PITTSBURGH 2
    PHILADELPHIA 5
    3RD PRD: PHI - (EN) SCOTT HARTNELL 1 (MIKE RICHARDS) 19:01</div>
     
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    NHL: PITTSBURGH at PHILADELPHIA

    <div class="pre">NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    PITTSBURGH 0 2 0 2
    PHILADELPHIA 2 1 2 5 FINAL

    GOAL SCORING:

    1ST PRD: PHI - (PP) KIMMO TIMONEN 1 (DANIEL BRIERE, JOFFREY LUPUL)
    1:31
    PHI - (PP) MIKE KNUBLE 6 (DANIEL BRIERE, KIMMO TIMONEN) 7:51
    2ND PRD: PHI - (PP) JOFFREY LUPUL 6 (MIKE RICHARDS, KIMMO TIMONEN)
    5:40
    PIT - EVGENI MALKIN 6 (RYAN WHITNEY, SIDNEY CROSBY) 8:39
    PIT - (PP) SERGEI GONCHAR 4 (EVGENI MALKIN, RYAN WHITNEY)
    19:59
    3RD PRD: PHI - (PP) DANIEL BRIERE 6 (MIKE RICHARDS, KIMMO TIMONEN)
    7:54
    PHI - (EN) SCOTT HARTNELL 1 (MIKE RICHARDS) 19:01

    POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: PIT - 1 OF 7, PHI - 4 OF 7.

    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    PIT 7 15 9 31
    PHI 10 10 10 30

    GOALIES: PIT - MARC-ANDRE FLEURY
    PHI - MARTIN BIRON

    OFFICIALS: REF - DON KOHARSKI, KERRY FRASER
    LIN - GREG DEVORSKI, MICHEL CORMIER

    ATT: 19,859</div>
     
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    PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Kimmo Timonen did his best to endearhimself to the Philadelphia Flyers faithful.


    Timonen had a goal and three assists to help the Flyers remainthe league's only undefeated team at home with a 5-2 victoryover the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday in a battle of AtlanticDivision rivals.


    Philadelphia has won all five games at the Wachovia Center thisseason. Last campaign, the Flyers did not post their fifth winin the City of Brotherly Love until February 12.


    Timonen, who was acquired from Nashville over the summer,recorded his first four-point game since December 20, 2001against Vancouver.


    The Finn opened the scoring just 91 seconds into the firstperiod.


    Daniel Briere made a pass to Timonen, who blasted a shot fromthe left faceoff circle that deflected off the goalpost and hitthe backside of goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury before slowlycrossing the goal line to give the Flyers a 1-0 lead.

    The tally was the defenseman's first of the season.

    Mike Knuble doubled Philadelphia's advantage just over sixminutes later.


    Stationed again at the side of the net, Knuble tried to bang arebound out mid-air but was unsuccessful. Pittsburgh defensemanSergei Gonchar attempted to clear the puck, but did so toBriere, who then fired it back on net.


    The puck hit Knuble in the chest before entering the net at7:51.


    With the Flyers shorthanded, Joffrey Lupul scored his sixth goalof the season to open a three-goal bulge 5:40 into the secondperiod.


    Mike Richards blasted the puck from the blue line, and Lupul -who was stationed in front of the net - deftly deflected itbetween his legs and past Fleury to give the Flyers a 3-0advantage.


    Evgeni Malkin got the Penguins on the scoreboard exactly threeminutes later.


    Defenseman Ryan Whitney accepted a feed into the offensive zone,skated around Denis Tolpeko - who was recalled from the minorsprior to the game - and drew the attention of netminder MartinBiron before feeding Malkin for an uncontested goal.

    Pittsburgh pulled within one after Gonchar's blast from the blueline beat a screened Biron with 0.2 seconds remaining in themiddle period.


    Briere restored the two-goal cushion for the Flyers with eightminutes expired in the third period. The high-priced free-agentacquisition gathered the rebound of Richards' blast from theblue line and put it past Fleury to give the Flyers a 4-2advantage.


    Scott Hartnell added an empty-netter with 59 seconds left toseal the win.


    Fleury made 26 saves for Pittsburgh, while Biron stopped 29shots for Philadelphia.
     
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    NHL: PITTSBURGH at PHILADELPHIA

    <div class="pre">------------------------------------
    Pittsburgh 0 2 0 --2
    Philadelphia 2 1 2 --5
    ------------------------------------

    FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Philadelphia, Kimmo Timonen 1 (power play)
    (Daniel Briere, Joffrey Lupul), 1:31. 2, Philadelphia, Mike Knuble 6
    (power play) (Daniel Briere, Kimmo Timonen), 7:51. Penalties: Bench,
    Pit (too many men served by D Sydor), 0:31; D Briere, Phi (
    misconduct), 8:50; J Smith, Phi (major fighting), 8:50; R Malone, Pit
    (major fighting), 8:50; R Jones, Phi (high sticking), 12:23; B Orpik,
    Pit (hooking), 16:07.

    SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Philadelphia, Joffrey Lupul 6 (power play)
    (Mike Richards, Kimmo Timonen), 5:40. 4, Pittsburgh, Evgeni Malkin 6
    (Ryan Whitney, Sidney Crosby), 8:39. 5, Pittsburgh, Sergei Gonchar 4
    (power play) (Evgeni Malkin, Ryan Whitney), 19:59. Penalties: D
    Sydor, Pit (major fighting), 2:17; S Ruzicka, Phi ( game misconduct),
    2:17; S Gonchar, Pit (hooking), 5:34; B Coburn, Phi (holding), 16:03;
    S Hartnell, Phi (delay of game), 19:22.

    THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Philadelphia, Daniel Briere 6 (power play)
    (Mike Richards, Kimmo Timonen), 7:54. 7, Philadelphia, Scott Hartnell
    1 (shorthanded) (Mike Richards), 19:01. Penalties: D Briere, Phi
    (elbowing), 1:55; R Malone, Pit (hooking), 2:46; B Orpik, Pit
    (hooking), 7:06; S Hartnell, Phi (hooking), 10:09; E Malkin, Pit (
    misconduct), 18:56; B Coburn, Phi ( misconduct), 18:56.

    Shots on goal:
    ---------------------------------------
    Pittsburgh 7 15 9 --31
    Philadelphia 10 10 10 --30
    ---------------------------------------

    Power-play Conversions: Pittsburgh - 1 of 7, Philadelphia - 4 of 7.
    Goalies : Pittsburgh, Marc-Andre Fleury (29 shots, 25 saves; record:
    4-7-0). Philadelphia, Martin Biron (31 shots, 29 saves; record:
    9-5-0). A: 19,859. Referees: Don Koharski, Kerry Fraser. Linesmen:
    Greg Devorski, Michel Cormier.</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
    NHL
    PITTSBURGH 2
    PHILADELPHIA 5</div>
     
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    NHL: PITTSBURGH at PHILADELPHIA

    <div class="pre">------------------------------------
    Pittsburgh 0 2 0 --2
    Philadelphia 2 1 2 --5
    ------------------------------------

    FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Philadelphia, Kimmo Timonen 1 (power play)
    (Daniel Briere, Joffrey Lupul), 1:31. 2, Philadelphia, Mike Knuble 6
    (power play) (Daniel Briere, Kimmo Timonen), 7:51. Penalties: Bench,
    Pit (too many men served by D Sydor), 0:31; G Roberts, Pit (roughing),
    6:54; D Briere, Phi (double minor high sticking), 8:50; J Smith, Phi
    (major fighting), 8:50; R Jones, Phi (high sticking), 12:23; R Malone,
    Pit (major fighting), 14:36; B Orpik, Pit (hooking), 16:07.

    SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Philadelphia, Joffrey Lupul 6 (shorthanded)
    (Mike Richards, Kimmo Timonen), 5:40. 4, Pittsburgh, Evgeni Malkin 6
    (power play) (Ryan Whitney, Sidney Crosby), 8:39. 5, Pittsburgh,
    Sergei Gonchar 4 (power play) (Evgeni Malkin, Ryan Whitney), 19:59.
    Penalties: S Ruzicka, Phi (major fighting, game misconduct), 2:17; S
    Gonchar, Pit (hooking), 5:34; D Sydor, Pit (major fighting), 7:52; D
    Sydor, Pit (delay of game), 10:17; B Coburn, Phi (holding), 16:03; S
    Hartnell, Phi (delay of game), 19:22.

    THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Philadelphia, Daniel Briere 6 (Mike
    Richards, Kimmo Timonen), 7:54. 7, Philadelphia, Scott Hartnell 1
    (shorthanded) (Mike Richards), 19:01. Penalties: D Briere, Phi
    (elbowing), 1:55; R Malone, Pit (hooking), 2:44; B Orpik, Pit
    (hooking), 7:06; S Hartnell, Phi (hooking), 10:09; R Malone, Pit (
    misconduct), 18:56; E Malkin, Pit ( misconduct), 18:56; B Coburn, Phi
    ( misconduct), 18:56.

    Shots on goal:
    ---------------------------------------
    Pittsburgh 7 15 9 --31
    Philadelphia 10 10 10 --30
    ---------------------------------------

    Power-play Conversions: Pittsburgh - 2 of 10, Philadelphia - 2 of 5.
    Goalies : Pittsburgh, Marc-Andre Fleury (29 shots, 25 saves; record:
    4-7-0). Philadelphia, Martin Biron (31 shots, 29 saves; record:
    9-5-0). A: 19,859. Referees: Don Koharski, Kerry Fraser. Linesmen:
    Greg Devorski, Michel Cormier.</div>
     
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    NHL: PITTSBURGH at PHILADELPHIA

    <div class="pre">------------------------------------
    Pittsburgh 0 2 0 --2
    Philadelphia 2 1 2 --5
    ------------------------------------

    FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Philadelphia, Kimmo Timonen 1 (power play)
    (Daniel Briere, Joffrey Lupul), 1:31. 2, Philadelphia, Mike Knuble 6
    (power play) (Daniel Briere, Kimmo Timonen), 7:51. Penalties: Bench,
    Pit (too many men served by D Sydor), 0:31; G Roberts, Pit (roughing),
    6:54; D Briere, Phi (double minor high sticking), 8:50; J Smith, Phi
    (major fighting), 8:50; R Jones, Phi (high sticking), 12:23; R Malone,
    Pit (major fighting), 14:36; B Orpik, Pit (hooking), 16:07.

    SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Philadelphia, Joffrey Lupul 6 (shorthanded)
    (Mike Richards, Kimmo Timonen), 5:40. 4, Pittsburgh, Evgeni Malkin 6
    (power play) (Ryan Whitney, Sidney Crosby), 8:39. 5, Pittsburgh,
    Sergei Gonchar 4 (power play) (Evgeni Malkin, Ryan Whitney), 19:59.
    Penalties: S Ruzicka, Phi (major fighting, game misconduct), 2:17; S
    Gonchar, Pit (hooking), 5:34; D Sydor, Pit (major fighting), 7:52; D
    Sydor, Pit (delay of game), 10:17; B Coburn, Phi (holding), 16:03; S
    Hartnell, Phi (delay of game), 19:22.

    THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Philadelphia, Daniel Briere 6 (Mike
    Richards, Kimmo Timonen), 7:54. 7, Philadelphia, Scott Hartnell 1
    (shorthanded) (Mike Richards), 19:01. Penalties: D Briere, Phi
    (elbowing), 1:55; R Malone, Pit (hooking), 2:44; B Orpik, Pit
    (hooking), 7:06; S Hartnell, Phi (hooking), 10:09; R Malone, Pit (
    misconduct), 18:56; E Malkin, Pit ( misconduct), 18:56; B Coburn, Phi
    ( misconduct), 18:56.

    Shots on goal:
    ---------------------------------------
    Pittsburgh 7 15 9 --31
    Philadelphia 10 10 10 --30
    ---------------------------------------

    Power-play Conversions: Pittsburgh - 2 of 10, Philadelphia - 2 of 5.
    Goalies : Pittsburgh, Marc-Andre Fleury (29 shots, 25 saves; record:
    4-7-0). Philadelphia, Martin Biron (31 shots, 29 saves; record:
    9-5-0). A: 19,859. Referees: Don Koharski, Kerry Fraser. Linesmen:
    Greg Devorski, Michel Cormier.</div>
     
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    NHL: PITTSBURGH at PHILADELPHIA

    <div class="pre">-----------------------------------------
    PITTSBURGH 0 2 0 --2
    PHILADELPHIA 2 1 2 --5
    -----------------------------------------

    FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Philadelphia, Kimmo Timonen 1 (power play)
    (Daniel Briere, Joffrey Lupul), 1:31. 2, Philadelphia, Mike Knuble 6
    (power play) (Daniel Briere, Kimmo Timonen), 7:51. Penalties: Bench,
    Pit (too many men served by D Sydor), 0:31; G Roberts, Pit (roughing),
    6:54; D Briere, Phi (double minor high sticking), 8:50; J Smith, Phi
    (major fighting), 8:50; R Jones, Phi (high sticking), 12:23; R Malone,
    Pit (major fighting), 14:36; B Orpik, Pit (hooking), 16:07.

    SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Philadelphia, Joffrey Lupul 6 (shorthanded)
    (Mike Richards, Kimmo Timonen), 5:40. 4, Pittsburgh, Evgeni Malkin 6
    (power play) (Ryan Whitney, Sidney Crosby), 8:39. 5, Pittsburgh,
    Sergei Gonchar 4 (power play) (Evgeni Malkin, Ryan Whitney), 19:59.
    Penalties: S Ruzicka, Phi (major fighting, game misconduct), 2:17; S
    Gonchar, Pit (hooking), 5:34; D Sydor, Pit (major fighting), 7:52; D
    Sydor, Pit (delay of game), 10:17; B Coburn, Phi (holding), 16:03; S
    Hartnell, Phi (delay of game), 19:22.

    THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Philadelphia, Daniel Briere 6 (Mike
    Richards, Kimmo Timonen), 7:54. 7, Philadelphia, Scott Hartnell 1
    (shorthanded) (Mike Richards), 19:01. Penalties: D Briere, Phi
    (elbowing), 1:55; R Malone, Pit (hooking), 2:44; B Orpik, Pit
    (hooking), 7:06; S Hartnell, Phi (hooking), 10:09; R Malone, Pit (
    misconduct), 18:56; E Malkin, Pit ( misconduct), 18:56; B Coburn, Phi
    ( misconduct), 18:56.

    Shots on goal:
    ----------------------------------------
    PITTSBURGH 7 15 9 --31
    PHILADELPHIA 10 10 10 --30
    ----------------------------------------

    Power-play Conversions: PIT - 2 of 10, PHI - 2 of 5. Goalies :
    Pittsburgh, Marc-Andre Fleury (29 shots, 25 saves; record: 4-7-0).
    Philadelphia, Martin Biron (31 shots, 29 saves; record: 9-5-0). A:
    19,859. Referees: Don Koharski, Kerry Fraser. Linesmen: Greg
    Devorski, Michel Cormier.

    INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

    PITTSBURGH PHILADELPHIA
    G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
    G Roberts 0 0 even 1 J Dowd 0 0 even 0
    J Staal 0 0 -2 0 S Ruzicka 0 0 even 1
    R Malone 0 0 even 0 J Lupul 1 1 +1 2
    E Christensen 0 0 even 5 J Carter 0 0 even 1
    P Sykora 0 0 -1 4 M Richards 0 3 +3 3
    A Hall 0 0 -1 0 S Hartnell 1 0 +1 3
    R Whitney 0 2 -1 1 R Umberger 0 0 even 4
    C Armstrong 0 0 -1 1 J Smith 0 0 even 0
    M Talbot 0 0 -1 0 M Knuble 1 0 +3 2
    G Laraque 0 0 even 0 L Kukkonen 0 0 even 0
    M Eaton 0 0 even 0 K Timonen 1 3 +3 2
    R Scuderi 0 0 -2 2 D Briere 1 2 +2 4
    B Orpik 0 0 even 2 B Coburn 0 0 even 1
    D Sydor 0 0 -2 2 D Tolpeko 0 0 even 1
    S Gonchar 1 0 -2 3 B Eager 0 0 even 0
    E Malkin 1 1 -1 5 R Jones 0 0 +1 3
    M Recchi 0 0 even 1 R Fitzpatrick 0 0 even 0
    S Crosby 0 1 -1 4 S Upshall 0 0 even 3
    J Ruutu HEALTHY S Gagne DIZZINESS
    A Nasreddine HEALTHY R Cote HEALTHY
    T Kennedy HEALTHY J Boulerice SUSPENDED NHL</div>
     
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    PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Kimmo Timonen did his best to endearhimself to the Philadelphia Flyers faithful.


    Timonen had a goal and three assists to help the Flyers remainthe league's only undefeated team at home with a 5-2 victoryover the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday in a battle of AtlanticDivision rivals.


    Philadelphia, which went 4-for-7 on the power play, has won allfive games at the Wachovia Center this season. Last campaign,the Flyers did not post their fifth win in the City of BrotherlyLove until February 12.


    Timonen, who was acquired from Nashville over the summer,recorded his first four-point game since December 20, 2001against Vancouver.


    The Finn opened the scoring just 91 seconds into the firstperiod with a man-advantage tally.


    Daniel Briere made a pass to Timonen, who blasted a shot fromthe left faceoff circle that deflected off the goalpost and hitthe backside of goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury before slowlycrossing the goal line to give the Flyers a 1-0 lead.

    "I hit the post a couple of times in the last five or sixgames," Timonen said. "I don't think that we did anythingdifferent. We just moved the puck real well. I got to keepworking, and hopefully these nights will come more often."

    Timonen's efforts earned the praise of Flyers coach JohnStevens.


    "I thought it was his best game as a Flyer," Stevens said. "Hewas just terrific. He was composed and he wanted the puck. Itseemed like something good was going to happen every time hetouched the puck."


    The goal was the defenseman's first of the season.

    Timonen, like everybody else, did not find out he was creditedwith the goal until later in the game. The tally originally wasgiven to Mike Knuble.


    "I didn't know until the second period," Timonen said. "Thatwas the first one, and hopefully there are a couple of more onthe way."


    Knuble doubled Philadelphia's advantage just over six minuteslater.


    Stationed again at the side of the net, Knuble tried to bang arebound out mid-air but was unsuccessful. Pittsburgh defensemanSergei Gonchar attempted to clear the puck, but did so toBriere, who then fired it back on net.


    The puck hit Knuble in the chest before entering the net at 7:51for a power-play tally.


    "Our power play was struggling and we had a hard time buildingmomentum," Briere said. "Getting on the board early allowed usto relax a little bit and play our game. That's what we needed- a little spark, like tonight."


    With the Flyers on another power play, Joffrey Lupul scored hissixth goal of the season to open a three-goal bulge 5:40 intothe second period.


    Mike Richards blasted the puck from the blue line, and Lupul -who was stationed in front of the net - deftly deflected itbetween his legs and past Fleury to give the Flyers a 3-0advantage.


    Evgeni Malkin got the Penguins on the scoreboard exactly threeminutes later.


    Defenseman Ryan Whitney accepted a feed into the offensive zone,skated around Denis Tolpeko - who was recalled from the minorsprior to the game - and drew the attention of netminder MartinBiron before feeding Malkin for an uncontested goal.

    The goal extended Malkin's points streak to 10 games. He hasrecorded at least a point in 15 of the last 17 contests.

    Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby, who was credited with anassist, stretched his points streak to 16 games, tying him withDetroit's Henrik Zetterberg.


    The Penguins pulled within one after Gonchar's blast from theblue line beat a screened Biron with two-tenths of a secondremaining in the middle period.


    "We just had to win the third period and we would have givenourselves a chance to win the game," Whitney said.

    Briere restored the two-goal cushion for the Flyers with eightminutes expired in the third. The high-priced free-agentacquisition gathered the rebound of Richards' blast from theblue line and put it past Fleury during a man advantage to givethe Flyers a 4-2 advantage.


    Briere said he was happy to snap a three-game goalless droughtin a big game.


    "When I was finally able to get on the board, it was big,"Briere said. "I've hit some posts and had some empty nets thatI could not bury in the past few games. It felt good to breakout of that and get on the board."


    "Our special teams were good tonight," Richards said. "When youplay the Penguins, special teams have a bigger impact."

    Penguins coach Michel Therrien obviously was not pleased withhis club's special-teams play.


    "Our special teams was not good," he said. "You got to find away to kill penalties. When you give up four goals on the powerplay, you're not going to win any games."


    Scott Hartnell added an empty-netter with 59 seconds left toseal the win.


    Fleury made 26 saves for Pittsburgh, while Biron stopped 29shots for Philadelphia.
     
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    NHL: PITTSBURGH at PHILADELPHIA

    <div class="pre">NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    PITTSBURGH 0 2 0 2
    PHILADELPHIA 2 1 2 5 FINAL

    GOAL SCORING:

    1ST PRD: PHI - (PP) KIMMO TIMONEN 1 (DANIEL BRIERE, JOFFREY LUPUL)
    1:31
    PHI - (PP) MIKE KNUBLE 6 (DANIEL BRIERE, KIMMO TIMONEN) 7:51
    2ND PRD: PHI - (SH) JOFFREY LUPUL 6 (MIKE RICHARDS, KIMMO TIMONEN)
    5:40
    PIT - (PP) EVGENI MALKIN 6 (RYAN WHITNEY, SIDNEY CROSBY)
    8:39
    PIT - (PP) SERGEI GONCHAR 4 (EVGENI MALKIN, RYAN WHITNEY)
    19:59
    3RD PRD: PHI - DANIEL BRIERE 6 (MIKE RICHARDS, KIMMO TIMONEN) 7:54
    PHI - (SH) SCOTT HARTNELL 1 (MIKE RICHARDS) 19:01

    POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: PIT - 2 OF 10, PHI - 2 OF 5.

    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    PIT 7 15 9 31
    PHI 10 10 10 30

    GOALIES: PIT - MARC-ANDRE FLEURY
    PHI - MARTIN BIRON

    OFFICIALS: REF - DON KOHARSKI, KERRY FRASER
    LIN - GREG DEVORSKI, MICHEL CORMIER

    ATT: 19,859</div>
     

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