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    NHL: PHILADELPHIA at OTTAWA

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    <div class="pre">NHL PHILADELPHIA 4
    OTTAWA 3 4:11 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>
     
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    NHL: PHILADELPHIA at OTTAWA

    <div class="pre">NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    PHILADELPHIA 1 3 0 4
    OTTAWA 2 1 0 3 FINAL

    GOAL SCORING:

    1ST PRD: OTT - (PP) WADE REDDEN 3 (JASON SPEZZA, DANY HEATLEY) 6:33
    PHI - R.J. UMBERGER 3 (DANIEL BRIERE, RANDY JONES) 8:12
    OTT - DANY HEATLEY 12 (DEAN MCAMMOND, CHRIS PHILLIPS) 14:10
    2ND PRD: PHI - SCOTT HARTNELL 3 (MIKE RICHARDS, DANIEL BRIERE) 0:58
    OTT - CHRISTOPH SCHUBERT 3 (BRIAN MCGRATTAN) 3:30
    PHI - MIKE RICHARDS 13 (R.J. UMBERGER) 7:51
    PHI - DANIEL BRIERE 12 (SCOTT HARTNELL, BRAYDON COBURN)
    13:11
    3RD PRD: NONE

    POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: PHI - 0 OF 4, OTT - 1 OF 4.

    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    PHI 15 19 7 41
    OTT 9 10 10 29

    GOALIES: PHI - ANTERO NIITTYMAKI
    OTT - MARTIN GERBER, RAY EMERY (32:09, 2ND)

    OFFICIALS: REF - DAN MAROUELLI, GREG KIMMERLY
    LIN - TIM NOWAK, TROY SARTISON

    ATT: 20,128</div>
     
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    NHL: PHILADELPHIA at OTTAWA

    <div class="pre">------------------------------------
    Philadelphia 1 3 0 --4
    Ottawa 2 1 0 --3
    ------------------------------------

    FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ottawa, Wade Redden 3 (power play) (Jason
    Spezza, Dany Heatley), 6:33. 2, Philadelphia, R.J. Umberger 3 (Daniel
    Briere, Randy Jones), 8:12. 3, Ottawa, Dany Heatley 12 (Dean Mcammond,
    Chris Phillips), 14:10. Penalties: M Fisher, Ott (delay of game),
    3:13; B Coburn, Phi (interference), 6:06; B Mcgrattan, Ott
    (interference), 10:42.

    SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Philadelphia, Scott Hartnell 3 (Mike
    Richards, Daniel Briere), 0:58. 5, Ottawa, Christoph Schubert 3 (Brian
    Mcgrattan), 3:30. 6, Philadelphia, Mike Richards 13 (R.J. Umberger),
    7:51. 7, Philadelphia, Daniel Briere 12 (Scott Hartnell, Braydon
    Coburn), 13:11. Penalties: R Robitaille, Ott (tripping), 16:34.

    THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: D Briere, Phi (interference), 0:19; R
    Umberger, Phi (delay of game), 4:52; J Corvo, Ott (holding), 5:08; J
    Carter, Phi (interference), 10:03.

    Shots on goal:
    ---------------------------------------
    Philadelphia 15 19 7 --41
    Ottawa 9 10 10 --29
    ---------------------------------------

    Power-play Conversions: Philadelphia - 0 of 4, Ottawa - 1 of 4.
    Goalies : Philadelphia, Antero Niittymaki (29 shots, 26 saves; record:
    2-1-0). Ottawa, Martin Gerber (25 shots, 22 saves), Ray Emery (32:09
    of 2nd period, 16, 15; record: 2-3-0). A: 20,128. Referees: Dan
    Marouelli, Greg Kimmerly. Linesmen: Tim Nowak, Troy Sartison.</div>
     
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    By Mark Robinson
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    OTTAWA (Ticker) - The Philadelphia Flyers took advantage of astruggling team playing without it's captain and most productiveplayer on Saturday.


    Daniel Briere and R. J. Umberger each had a goal and an assistas the Flyers beat the Ottawa Senators, 4-3, in come-from-behindfashion.


    Playing without right wing Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa took anearly lead when defenseman Wade Redden opened the scoring with apower-play tally at the 6:33 mark of the first session.

    Redden's slap shot from the left point found it's way throughtraffic and beat Philadelphia goaltender Antero Nittymaki highon the stick side to put the Senators up 1-0.


    The Ottawa lead was short-lived, however. Philadelphiaresponded 99 seconds later when Umberger scored his third goalof the season on a low wrist shot that snuck past Ottawagoaltender Martin Gerber's left pad. The shot appeared tosurprise Gerber, who wasn't square to the play.


    Ottawa left-winger Dany Heatley put the Senators up 2-1 when he<div class="pre">skated into the Philadelphia zone and ripped a slap shot from</div>the top of the right circle that appeared to glance off ofFlyers defenseman Lasse Kukkonen's foot and beat Niittymaki onthe glove side.


    With that goal, Heatley extended his goal-scoring streak to fivegames. He also added an assist and now has nine goals and 10assists in 18 career games against Philadelphia.


    The Senators, who hadn't lost two in a row at home sincedropping three straight from December 9-21, 2006, were comingoff a 6-5 shootout loss against Pittsburgh on Thursday. Theytook a 2-1 lead into the first intermission, and were looking towin their fifth straight over Philadelphia after taking allfour meetings between the teams last season.


    Less than a minute into the second period, the Flyers pulledeven at 2-2 when left-winger Scott Hartnell blasted a slap shotof his own that beat Gerber cleanly over his glove.

    That goal at the 58 second mark of the middle stanza was aharbinger of things to come for the Flyers. It was the secondtime Philadelphia bounced back from being down to Ottawa, and itwouldn't be the last.


    Ottawa utility skater Christoph Schubert, playing at left-wing,gave Ottawa their third lead of the game when he chased a puckinto the left corner of the Philadelphia zone and threw the pucktoward the goal. Schubert was actually behind the net, but thepuck hit Niittymaki and bounced into the goal behind him. Thatmade it 3-2 for the Senators.


    Philadelphia wasn't to be outdone and Flyer center Mike Richardstied the game once again at the 7:51 mark of the second periodwith a weak backhanded eluded Gerber and passed through his padsalong the ice. That was the last shot Gerber would face, asOttawa coach John Paddock elected to pull his starter from thegame and insert backup goaltender Ray Emery.


    Gerber faced 25 shots, allowing three goals in his 27:51 ofwork.


    The Flyers took the lead at 13:11 of the second period. It was alead that would not be relinquished.


    Briere and Hartnell combined on a two-on-one and victimizedOttawa defenseman Chris Philips on a passing play that leftSenators goaltender helpless. Hartnell flipped a pass throughPhilips to Briere who was skating toward the Ottawa net. Brierereceived the pass and tapped the puck past a sprawling Emery.

    The Senators tried mounting a comeback of their own, but theiroffense sputtered.


    Ottawa was playing without their leading scorer and it showed.Alfredsson leads the Senators with 16 goals and 14 assists, buta groin injury he suffered during the overtime session onThursday forced him to miss his first game on Saturday.

    The Senators captain, who has spent his entire 12-year NHLcareer with Ottawa, hasn't missed more than five games in any ofhis last five seasons.
     
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    OTTAWA (Ticker) - The Philadelphia Flyers took advantage of astruggling team playing without it's captain and most productiveplayer on Saturday.


    Daniel Briere and R. J. Umberger each had a goal and an assistas the Flyers beat the Ottawa Senators, 4-3, in come-from-behindfashion.


    Playing without right wing Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa took anearly lead when defenseman Wade Redden opened the scoring with apower-play tally at the 6:33 mark of the first session.

    Redden's slap shot from the left point found it's way throughtraffic and beat Philadelphia goaltender Antero Nittymaki highon the stick side to put the Senators up 1-0.


    The Ottawa lead was short-lived, however. Philadelphiaresponded 99 seconds later when Umberger scored his third goalof the season on a low wrist shot that snuck past Ottawagoaltender Martin Gerber's left pad. The shot appeared tosurprise Gerber, who wasn't square to the play.


    Ottawa left-winger Dany Heatley put the Senators up 2-1 when he<div class="pre">skated into the Philadelphia zone and ripped a slap shot from</div>the top of the right circle that appeared to glance off ofFlyers defenseman Lasse Kukkonen's foot and beat Niittymaki onthe glove side.


    With that goal, Heatley extended his goal-scoring streak to fivegames. He also added an assist and now has nine goals and 10assists in 18 career games against Philadelphia.


    The Senators, who hadn't lost two in a row at home sincedropping three straight from December 9-21, 2006, were comingoff a 6-5 shootout loss against Pittsburgh on Thursday. Theytook a 2-1 lead into the first intermission, and were looking towin their fifth straight over Philadelphia after taking allfour meetings between the teams last season.


    Less than a minute into the second period, the Flyers pulledeven at 2-2 when left-winger Scott Hartnell blasted a slap shotof his own that beat Gerber cleanly over his glove.

    That goal at the 58 second mark of the middle stanza was aharbinger of things to come for the Flyers. It was the secondtime Philadelphia bounced back from being down to Ottawa, and itwouldn't be the last.


    Ottawa utility skater Christoph Schubert, playing at left-wing,gave Ottawa their third lead of the game when he chased a puckinto the left corner of the Philadelphia zone and threw the pucktoward the goal. Schubert was actually behind the net, but thepuck hit Niittymaki and bounced into the goal behind him. Thatmade it 3-2 for the Senators.


    Philadelphia wasn't to be outdone and Flyer center Mike Richardstied the game once again at the 7:51 mark of the second periodwith a weak backhanded eluded Gerber and passed through his padsalong the ice. That was the last shot Gerber would face, asOttawa coach John Paddock elected to pull his starter from thegame and insert backup goaltender Ray Emery.


    Gerber faced 25 shots, allowing three goals in his 27:51 ofwork.


    The Flyers took the lead at 13:11 of the second period. It was alead that would not be relinquished.


    Briere and Hartnell combined on a two-on-one and victimizedOttawa defenseman Chris Philips on a passing play that leftSenators goaltender helpless. Hartnell flipped a pass throughPhilips to Briere who was skating toward the Ottawa net. Brierereceived the pass and tapped the puck past a sprawling Emery.

    The Senators tried mounting a comeback of their own, but theiroffense sputtered.


    Ottawa was playing without their leading scorer and it showed.Alfredsson leads the Senators with 16 goals and 14 assists, buta groin injury he suffered during the overtime session onThursday forced him to miss his first game on Saturday.

    The Senators captain, who has spent his entire 12-year NHLcareer with Ottawa, hasn't missed more than five games in any ofhis last five seasons.
     
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    OTTAWA (Ticker) - The Philadelphia Flyers took advantage of astruggling team playing without it's captain and most productiveplayer on Saturday.


    Daniel Briere and R. J. Umberger each had a goal and an assistas the Flyers beat the Ottawa Senators, 4-3, in come-from-behindfashion.


    Playing without right wing Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa took anearly lead when defenseman Wade Redden opened the scoring with apower-play tally at the 6:33 mark of the first session.

    Redden's slap shot from the left point found it's way throughtraffic and beat Philadelphia goaltender Antero Nittymaki highon the stick side to put the Senators up 1-0.


    The Ottawa lead was short-lived, however. Philadelphiaresponded 99 seconds later when Umberger scored his third goalof the season on a low wrist shot that snuck past Ottawagoaltender Martin Gerber's left pad. The shot appeared tosurprise Gerber, who wasn't square to the play.


    Ottawa left-winger Dany Heatley put the Senators up 2-1 when he<div class="pre">skated into the Philadelphia zone and ripped a slap shot from</div>the top of the right circle that appeared to glance off ofFlyers defenseman Lasse Kukkonen's foot and beat Niittymaki onthe glove side.


    With that goal, Heatley extended his goal-scoring streak to fivegames. He also added an assist and now has nine goals and 10assists in 18 career games against Philadelphia.


    The Senators, who hadn't lost two in a row at home sincedropping three straight from December 9-21, 2006, were comingoff a 6-5 shootout loss against Pittsburgh on Thursday. Theytook a 2-1 lead into the first intermission, and were looking towin their fifth straight over Philadelphia after taking allfour meetings between the teams last season.


    Less than a minute into the second period, the Flyers pulledeven at 2-2 when left-winger Scott Hartnell blasted a slap shotof his own that beat Gerber cleanly over his glove.

    That goal at the 58 second mark of the middle stanza was aharbinger of things to come for the Flyers. It was the secondtime Philadelphia bounced back from being down to Ottawa, and itwouldn't be the last.


    Ottawa utility skater Christoph Schubert, playing at left-wing,gave Ottawa their third lead of the game when he chased a puckinto the left corner of the Philadelphia zone and threw the pucktoward the goal. Schubert was actually behind the net, but thepuck hit Niittymaki and bounced into the goal behind him. Thatmade it 3-2 for the Senators.


    Philadelphia wasn't to be outdone and Flyer center Mike Richardstied the game once again at the 7:51 mark of the second periodwith a weak backhanded eluded Gerber and passed through his padsalong the ice. That was the last shot Gerber would face, asOttawa coach John Paddock elected to pull his starter from thegame and insert backup goaltender Ray Emery.


    Gerber faced 25 shots, allowing three goals in his 27:51 ofwork.


    The Flyers took the lead at 13:11 of the second period. It was alead that would not be relinquished.


    Briere and Hartnell combined on a two-on-one and victimizedOttawa defenseman Chris Philips on a passing play that leftSenators goaltender helpless. Hartnell flipped a pass throughPhilips to Briere who was skating toward the Ottawa net. Brierereceived the pass and tapped the puck past a sprawling Emery.

    The Senators tried mounting a comeback of their own, but theiroffense sputtered.


    Ottawa was playing without their leading scorer and it showed.Alfredsson leads the Senators with 16 goals and 14 assists, buta groin injury he suffered during the overtime session onThursday forced him to miss his first game on Saturday.

    The Senators captain, who has spent his entire 12-year NHLcareer with Ottawa, hasn't missed more than five games in any ofhis last five seasons.
     
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    OTTAWA (Ticker) - The Philadelphia Flyers took advantage of astruggling team playing without it's captain and most productiveplayer on Saturday.


    Daniel Briere and R. J. Umberger each had a goal and an assistas the Flyers beat the Ottawa Senators, 4-3, in come-from-behindfashion.


    Playing without right wing Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa took anearly lead when defenseman Wade Redden opened the scoring with apower-play tally at the 6:33 mark of the first session.

    Redden's slap shot from the left point found it's way throughtraffic and beat Philadelphia goaltender Antero Nittymaki highon the stick side to put the Senators up 1-0.


    The Ottawa lead was short-lived, however. Philadelphiaresponded 99 seconds later when Umberger scored his third goalof the season on a low wrist shot that snuck past Ottawagoaltender Martin Gerber's left pad. The shot appeared tosurprise Gerber, who wasn't square to the play.


    Ottawa left-winger Dany Heatley put the Senators up 2-1 when he<div class="pre">skated into the Philadelphia zone and ripped a slap shot from</div>the top of the right circle that appeared to glance off ofFlyers defenseman Lasse Kukkonen's foot and beat Niittymaki onthe glove side.


    With that goal, Heatley extended his goal-scoring streak to fivegames. He also added an assist and now has nine goals and 10assists in 18 career games against Philadelphia.


    The Senators, who hadn't lost two in a row at home sincedropping three straight from December 9-21, 2006, were comingoff a 6-5 shootout loss against Pittsburgh on Thursday. Theytook a 2-1 lead into the first intermission, and were looking towin their fifth straight over Philadelphia after taking allfour meetings between the teams last season.


    Less than a minute into the second period, the Flyers pulledeven at 2-2 when left-winger Scott Hartnell blasted a slap shotof his own that beat Gerber cleanly over his glove.

    That goal at the 58 second mark of the middle stanza was aharbinger of things to come for the Flyers. It was the secondtime Philadelphia bounced back from being down to Ottawa, and itwouldn't be the last.


    Ottawa utility skater Christoph Schubert, playing at left-wing,gave Ottawa their third lead of the game when he chased a puckinto the left corner of the Philadelphia zone and threw the pucktoward the goal. Schubert was actually behind the net, but thepuck hit Niittymaki and bounced into the goal behind him. Thatmade it 3-2 for the Senators.


    Philadelphia wasn't to be outdone and Flyer center Mike Richardstied the game once again at the 7:51 mark of the second periodwith a weak backhanded eluded Gerber and passed through his padsalong the ice. That was the last shot Gerber would face, asOttawa coach John Paddock elected to pull his starter from thegame and insert backup goaltender Ray Emery.


    Gerber faced 25 shots, allowing three goals in his 27:51 ofwork.


    The Flyers took the lead at 13:11 of the second period. It was alead that would not be relinquished.


    Briere and Hartnell combined on a two-on-one and victimizedOttawa defenseman Chris Philips on a passing play that leftSenators goaltender helpless. Hartnell flipped a pass throughPhilips to Briere who was skating toward the Ottawa net. Brierereceived the pass and tapped the puck past a sprawling Emery.

    The Senators tried mounting a comeback of their own, but theiroffense sputtered.


    Ottawa was playing without their leading scorer and it showed.Alfredsson leads the Senators with 16 goals and 14 assists, buta groin injury he suffered during the overtime session onThursday forced him to miss his first game on Saturday.

    The Senators captain, who has spent his entire 12-year NHLcareer with Ottawa, hasn't missed more than five games in any ofhis last five seasons.
     
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    OTTAWA (Ticker) - The Philadelphia Flyers took advantage of astruggling team playing without it's captain and most productiveplayer on Saturday.


    Daniel Briere and R. J. Umberger each had a goal and an assistas the Flyers beat the Ottawa Senators, 4-3, in come-from-behindfashion.


    Playing without right wing Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa took anearly lead when defenseman Wade Redden opened the scoring with apower-play tally at the 6:33 mark of the first session.

    Redden's slap shot from the left point found it's way throughtraffic and beat Philadelphia goaltender Antero Nittymaki highon the stick side to put the Senators up 1-0.


    The Ottawa lead was short-lived, however. Philadelphiaresponded 99 seconds later when Umberger scored his third goalof the season on a low wrist shot that snuck past Ottawagoaltender Martin Gerber's left pad. The shot appeared tosurprise Gerber, who wasn't square to the play.


    Ottawa left-winger Dany Heatley put the Senators up 2-1 when he<div class="pre">skated into the Philadelphia zone and ripped a slap shot from</div>the top of the right circle that appeared to glance off ofFlyers defenseman Lasse Kukkonen's foot and beat Niittymaki onthe glove side.


    With that goal, Heatley extended his goal-scoring streak to fivegames. He also added an assist and now has nine goals and 10assists in 18 career games against Philadelphia.


    The Senators, who hadn't lost two in a row at home sincedropping three straight from December 9-21, 2006, were comingoff a 6-5 shootout loss against Pittsburgh on Thursday. Theytook a 2-1 lead into the first intermission, and were looking towin their fifth straight over Philadelphia after taking allfour meetings between the teams last season.


    Less than a minute into the second period, the Flyers pulledeven at 2-2 when left-winger Scott Hartnell blasted a slap shotof his own that beat Gerber cleanly over his glove.

    That goal at the 58 second mark of the middle stanza was aharbinger of things to come for the Flyers. It was the secondtime Philadelphia bounced back from being down to Ottawa, and itwouldn't be the last.


    Ottawa utility skater Christoph Schubert, playing at left-wing,gave Ottawa their third lead of the game when he chased a puckinto the left corner of the Philadelphia zone and threw the pucktoward the goal. Schubert was actually behind the net, but thepuck hit Niittymaki and bounced into the goal behind him. Thatmade it 3-2 for the Senators.


    Philadelphia wasn't to be outdone and Flyer center Mike Richardstied the game once again at the 7:51 mark of the second periodwith a weak backhanded eluded Gerber and passed through his padsalong the ice. That was the last shot Gerber would face, asOttawa coach John Paddock elected to pull his starter from thegame and insert backup goaltender Ray Emery.


    Gerber faced 25 shots, allowing three goals in his 27:51 ofwork.


    The Flyers took the lead at 13:11 of the second period. It was alead that would not be relinquished.


    Briere and Hartnell combined on a two-on-one and victimizedOttawa defenseman Chris Philips on a passing play that leftSenators goaltender helpless. Hartnell flipped a pass throughPhilips to Briere who was skating toward the Ottawa net. Brierereceived the pass and tapped the puck past a sprawling Emery.

    The Senators tried mounting a comeback of their own, but theiroffense sputtered.


    Ottawa was playing without their leading scorer and it showed.Alfredsson leads the Senators with 16 goals and 14 assists, buta groin injury he suffered during the overtime session onThursday forced him to miss his first game on Saturday.

    The Senators captain, who has spent his entire 12-year NHLcareer with Ottawa, hasn't missed more than five games in any ofhis last five seasons.
     
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    OTTAWA (Ticker) - The Philadelphia Flyers took advantage of astruggling team playing without it's captain and most productiveplayer on Saturday.


    Daniel Briere and R. J. Umberger each had a goal and an assistas the Flyers beat the Ottawa Senators, 4-3, in come-from-behindfashion.


    Playing without right wing Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa took anearly lead when defenseman Wade Redden opened the scoring with apower-play tally at the 6:33 mark of the first session.

    Redden's slap shot from the left point found it's way throughtraffic and beat Philadelphia goaltender Antero Nittymaki highon the stick side to put the Senators up 1-0.


    The Ottawa lead was short-lived, however. Philadelphiaresponded 99 seconds later when Umberger scored his third goalof the season on a low wrist shot that snuck past Ottawagoaltender Martin Gerber's left pad. The shot appeared tosurprise Gerber, who wasn't square to the play.


    Ottawa left-winger Dany Heatley put the Senators up 2-1 when he<div class="pre">skated into the Philadelphia zone and ripped a slap shot from</div>the top of the right circle that appeared to glance off ofFlyers defenseman Lasse Kukkonen's foot and beat Niittymaki onthe glove side.


    With that goal, Heatley extended his goal-scoring streak to fivegames. He also added an assist and now has nine goals and 10assists in 18 career games against Philadelphia.


    The Senators, who hadn't lost two in a row at home sincedropping three straight from December 9-21, 2006, were comingoff a 6-5 shootout loss against Pittsburgh on Thursday. Theytook a 2-1 lead into the first intermission, and were looking towin their fifth straight over Philadelphia after taking allfour meetings between the teams last season.


    Less than a minute into the second period, the Flyers pulledeven at 2-2 when left-winger Scott Hartnell blasted a slap shotof his own that beat Gerber cleanly over his glove.

    That goal at the 58 second mark of the middle stanza was aharbinger of things to come for the Flyers. It was the secondtime Philadelphia bounced back from being down to Ottawa, and itwouldn't be the last.


    Ottawa utility skater Christoph Schubert, playing at left-wing,gave Ottawa their third lead of the game when he chased a puckinto the left corner of the Philadelphia zone and threw the pucktoward the goal. Schubert was actually behind the net, but thepuck hit Niittymaki and bounced into the goal behind him. Thatmade it 3-2 for the Senators.


    Philadelphia wasn't to be outdone and Flyer center Mike Richardstied the game once again at the 7:51 mark of the second periodwith a weak backhanded eluded Gerber and passed through his padsalong the ice. That was the last shot Gerber would face, asOttawa coach John Paddock elected to pull his starter from thegame and insert backup goaltender Ray Emery.


    Gerber faced 25 shots, allowing three goals in his 27:51 ofwork.


    The Flyers took the lead at 13:11 of the second period. It was alead that would not be relinquished.


    Briere and Hartnell combined on a two-on-one and victimizedOttawa defenseman Chris Philips on a passing play that leftSenators goaltender helpless. Hartnell flipped a pass throughPhilips to Briere who was skating toward the Ottawa net. Brierereceived the pass and tapped the puck past a sprawling Emery.

    The Senators tried mounting a comeback of their own, but theiroffense sputtered.


    Ottawa was playing without their leading scorer and it showed.Alfredsson leads the Senators with 16 goals and 14 assists, buta groin injury he suffered during the overtime session onThursday forced him to miss his first game on Saturday.

    The Senators captain, who has spent his entire 12-year NHLcareer with Ottawa, hasn't missed more than five games in any ofhis last five seasons.
     
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    OTTAWA (Ticker) - The Philadelphia Flyers took advantage of astruggling team playing without it's captain and most productiveplayer on Saturday.


    Daniel Briere and R. J. Umberger each had a goal and an assistas the Flyers beat the Ottawa Senators, 4-3, in come-from-behindfashion.


    Playing without right wing Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa took anearly lead when defenseman Wade Redden opened the scoring with apower-play tally at the 6:33 mark of the first session.

    Redden's slap shot from the left point found it's way throughtraffic and beat Philadelphia goaltender Antero Nittymaki highon the stick side to put the Senators up 1-0.


    The Ottawa lead was short-lived, however. Philadelphiaresponded 99 seconds later when Umberger scored his third goalof the season on a low wrist shot that snuck past Ottawagoaltender Martin Gerber's left pad. The shot appeared tosurprise Gerber, who wasn't square to the play.


    Ottawa left-winger Dany Heatley put the Senators up 2-1 when he<div class="pre">skated into the Philadelphia zone and ripped a slap shot from</div>the top of the right circle that appeared to glance off ofFlyers defenseman Lasse Kukkonen's foot and beat Niittymaki onthe glove side.


    With that goal, Heatley extended his goal-scoring streak to fivegames. He also added an assist and now has nine goals and 10assists in 18 career games against Philadelphia.


    The Senators, who hadn't lost two in a row at home sincedropping three straight from December 9-21, 2006, were comingoff a 6-5 shootout loss against Pittsburgh on Thursday. Theytook a 2-1 lead into the first intermission, and were looking towin their fifth straight over Philadelphia after taking allfour meetings between the teams last season.


    Less than a minute into the second period, the Flyers pulledeven at 2-2 when left-winger Scott Hartnell blasted a slap shotof his own that beat Gerber cleanly over his glove.

    That goal at the 58 second mark of the middle stanza was aharbinger of things to come for the Flyers. It was the secondtime Philadelphia bounced back from being down to Ottawa, and itwouldn't be the last.


    Ottawa utility skater Christoph Schubert, playing at left-wing,gave Ottawa their third lead of the game when he chased a puckinto the left corner of the Philadelphia zone and threw the pucktoward the goal. Schubert was actually behind the net, but thepuck hit Niittymaki and bounced into the goal behind him. Thatmade it 3-2 for the Senators.


    Philadelphia wasn't to be outdone and Flyer center Mike Richardstied the game once again at the 7:51 mark of the second periodwith a weak backhanded eluded Gerber and passed through his padsalong the ice. That was the last shot Gerber would face, asOttawa coach John Paddock elected to pull his starter from thegame and insert backup goaltender Ray Emery.


    Gerber faced 25 shots, allowing three goals in his 27:51 ofwork.


    The Flyers took the lead at 13:11 of the second period. It was alead that would not be relinquished.


    Briere and Hartnell combined on a two-on-one and victimizedOttawa defenseman Chris Philips on a passing play that leftSenators goaltender helpless. Hartnell flipped a pass throughPhilips to Briere who was skating toward the Ottawa net. Brierereceived the pass and tapped the puck past a sprawling Emery.

    The Senators tried mounting a comeback of their own, but theiroffense sputtered.


    Ottawa was playing without their leading scorer and it showed.Alfredsson leads the Senators with 16 goals and 14 assists, buta groin injury he suffered during the overtime session onThursday forced him to miss his first game on Saturday.

    The Senators captain, who has spent his entire 12-year NHLcareer with Ottawa, hasn't missed more than five games in any ofhis last five seasons.
     
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    Philadelphia 1 3 0 --4
    Ottawa 2 1 0 --3
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    FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ottawa, Wade Redden 3 (power play) (Jason
    Spezza, Dany Heatley), 6:33. 2, Philadelphia, R.J. Umberger 3 (Daniel
    Briere, Randy Jones), 8:12. 3, Ottawa, Dany Heatley 12 (Dean Mcammond,
    Chris Phillips), 14:10. Penalties: M Fisher, Ott (delay of game),
    3:13; B Coburn, Phi (interference), 6:06; B Mcgrattan, Ott
    (interference), 10:42.

    SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Philadelphia, Scott Hartnell 3 (Daniel
    Briere), 0:58. 5, Ottawa, Christoph Schubert 3 (Brian Mcgrattan, Wade
    Redden), 3:30. 6, Philadelphia, Mike Richards 13 (R.J. Umberger,
    Braydon Coburn), 7:51. 7, Philadelphia, Daniel Briere 12 (Scott
    Hartnell, Braydon Coburn), 13:11. Penalties: R Robitaille, Ott
    (tripping), 16:34.

    THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: D Briere, Phi (interference), 0:19; R
    Umberger, Phi (delay of game), 4:52; J Corvo, Ott (holding), 5:08; J
    Carter, Phi (interference), 10:03.

    Shots on goal:
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    Philadelphia 15 19 7 --41
    Ottawa 9 10 10 --29
    ---------------------------------------

    Power-play Conversions: Philadelphia - 0 of 4, Ottawa - 1 of 4.
    Goalies : Philadelphia, Antero Niittymaki (29 shots, 26 saves; record:
    2-1-0). Ottawa, Martin Gerber (25 shots, 22 saves), Ray Emery (32:09
    of 2nd period, 16, 15; record: 2-3-0). A: 20,128. Referees: Dan
    Marouelli, Greg Kimmerly. Linesmen: Tim Nowak, Troy Sartison.</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">-----------------------------------------
    PHILADELPHIA 1 3 0 --4
    OTTAWA 2 1 0 --3
    -----------------------------------------

    FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ottawa, Wade Redden 3 (power play) (Jason
    Spezza, Dany Heatley), 6:33. 2, Philadelphia, R.J. Umberger 3 (Daniel
    Briere, Randy Jones), 8:12. 3, Ottawa, Dany Heatley 12 (Dean Mcammond,
    Chris Phillips), 14:10. Penalties: M Fisher, Ott (delay of game),
    3:13; B Coburn, Phi (interference), 6:06; B Mcgrattan, Ott
    (interference), 10:42.

    SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Philadelphia, Scott Hartnell 3 (Daniel
    Briere), 0:58. 5, Ottawa, Christoph Schubert 3 (Brian Mcgrattan, Wade
    Redden), 3:30. 6, Philadelphia, Mike Richards 13 (R.J. Umberger,
    Braydon Coburn), 7:51. 7, Philadelphia, Daniel Briere 12 (Scott
    Hartnell, Braydon Coburn), 13:11. Penalties: R Robitaille, Ott
    (tripping), 16:34.

    THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: D Briere, Phi (interference), 0:19; R
    Umberger, Phi (delay of game), 4:52; J Corvo, Ott (holding), 5:08; J
    Carter, Phi (interference), 10:03.

    Shots on goal:
    ----------------------------------------
    PHILADELPHIA 15 19 7 --41
    OTTAWA 9 10 10 --29
    ----------------------------------------

    Power-play Conversions: PHI - 0 of 4, OTT - 1 of 4. Goalies :
    Philadelphia, Antero Niittymaki (29 shots, 26 saves; record: 2-1-0).
    Ottawa, Martin Gerber (25 shots, 22 saves), Ray Emery (32:09 of 2nd
    period, 16, 15; record: 2-3-0). A: 20,128. Referees: Dan Marouelli,
    Greg Kimmerly. Linesmen: Tim Nowak, Troy Sartison.

    INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

    PHILADELPHIA OTTAWA
    G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
    J Dowd 0 0 -1 1 S Donovan 0 0 even 0
    J Lupul 0 0 +1 4 M Fisher 0 0 -4 5
    J Carter 0 0 even 1 A Meszaros 0 0 -1 3
    M Richards 1 0 +1 5 D Heatley 1 1 +1 2
    S Hartnell 1 1 +1 6 B McGrattan 0 1 +1 1
    R Umberger 1 1 +2 4 J Spezza 0 1 +1 3
    J Smith 0 0 +3 0 L Richardson 0 0 even 0
    M Knuble 0 0 +2 2 A Vermette 0 0 even 2
    S Kapanen 0 0 -1 3 C Kelly 0 0 -1 2
    L Kukkonen 0 0 -2 1 A Volchenkov 0 0 -1 2
    K Timonen 0 0 +1 3 C Neil 0 0 -2 2
    D Briere 1 2 +2 2 R Robitaille 0 0 -4 2
    B Coburn 0 2 +2 1 D McAmmond 0 1 +1 0
    D Tolpeko 0 0 even 2 C Phillips 0 1 even 0
    B Eager 0 0 -1 4 A Nikulin 0 0 even 0
    R Jones 0 1 +2 2 C Schubert 1 0 +1 2
    R Fitzpatrick 0 0 -2 0 W Redden 1 1 -2 2
    S Upshall 0 0 even 0 J Corvo 0 0 even 1
    R Cote HEALTHY D Alfredsson GROIN
    P Eaves SHOULDER</div>
     
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    OTTAWA (Ticker) - The Philadelphia Flyers took advantage of astruggling team playing without it's captain and most productiveplayer on Saturday.


    Daniel Briere and R. J. Umberger each had a goal and an assistas the Flyers beat the Ottawa Senators, 4-3, in come-from-behindfashion.


    "We knew they've been going through some tough times lately sowe wanted to come in here and get a win, and this one is hugefor us". said Briere.


    Playing without right wing Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa took anearly lead when defenseman Wade Redden opened the scoring with apower-play tally at the 6:33 mark of the first session.

    Redden's slap shot from the left point found it's way throughtraffic and beat Philadelphia goaltender Antero Niittymaki highon the stick side to put the Senators up 1-0.


    The Ottawa lead was short-lived, however. Philadelphia responded99 seconds later when Umberger scored his third goal of theseason on a low wrist shot that snuck past Ottawa goaltenderMartin Gerber's left pad. The shot seemed to surprise Gerber,who wasn't square to the play.


    Ottawa left-winger Dany Heatley put the Senators up 2-1 when heskated into the Philadelphia zone and ripped a slap shot fromthe top of the right circle that appeared to glance off ofFlyers defenseman Lasse Kukkonen's foot and beat Niittymaki onthe glove side.


    With that goal, Heatley extended his goal-scoring streak to fivegames. He also added an assist and now has nine goals and 10assists in 18 career games against Philadelphia .


    The Senators, who hadn't lost two in a row at home sincedropping three straight from December 9-21, 2006, were comingoff a 6-5 shootout loss against Pittsburgh on Thursday. Theytook a 2-1 lead into the first intermission, and were looking towin their fifth straight over Philadelphia after taking allfour meetings between the teams last season.


    "Obviously we wanted to come out tonight right the ship, butsometimes doing that is easier said than done." said Ottawadefenseman Wade Redden. "We knew it was going to be toughagainst a good team."


    Less than a minute into the second period, the Flyers pulledeven at 2-2 when left-winger Scott Hartnell blasted a slap shotof his own that beat Gerber cleanly over his glove.

    That goal at the 58 second mark of the middle stanza was aharbinger of things to come for the Flyers. It was the secondtime Philadelphia bounced back from being down to Ottawa, and itwouldn't be the last.


    Ottawa utility skater Christoph Schubert, playing at left-wing,gave Ottawa their third lead of the game when he chased a puckinto the left corner of the Philadelphia zone and threw the pucktoward the goal. Schubert was actually behind the net, but thepuck hit Niittymaki and bounced into the goal behind him. Thatmade it 3-2 for the Senators.


    Philadelphia wasn't to be outdone and Flyer center Mike Richardstied the game once again at the 7:51 mark of the second periodwith a weak backhanded eluded Gerber and passed through his padsalong the ice. That was the last shot Gerber would face, asOttawa coach John Paddock elected to pull his starter from thegame and insert backup goaltender Ray Emery.


    "I didn't like the goals." said Paddock."Those kinds of saveshave to be made. Routine saves have to be made. He's been doingthat all year and he's been doing a great job for us, but youcan't make the spectacular saves then turn around and not makethe routine ones. So I felt we needed to make the change."Gerber faced 25 shots, allowing three goals in his 27:51 ofwork. The Flyers took the lead at 13:11 of the second period. Itwas a lead that would not be relinquished.


    Philadelphia coach John Stevens was delighted with his team'seffort and the road win. "I think we showed real charactertonight." said Stevens. "Ottawa has been the class of theEastern Conference so far this season. Repeatedly battling backlike that really shows what we're made of."


    Briere and Hartnell combined on a two-on-one and victimizedOttawa defenseman Chris Philips on a passing play that leftSenators goaltender helpless. Hartnell flipped a pass throughPhilips to Briere who was skating toward the Ottawa net. Brierereceived the pass and tapped the puck past a sprawling Emery.

    "It was a great heads up play by Scott Hartnell." said Briere."Our line is starting to create some chemistry and that was agreat example. Scotty sold it to their defender and sold it toEmery. All I had to do was push it in."


    The Senators tried mounting a comeback of their own, but theiroffense sputtered.


    "They played well." said Ottawa center Mike Fisher. "They skatedhard and created opportunities for themselves. I think theyoutworked us for the most part. We had some chances in the thirdbut couldn't come upwith one at the end. It's frustrating."

    Ottawa was playing without their leading scorer and it showed.Alfredsson leads the Senators with 16 goals and 14 assists, buta groin injury he suffered during the overtime session onThursday forced him to miss his first game on Saturday.

    The Senators captain, who has spent his entire 12-year NHLcareer with Ottawa, hasn't missed more than five games in any ofhis last five seasons.


    With the win over Ottawa, the Flyers are 13-7-2 on the seasonand they're looking to build some momentum.


    "This was a big game for us." said Hartnell. "It was a chancefor us to see how we stalk up against one of the best teams inthe league, especially in their building. This is a big victoryfor us a big two points in the standings."
     
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