GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NHL: PHILADELPHIA (8-5) at PITTSBURGH (7-7)

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    <div class="pre">NHL PHILADELPHIA 3
    PITTSBURGH 1
    2ND PRD: PHI - MIKE RICHARDS 9 (JASON SMITH) 8:46</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NHL PHILADELPHIA 3
    PITTSBURGH 1 8:21 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NHL PHILADELPHIA 3
    PITTSBURGH 1 1:40 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NHL END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    PHILADELPHIA 2 1 3
    PITTSBURGH 1 0 1 END OF THE 2ND

    GOAL SCORING:

    1ST PRD: PHI - JOFFREY LUPUL 5 (DANIEL BRIERE, R.J. UMBERGER) 0:28
    PHI - JEFF CARTER 7 (SCOTT HARTNELL, SCOTTIE UPSHALL) 5:33
    PIT - RYAN MALONE 4 (SIDNEY CROSBY, EVGENI MALKIN) 19:23
    2ND PRD: PHI - MIKE RICHARDS 9 (JASON SMITH, BRAYDON COBURN) 8:46

    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    PHI 9 8 17
    PIT 9 10 19

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

    FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Philadelphia, Joffrey Lupul 5 (Daniel
    Briere, R.J. Umberger), 0:28. 2, Philadelphia, Jeff Carter 7 (Scott
    Hartnell, Scottie Upshall), 5:33. 3, Pittsburgh, Ryan Malone 4 (Sidney
    Crosby, Evgeni Malkin), 19:23. Penalties: B Coburn, Phi (holding),
    6:27; J Smith, Phi (roughing), 6:27; B Orpik, Pit (roughing), 6:27; J
    Lupul, Phi (hooking), 13:32.

    SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Philadelphia, Mike Richards 9 (Jason Smith,
    Braydon Coburn), 8:46. Penalties: B Orpik, Pit (major fighting),
    0:40; R Umberger, Phi (major fighting), 0:40; R Scuderi, Pit
    (interference), 11:13; M Knuble, Phi (interference), 11:57; K Timonen,
    Phi (holding), 15:12; B Orpik, Pit (tripping), 17:53.

    Shots on goal:
    ----------------------------------
    Philadelphia 9 8 --17
    Pittsburgh 9 10 --19
    ----------------------------------

    Goalies : Philadelphia, Martin Biron (19 shots, 18 saves). Pittsburgh,
    Dany Sabourin (17 shots, 14 saves). Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Marc
    Joannette. Linesmen: Jay Sharrers, Mike Cvik.</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NHL PHILADELPHIA 3
    PITTSBURGH 1 19:55 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NHL PHILADELPHIA 3
    PITTSBURGH 1 18:35 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NHL PHILADELPHIA 3
    PITTSBURGH 1 13:28 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NHL PHILADELPHIA 3
    PITTSBURGH 1 10:18 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NHL PHILADELPHIA 3
    PITTSBURGH 1 9:10 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NHL PHILADELPHIA 3
    PITTSBURGH 1 5:20 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NHL PHILADELPHIA 3
    PITTSBURGH 1 5:20 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>
     
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    NHL: PHILADELPHIA at PITTSBURGH

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

    GOAL SCORING:

    1ST PRD: PHI - JOFFREY LUPUL 5 (DANIEL BRIERE, R.J. UMBERGER) 0:28
    PHI - JEFF CARTER 7 (SCOTT HARTNELL, SCOTTIE UPSHALL) 5:33
    PIT - RYAN MALONE 4 (SIDNEY CROSBY, EVGENI MALKIN) 19:23
    2ND PRD: PHI - MIKE RICHARDS 9 (JASON SMITH, BRAYDON COBURN) 8:46
    3RD PRD: NONE

    POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: PHI - 0 OF 3, PIT - 0 OF 7.

    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    PHI 9 8 3 20
    PIT 9 10 8 27

    GOALIES: PHI - MARTIN BIRON
    PIT - DANY SABOURIN

    OFFICIALS: REF - GREG KIMMERLY, MARC JOANNETTE
    LIN - JAY SHARRERS, MIKE CVIK

    ATT: NA</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">------------------------------------
    Philadelphia 2 1 0 --3
    Pittsburgh 1 0 0 --1
    ------------------------------------

    FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Philadelphia, Joffrey Lupul 5 (Daniel
    Briere, R.J. Umberger), 0:28. 2, Philadelphia, Jeff Carter 7 (Scott
    Hartnell, Scottie Upshall), 5:33. 3, Pittsburgh, Ryan Malone 4 (Sidney
    Crosby, Evgeni Malkin), 19:23. Penalties: B Coburn, Phi (holding),
    6:27; J Smith, Phi (roughing), 6:27; B Orpik, Pit (roughing), 6:27; J
    Lupul, Phi (hooking), 13:32.

    SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Philadelphia, Mike Richards 9 (Jason Smith,
    Braydon Coburn), 8:46. Penalties: B Orpik, Pit (major fighting),
    0:40; R Umberger, Phi (major fighting), 0:40; R Scuderi, Pit
    (interference), 11:13; M Knuble, Phi (interference), 11:57; K Timonen,
    Phi (holding), 15:12; B Orpik, Pit (tripping), 17:53.

    THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: M Knuble, Phi (slashing), 7:14; D Briere,
    Phi (holding), 10:05; M Recchi, Pit (boarding), 11:40; B Coburn, Phi
    (tripping), 18:33.

    Shots on goal:
    ---------------------------------------
    Philadelphia 9 8 3 --20
    Pittsburgh 9 10 8 --27
    ---------------------------------------

    Power-play Conversions: Philadelphia - 0 of 3, Pittsburgh - 0 of 7.
    Goalies : Philadelphia, Martin Biron (27 shots, 26 saves; record:
    8-4-0). Pittsburgh, Dany Sabourin (20 shots, 17 saves; record: 3-2-1).
    A: NA. Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Marc Joannette. Linesmen: Jay
    Sharrers, Mike Cvik.</div>
     
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    PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- Last campaign, the Pittsburgh Penguinsowned their intrastate rivals. On Wednesday, the PhiladelphiaFlyers showed that this is a different season.


    Joffrey Lupul scored 28 seconds into the game and Jeff Carterand Mike Richards added tallies as the Flyers skated to a 3-1victory over the Penguins.


    Martin Biron made 26 saves for Philadelphia, which wasoutscored, 42-21, while being swept of last season's eight-gameseries by Pittsburgh.


    Entering with a 2-4-0 record on their eight-game road trip, theFlyers also have struggled of late in the first period, havingbeen outshot in the opening session in each of their previouseight contests. While shot totals in the first were even inthis one, Philadelphia made the most of its first several,scoring twice on three shots in the first 5 1/2 minutes of thegame.


    Lupul got things started on the first shift of the contest.Following a turnover by Penguins captain Sidney Crosby in theneutral zone, Daniel Briere gained possession of the puck andcarried down the right wing before feeding Lupul, who beatgoaltender Dany Sabourin from the slot at the 28-second mark fora 1-0 lead.


    Carter doubled the lead at 5:33 with his seventh goal of theseason. From behind the net, Scott Hartnell dished to Carter,who fired a shot past Sabourin from the low slot for a 2-0advantage.


    The Penguins halved the deficit in the final minute of theperiod as Ryan Malone converted a 2-on-1 rush with Crosby. AfterEvgeni Malkin was tripped, Crosby gathered the puck in theneutral zone and carried down the right wing before making aperfect setup pass to Malone, who was a stride ahead of MikeKnuble and tallied from the doorstep with 37 seconds remaining.

    With the assists, Crosby and Malkin extended their pointsstreaks to 14 and eight games, respectively.


    Philadelphia regained its two-goal lead at 8:46 of the middlesession. Richards, who along with Carter was selected in thefirst round of the 2003 draft, grabbed the puck in his own zoneand led a 2-on-1 down the left wing before beating Sabourin tothe stick side with a wrist shot from the faceoff circle.

    It was the team-leading ninth goal of the season for Richards,whose scored 11 as a rookie in 2005-06 and 10 last season.

    Sabourin stopped 17 shots for Pittsburgh, which had won fivestraight at home against Philadelphia.


    The Penguins, who have dropped five of their last seven games,failed to score a power-play goal for the first time in 15contests this season.
     
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    <div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
    NHL
    PHILADELPHIA 3
    PITTSBURGH 1</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">------------------------------------
    Philadelphia 2 1 0 --3
    Pittsburgh 1 0 0 --1
    ------------------------------------

    FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Philadelphia, Joffrey Lupul 5 (Daniel
    Briere, R.J. Umberger), 0:28. 2, Philadelphia, Jeff Carter 7 (Scott
    Hartnell, Scottie Upshall), 5:33. 3, Pittsburgh, Ryan Malone 4 (Sidney
    Crosby, Evgeni Malkin), 19:23. Penalties: B Coburn, Phi (holding),
    6:27; J Smith, Phi (roughing), 6:27; B Orpik, Pit (roughing), 6:27; J
    Lupul, Phi (hooking), 13:32.

    SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Philadelphia, Mike Richards 9 (Jason Smith,
    Braydon Coburn), 8:46. Penalties: B Orpik, Pit (major fighting),
    0:40; R Umberger, Phi (major fighting), 0:40; R Scuderi, Pit
    (interference), 11:13; M Knuble, Phi (interference), 11:57; K Timonen,
    Phi (holding), 15:12; B Orpik, Pit (tripping), 17:53.

    THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: M Knuble, Phi (slashing), 7:14; D Briere,
    Phi (holding), 10:05; M Recchi, Pit (boarding), 11:40; B Coburn, Phi
    (tripping), 18:33.

    Shots on goal:
    ---------------------------------------
    Philadelphia 9 8 3 --20
    Pittsburgh 9 10 8 --27
    ---------------------------------------

    Power-play Conversions: Philadelphia - 0 of 3, Pittsburgh - 0 of 7.
    Goalies : Philadelphia, Martin Biron (27 shots, 26 saves; record:
    8-4-0). Pittsburgh, Dany Sabourin (20 shots, 17 saves; record: 3-2-1).
    A: 17,132. Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Marc Joannette. Linesmen: Jay
    Sharrers, Mike Cvik.</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">-----------------------------------------
    PHILADELPHIA 2 1 0 --3
    PITTSBURGH 1 0 0 --1
    -----------------------------------------

    FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Philadelphia, Joffrey Lupul 5 (Daniel
    Briere, R.J. Umberger), 0:28. 2, Philadelphia, Jeff Carter 7 (Scott
    Hartnell, Scottie Upshall), 5:33. 3, Pittsburgh, Ryan Malone 4 (Sidney
    Crosby, Evgeni Malkin), 19:23. Penalties: B Coburn, Phi (holding),
    6:27; J Smith, Phi (roughing), 6:27; B Orpik, Pit (roughing), 6:27; J
    Lupul, Phi (hooking), 13:32.

    SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Philadelphia, Mike Richards 9 (Jason Smith,
    Braydon Coburn), 8:46. Penalties: B Orpik, Pit (major fighting),
    0:40; R Umberger, Phi (major fighting), 0:40; R Scuderi, Pit
    (interference), 11:13; M Knuble, Phi (interference), 11:57; K Timonen,
    Phi (holding), 15:12; B Orpik, Pit (tripping), 17:53.

    THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: M Knuble, Phi (slashing), 7:14; D Briere,
    Phi (holding), 10:05; M Recchi, Pit (boarding), 11:40; B Coburn, Phi
    (tripping), 18:33.

    Shots on goal:
    ----------------------------------------
    PHILADELPHIA 9 8 3 --20
    PITTSBURGH 9 10 8 --27
    ----------------------------------------

    Power-play Conversions: PHI - 0 of 3, PIT - 0 of 7. Goalies :
    Philadelphia, Martin Biron (27 shots, 26 saves; record: 8-4-0).
    Pittsburgh, Dany Sabourin (20 shots, 17 saves; record: 3-2-1). A:
    17,132. Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Marc Joannette. Linesmen: Jay
    Sharrers, Mike Cvik.

    INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

    PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURGH
    G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
    J Dowd 0 0 even 1 G Roberts 0 0 even 0
    S Gagne 0 0 even 0 T Kennedy 0 0 even 0
    J Lupul 1 0 +2 4 J Staal 0 0 even 1
    J Carter 1 0 +1 2 R Malone 1 0 -2 1
    M Richards 1 0 even 3 E Christensen 0 0 even 3
    S Hartnell 0 1 +1 0 P Sykora 0 0 even 3
    R Umberger 0 1 +1 4 A Hall 0 0 even 2
    J Smith 0 1 +2 0 M Talbot 0 0 even 2
    M Knuble 0 0 -1 1 G Laraque 0 0 even 0
    S Kapanen 0 0 even 0 M Eaton 0 0 even 0
    L Kukkonen 0 0 even 0 A Nasreddine 0 0 -1 0
    K Timonen 0 0 even 1 R Scuderi 0 0 -1 0
    D Briere 0 1 +1 0 B Orpik 0 0 -1 2
    B Coburn 0 1 +2 0 D Sydor 0 0 even 1
    B Eager 0 0 even 0 S Gonchar 0 0 -1 4
    R Jones 0 0 even 3 E Malkin 0 1 -2 3
    R Fitzpatrick 0 0 even 0 M Recchi 0 0 even 1
    S Upshall 0 1 +1 1 S Crosby 0 1 -2 4
    R Cote HEALTHY J Ruutu HEALTHY
    C Armstrong HEALTHY
    R Whitney GROIN</div>
     
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    PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- Last campaign, the Pittsburgh Penguinsowned their intrastate rivals. On Wednesday, the PhiladelphiaFlyers showed that this is a different season.


    Joffrey Lupul scored 28 seconds into the game and Jeff Carterand Mike Richards added tallies as the Flyers skated to a 3-1victory over the Penguins.


    Martin Biron made 26 saves for Philadelphia, which wasoutscored, 42-21, while being swept of last season's eight-gameseries by Pittsburgh.


    "We kind of want to leave that in the past, and the guys whoexperienced it know what it was like," said Flyers captain JasonSmith, who was acquired from Edmonton over the summer. "It's afresh season and a fresh start, and we want to go out and wingames and play well every night."


    "As far as I've heard, it's kind of a bit of a rivalry, so theseare the types of games you want to show up and kind of make astatement," Lupul said. "I mean, we have them seven more times,and all it is, really, is that we got the first one andhopefully we can build on it the next time we play them."

    Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby notices a difference in theFlyers since last season.


    "I think they are deeper," he said. "They have a few more guysthat can score and are more dangerous. Defensively, they aresolid. I think they're pretty well-balanced."


    Entering with a 2-4-0 record on their eight-game road trip, theFlyers also have struggled of late in the first period, havingbeen outshot in the opening session in each of their previouseight contests. While shot totals in the first were even inthis one, Philadelphia made the most of its first several,scoring twice on three shots in the first 5 1/2 minutes of thegame.


    Lupul got things started on the first shift of the contest.Following a turnover by Penguins captain Crosby in the neutralzone, Daniel Briere gained possession of the puck and carrieddown the right wing before feeding Lupul, who beat goaltenderDany Sabourin from the slot at the 28-second mark for a 1-0lead.


    "We got off to a good start, and that's something we have done alot lately," Briere said. "Tonight, we got going right off thebat."


    It was important to come out and play well and get off to a goodstart, which we did," Philadelphia coach John Stevens said."We got up early in the hockey game and we were able to maintainthe lead."


    Carter doubled the lead at 5:33 with his seventh goal of theseason. From behind the net, Scott Hartnell dished to Carter,who fired a shot past Sabourin from the low slot for a 2-0advantage.


    "The first goal was a turnover, and he shot and the puck wentin," Sabourin said. "The second one, after a couple reallyquick passes, it was in the net. It was a nice play in front.We're going to have to look at those goals to see what we can dobetter."


    Pittsburgh defenseman Brooks Orpik admitted it was not the wayhis team wanted to start.


    "(The Flyers) were stressing they wanted to have a good startafter having a few bad starts," he said. "We knew they weregoing to come out hard, and we gave them a couple-goal leadthere. After that, they did a great job trapping us in theneutral zone. We couldn't get any speed going into their zone."

    The Penguins halved the deficit in the final minute of theperiod as Ryan Malone converted a 2-on-1 rush with Crosby. AfterEvgeni Malkin was tripped, Crosby gathered the puck in theneutral zone and carried down the right wing before making aperfect setup pass to Malone, who was a stride ahead of MikeKnuble and tallied from the doorstep with 37 seconds remaining.

    "We had such a good first period, and to give up a late goallike that, we just said, 'Look, we just can't let that deflatewhat we did in the first period,'" Stevens said.


    With the assists, Crosby and Malkin extended their pointsstreaks to 14 and eight games, respectively.


    Philadelphia regained its two-goal lead at 8:46 of the middlesession. Richards, who along with Carter was selected in thefirst round of the 2003 draft, grabbed the puck in his own zoneand led a 2-on-1 down the left wing before beating Sabourin tothe stick side with a wrist shot from the faceoff circle.

    "They just played smart," Pittsburgh's Petr Sykora said. "Theywere ready for their chances. When we made a mistake, theyscored a goal. This is how you want to play in the modern NHL -get the lead and then play a smart hockey game. The other teamis going to open it up and that's how you get your scoringchances. I thought they played very well tonight."

    It was the team-leading ninth goal of the season for Richards,whose scored 11 as a rookie in 2005-06 and 10 last season.

    "It was nice to play (from) in front instead of playing frombehind," Richards said. "It's always nice to win on the road,especially (with) the struggles that we had last year againstthem. It feels good to play the way we did and win the way wedid. It was a total team effort."


    Sabourin stopped 17 shots for Pittsburgh, which had won fivestraight at home against Philadelphia.


    The Penguins, who have dropped five of their last seven games,failed to score a power-play goal for the first time in 15contests this season.


    "You've got to give the Flyers a lot of credit," Pittsburghcoach Michel Therrien said of his team's man-advantage troubles."In the meantime, I don't think we executed very well. ...They were tough to play against. We couldn't open up the game.It was tough for us to generate a lot of offense."

    "When your penalty kill does well against a team that's gotgifted offensive players like Pittsburgh, it's a bonus," Smithsaid.
     

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