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Mika Pyorala scored in the shootout to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 2-1 victory over the St.

Eds: APNewsNow. Flyers 2, Blues 1, SO. AP Photo PXC105, PXC104 PHILADELPHIA Mika Pyorala scored in the shootout to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 2-1 victory over the St.

The Flyers' new LCB Line looked like its famous predecessor tonight. As a result of that surprising development, the Flyers cruised past the sizzling Buffalo Sabres, 5-2, and registered their third consecutive victory.

The Philadelphia Flyers came out firing on all cylinders Monday night, beating the Tampa Bay Lightning like a bad habit, 6-2. The game had an interesting sub-plot, namely the battle down the middle: The Flyers Mike Richards and Jeff Carter vs.

Mike Richards and Jeff Carter scored two goals apiece and rookie David Laliberte and Scott Hartnell also tallied, leading the Philadelphia Flyers to a 6-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night.

Flyers winger Simon Gagne is expected to miss the next six to eight weeks after having abdominal and hip surgery.

Defenceman Matt Carle is off to a strong start for Philadelphia, with 12 points and a plus-9 rating through 11 games.

It only took the Flyers about three minutes Saturday to achieve the team bonding they were trying to get from a recent three-day retreat in Florida.

Braydon Coburn scored twice and Scott Hartnell and Matthew Carle each had a goal and two assists to help the Philadelphia Flyers snap a two game losing streak and send the Carolina Hurricanes to their eighth straight loss, 6-1 on Saturday.

Danny Briere chases the puck with San Jose's Dan Boyle. Briere will likely miss today's game with a groin strain after sitting out most of last season with groin and abdominal injuries.

Philadelphia Flyers captain Mike Richards is holding his tongue when it comes to the hometown media.

Written By: Mark "The Hard Hitter" Ritter For a lot of NHL fans, Tuesday night's Flyers/Capitals game was a must watch.

Alexander Semin returned from a two-game absence with a tiebreaking goal and an assist, Jose Theodore stopped Darroll Powe's penalty shot later in the third period, and the Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 Tuesday night.

The final horn was still reverberating throughout the half-empty Wachovia Center Sunday night when goaltender Brian Boucher skated off the ice and angrily tomahawked his stick over the Flyers' bench.

Captain Mike Richards received a game misconduct for a shoulder-to-jaw hit that sent David Booth to the hospital last night, casting a cloud on the Flyers' 5-1 win over the Florida Panthers at the Wachovia Center.

The Flyers will have to go a long way to knock the Phillies off the front page, but the ball team's success has been a distraction from a battle between captain Mike Richards and the Philly media.

The last few seconds of this game were falling off the clock and the season, and while this Bell Centre crowd was sending them off with a heartfelt OlA©! OlA©! OlA©! and a final flag-waving ovation, what, I wonder, were the players thinking? Were they asking themselves how they could lose a game they were leading 3-1 fewer than nine ...

It's always a joy to see hockey brawlers as fairly rounded individuals. Even if most of their interests involve the infliction of pain in some form, be it practicing MMA fights or bringing a tattoo needle down on someone's skin.

Joffrey Lupul's first goal of the playoffs came at the 6:06 mark of overtime to give the Philadelphia Flyers the series win with a 3-2 victory against the Washington Capitals in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals at Verizon Center.

"We're at the rink every day and it's pretty much a routine that we go through, but it's fun to know the guy you're battling for, fighting for, blocking a shot for or winning for.