Thursday, March 11, 2010

PHILADELPHIA (AP) Simon Gagne fired a pass toward Mike Richards, but New York Islanders defensemen Mark Streit's stick got in the way.

The lucky deflection sent the puck past goalie Dwyane Roloson with 6:06 left to play, and completed a Philadelphia Flyers rally for a 3-2 win Tuesday night. Philadelphia beat the Islanders for the 15th straight time, the NHL's longest current run by one team over another.

"I was trying to pass it hard to Richie, and it hit the stick and went in," Gagne said. "I'll be honest with you. It was a pass."

Philadelphia improved to 2-17 when trailing after two periods.

The Flyers, who lead the league in penalty minutes, scored their final two goals on power plays. They roared back from a 2-0 deficit. Claude Giroux tied the game six minutes earlier with a backhander past Roloson.

Jeff Carter also scored for Philadelphia, which started its streak against the Islanders on Feb. 12, 2008. The Flyers have outscored New York 51-25 during the run.

"It's a win," Richards said. "We came back. We didn't play great, which is disappointing, but we found a way to win. We'll take the two points, but we have to get better."

Maple Leafs 4, Bruins 3 (OT)

In Toronto, Nikolai Kulemin scored 4:11 into overtime.

Panthers 3, Wild 2 (SO)

In St. Paul, Minn., Cory Stillman scored the winning shootout goal.

Flames 4, Red Wings 2

In Detroit, Jarome Iginla and Rene Bourque scored 1:31 apart in the third period.

Predators 2, Thrashers 1

In Atlanta, Colin Wilson scored off a Thrashers miscue and Dan Ellis turned aside 30 shots, leading Nashville past the slumping hosts.

Canadiens 5, Lightning 3

In Montreal, Scott Gomez had a goal and two assists, and Mathieu Darche scored twice.

Blue Jackets 5, Ducks 2

In Anaheim, Jakub Voracek scored during Columbus' first power play and set up another second-period goal by Fedor Tyutin.

Canucks 6, Avalanche 4

In Denver, Jannik Hansen scored the decisive goal with 2:08 remaining and Mikael Samuelsson had his first NHL hat trick.

Senators 4, Oilers 1

In Edmonton, Chris Kelly had a goal and an assist, and Matt Cullen, Milan Michalek and Mike Fisher also scored.

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