The Philadelphia Flyers survived an aggressive third period by the Los Angeles Kings to hold on for a 3-2 victory on Wednesday.
Flyers rookie James van Riemsdyk put in a backhand to give the visitors a 3-1 advantage 1 minute, 47 seconds into the third period and Philadelphia withstood 21 shots in the final period.
Drew Doughty scored on a powerplay to pull Los Angeles within one with 7 minutes, 51 seconds remaining, but Philadelphia cleared a last gasp shot off their goal-line to make sure of the result.
Jarret Stoll converted the game’s first goal to give Los Angeles a 1-0 lead at 14 minutes, 53 seconds in the first period, before Mika Pyorala and Mike Richards scored second-period goals to put the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 up.
The Kings (13-8-2) had won two straight, but lost on a day they announced their second leading scorer Ryan Smyth would be sidelined for a month with an upper body injury.
OILERS 6, AVALANCHE 4
In Edmonton, Alberta, the Oilers overcame a two-goal deficit to beat Colorado.
Ryan Potulny and Patrick O’Sullivan scored third-period goals for the Oilers.
After Sam Gagner pulled the Oilers within one with 16 seconds left in the second period, Potulny tied it on a powerplay at 2 minutes, 45 seconds of the third. O’Sullivan gave Edmonton a 5-4 lead with 8 minutes, 53 seconds remaining and Alex Hemsky added an empty-net goal.
Shawn Horcoff and Gilbert Brule also scored for Edmonton, who ended a run of four losses.
Milan Hejduk scored twice for Colorado.
STARS 3, RED WINGS 1
In Detroit, Michigan, goaltender Alex Auld made 31 saves to help Dallas beat in-form Detroit.
Mike Ribeiro, Matt Niskanen and Loui Eriksson scored for Dallas, while Brad Richards and James Neal each had two assists.
Henrik Zetterberg scored for Detroit and Jimmy Howard stopped 29 shots, but the Red Wings’ winning streak was ended at three.
PANTHERS 6, SABRES 2
In Buffalo, New York, Michael Frolik scored twice, while Dominic Moore and Rostislav Olesz had a goal and an assist each as Florida routed Buffalo.
Tomas Vokoun made 26 saves, while Stephen Weiss and Cory Stillman also scored for the Panthers, who have gone 6-2-1 after a slow start to the season.
For Buffalo, Drew Stafford and Clarke MacArthur scored as the Sabres winning streak was stopped at three.
COYOTES 3, WILD 2
In St Paul, Minnesota, Scotty Upshall scored the winner with 4 minutes, 39 seconds to play, lifting Phoenix over Minnesota.
Radim Vrbata had a goal and an assist, while James Vandermeer also scored for the Coyotes.
Minnesota’s Antti Miettinen tied it at 2-2 with 4 minutes, 58 seconds to play, but Phoenix countered just 19 seconds later, with Upshall blasting in a rebound.
Andrew Brunette added a goal for the Wild.
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