Brent Seabrook and Patrick Kane scored 25 seconds apart late
in the third period to tie it, but van Riemsdyk made sure the Flyers shook off
the disappointment from their Winter Classic loss.
Scott Hartnell, Harry Zolnierczyk and van Riemsdyk scored
goals in a span of 4:20 in the second period, and Jakub Voracek also scored for
the Flyers against Ray Emery in his first game back in Philadelphia.
Ilya Bryzgalov made 30 saves to earn his first win since
Dec. 13.
Jimmy Hayes and Andrew Shaw also scored for Chicago. It was
the Blackhawks’ first game in Philadelphia since skating off the ice with the
Stanley Cup after their overtime victory in Game 6 of the finals on June 9,
2010.
In Boston, Nathan Horton and Patrice
Bergeron each had two goals and an assist, Tuukka Rask earned his third shutout
in four starts and the rampaging Boston Bruins cruised to a blowout of
road-weary Calgary.
The win was the ninth in 10 games for the defending Stanley
Cup champions, who have outscored the opposition 49-13 during that span, with
Rask and Tim Thomas combining for four shutouts.
The Bruins won their previous home game 8-0 over Florida.
Rask, who stopped 25 shots for the 11th shutout of his
career, has allowed one goal in his last four starts.
The Flames ended a seven-game road trip with their fifth
straight loss, going 2-4-1 on the journey.
Calgary captain Jarome Iginla failed for the second straight
game in his bid to become the NHL’s 42nd 500-goal scorer, the 15th to do it
with one team. The Flames open a four-game homestand against Minnesota on
Saturday.
In New York, Marian Gaborik
scored 3:29 into overtime for New York, which outlasted Florida and moved to
the top of the NHL standings with its eighth win in nine games.
Gaborik took a drop pass from Derek Stepan in the high slot
and slapped in a drive for his 23rd goal of the season. New York (25-9-4)
stayed one point ahead of Boston in the Eastern Conference, but jumped one
point in front of West-leading Vancouver, which was idle.
Martin Biron, starting for the fourth time in nine games to
give No. 1 goalie Henrik Lundqvist a lighter workload, made 19 saves.
Defenseman Anton Stralman and captain Ryan Callahan also scored for the
Rangers, who showed no ill effects coming back to play indoors after their
Winter Classic victory at Philadelphia on Monday.
Marcel Goc and Mike Santorelli scored goals, Mikael
Samuelsson had two assists and Scott Clemmensen stopped 38 shots for the
Southeast Division-leading Panthers, 0-2-3 in their last five road games — including
two losses at Madison Square Garden.
In Toronto, Jonas Gustavsson stopped
24 shots for his second career shutout to lead Toronto past Winnipeg.
Phil Kessel, Tim Connolly, Mikhail Grabovski and Clarke
MacArthur scored.
Gustavsson’s previous NHL shutout came as a rookie in December
2009, when he stopped 25 shots in a victory over Boston. He had made 65
appearances since then.
In Ottawa, Daniel Alfredsson had a
goal and two assists, Craig Anderson made 35 saves and Ottawa beat Tampa Bay to
extend its winning streak to four games.
Alfredsson got his second assist on Zack Smith’s goal at
16:34 that made it 3-1. Alfredsson scored into an empty net at 19:07.
Kyle Turris had a goal and an assist, and Jason Spezza and
Zack Smith also scored for Ottawa.
Earlier in the day, Alfredsson and Spezza were among four
Senators players elected by fans to the All-Star game Jan. 29 in Ottawa.
Defenseman Erik Karlsson led all vote-getters, and forward Milan Michalek also
was chosen.
Steven Stamkos scored his NHL-leading 28th goal 8:48 into
the third to draw Tampa Bay within 2-1. Stamkos, who has scored eight times
during a five-game goal streak, ruined Anderson’s bid for the Senators’ first
shutout of the season.
In St., Louis, Matt D’Agostini capped a
three-goal surge early in the third period and Carlo Colaiacovo had three
assists, rallying St. Louis past Edmonton.
D’Agositini scored the game-winner at 8:59. It was the third
goal of the period for St. Louis, answering Edmonton’s three-goal outburst in
the second.
Alex Pietrangelo connected on a slap shot 19 seconds into
the third and the Blues tied it at 3 when David Backes scored at 1:48, both on
the power play. Chris Stewart also had a goal for St. Louis, in the first
period.
The Blues won for the ninth time in their last 10 home
games. St. Louis is 16-3-2 at home, best in the NHL.
Taylor Hall, Ben Eager and Jordan Eberle scored for the
Oilers, who are 6-15-1 on the road. Edmonton fell to 1-5 on a season-long,
seven-game trip.
In Nashville, Mike Ribeiro scored two
goals in the first period and Dallas beat Nashville, ruining the return of
Predators captain Shea Weber from a concussion.
Weber had missed four games since being hurt Dec. 23 in a
loss at Dallas in a collision with Stars defenseman Mark Fistric. The Predators
had a franchise-record seventh straight sellout for Weber’s return.
But Ribeiro scored twice with Loui Eriksson assisting on
both. Jamie Benn added a goal and an assist and Adam Burish had a goal as the
Stars won for the second time in two meetings with the Predators this season.
Gabriel Bourque scored his first NHL goal for Nashville,
which had a three-game winning streak snapped.
In San Jose, California, Joe
Thornton scored the tie-breaking goal in the second period of his 500th game
with San Jose and the Sharks went on to beat Columbus for their third straight
win.
Ryane Clowe added a power-play goal, Jason Demers had two
assists and Thomas Greiss made 23 saves in his first game since Dec. 3 as the
Sharks followed up road wins over nemesis Vancouver and Anaheim with one
against the NHL’s worst team.
Vinny Prospal scored and Curtis Sanford made 37 saves for
the Blue Jackets, who lost for the 18th time in 20 games at San Jose.
In Los Angeles, Jonathan Quick tied
a career best with his NHL-leading sixth shutout and defenseman Drew Doughty
scored during a goalmouth scramble 38 seconds into overtime to lift Los Angeles
over Phoenix.
Quick made 22 saves in his 20th career shutout, his seventh
by a 1-0 score. The Kings, who came in with a league-low 87 goals, were held to
fewer than three in regulation for the 18th time in 20 games. But they still
haven’t lost in regulation (5-0-3) since Darryl Sutter replaced Terry Murray as
coach.
Mike Smith made 27 saves for the Coyotes, who have lost six
of seven and were shut out for the fifth time.
