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December 31, 2011, Saturday
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JAROMIR Jagr scored on his return to Pittsburgh on Thursday, sparking the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-2 victory and snapping the Penguins' four-game win streak.
Jagr, who spent the first 11 years of his career with the Penguins, broke a 1-1 tie with his 12th goal of the season to give the Flyers the momentum in the second period.
The 39-year-old joined Philadelphia in the off-season after spending three years in Russia, and admitted that he should have scored a hatful in familiar surroundings.
"I felt pretty good, I had so many chances," Jagr said. "I could have scored five goals, but I just couldn't score. Fifteen years ago I would score five. But not anymore."
Pittsburgh's Jordan Staal had opened the scoring before Kimmo Timonen tied it at 1-1 midway through the first period.
After Jagr put the Flyers ahead six minutes into the second, Matt Read made it 3-1 10 minutes later.
Pittsburgh's Tyler Kennedy cut the deficit to 3-2 with a slap shot at 13:31 in the third period but Maxime Talbot clinched the win with an empty-net goal with 25 seconds remaining.
The victory moved Philadelphia (22-10-4) into a tie with the New York Rangers for first place in the Atlantic Division. The Penguins (21-12-4) are two points behind.
In other games, it was: Jets 1, Kings 0, OT; Wild 4, Oilers 3; Avalanche 3, Coyotes 2; Canucks 5, Ducks 2; Hurricanes 4, Maple Leafs 3, OT; Islanders 3, Flames 1; Lightning 4, Canadiens 3; and Blue Jackets 4, Stars 1.
In Winnipeg, Evander Kane scored the only goal of the game 69 seconds into overtime as Winnipeg edged Los Angeles.
Kane scooped the puck out of goalie Jonathan Bernier's pads and fired it into the net.
In St. Paul, Dany Heatley scored his third goal in four games to help Minnesota snap an eight-game losing with a victory over Edmonton.
Mikko Koivu, Jarod Palmer and Pierre-Marc Bouchard also scored for the Wild.
Taylor Hall, Ladislav Smid and Shawn Horcoff scored for the Oilers, who have lost six of seven. Their only win in that stretch was against the Wild last week.
In Denver, Semyon Varlamov made 25 saves as Colorado denied Phoenix.
Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and an assist, and Kevin Porter and Stefan Elliott also scored for Colorado, which went 8-1 at home in December.
Mikkel Boedker scored both goals for the Coyotes.
Jagr, who spent the first 11 years of his career with the Penguins, broke a 1-1 tie with his 12th goal of the season to give the Flyers the momentum in the second period.
The 39-year-old joined Philadelphia in the off-season after spending three years in Russia, and admitted that he should have scored a hatful in familiar surroundings.
"I felt pretty good, I had so many chances," Jagr said. "I could have scored five goals, but I just couldn't score. Fifteen years ago I would score five. But not anymore."
Pittsburgh's Jordan Staal had opened the scoring before Kimmo Timonen tied it at 1-1 midway through the first period.
After Jagr put the Flyers ahead six minutes into the second, Matt Read made it 3-1 10 minutes later.
Pittsburgh's Tyler Kennedy cut the deficit to 3-2 with a slap shot at 13:31 in the third period but Maxime Talbot clinched the win with an empty-net goal with 25 seconds remaining.
The victory moved Philadelphia (22-10-4) into a tie with the New York Rangers for first place in the Atlantic Division. The Penguins (21-12-4) are two points behind.
In other games, it was: Jets 1, Kings 0, OT; Wild 4, Oilers 3; Avalanche 3, Coyotes 2; Canucks 5, Ducks 2; Hurricanes 4, Maple Leafs 3, OT; Islanders 3, Flames 1; Lightning 4, Canadiens 3; and Blue Jackets 4, Stars 1.
In Winnipeg, Evander Kane scored the only goal of the game 69 seconds into overtime as Winnipeg edged Los Angeles.
Kane scooped the puck out of goalie Jonathan Bernier's pads and fired it into the net.
In St. Paul, Dany Heatley scored his third goal in four games to help Minnesota snap an eight-game losing with a victory over Edmonton.
Mikko Koivu, Jarod Palmer and Pierre-Marc Bouchard also scored for the Wild.
Taylor Hall, Ladislav Smid and Shawn Horcoff scored for the Oilers, who have lost six of seven. Their only win in that stretch was against the Wild last week.
In Denver, Semyon Varlamov made 25 saves as Colorado denied Phoenix.
Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and an assist, and Kevin Porter and Stefan Elliott also scored for Colorado, which went 8-1 at home in December.
Mikkel Boedker scored both goals for the Coyotes.
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