Sabres edge Flyers for fifth straight win
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jochen Hecht snapped a third period tie to give the Buffalo Sabres their fifth successive win with a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday.
The Flyers have now lost five games in a row.
Ales Kotalik drew the Sabres even with Philadelphia on a power play at 4:30 of the third period before Hecht delivered the game winner almost 13 minutes later.
Drew Stafford put Buffalo in front with a first-period goal, before Jeff Carter scored for the Flyers at 2:13 of the second to level the scoring.
Joffrey Lupul then put Philadelphia ahead on a power-play 45 seconds later.
Sabres netminder Ryan Miller made 20 saves for the victory.
Former Sabres standout Daniel Briere played for the first time in Buffalo since signing a long-term contract with Philadelphia in the off season. He failed to score a point.
* The New York Islanders scored twice in 37 seconds in the third period to record a 4-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Blake Comeau scored his first NHL goal to put the Islanders ahead at 10:28 of the third while Trent Hunter wrapped up the victory with his goal less than 40 seconds later.
Miroslav Satan and Andy Hilbert also scored goals for New York, while Erik Christensen and Jordan Staal scored for Pittsburgh.
* Nikolai Zherdev delivered the tie-breaking goal to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 2-1 victory and condemned the Los Angeles Kings to their sixth successive loss.
(Writing by Gene Cherry in Salvo, North Carolina; Editing by Greg Stutchbury)
