Flyers' best aren't playing like it

PHILADELPHIA — It's a lot more fun when the Flyers fail to show up for the first period and then dominate the rest of the game. It was the exact opposite tonight. They lost the game because of it. They lost really badly, too, 4-1.

Alexei Ponikarovsky scored late in the first OT period to give the New Jersey Devils a 4-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers. The Devils now lead the series with game 4 coming up on Sunday night. Watch the OT goal as

By Nancy Kercheval on May 04, 2012 The New Jersey Devils defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 in overtime and the Los Angeles Kings topped the St. Louis Blues 4-2 in the second round of the National Hockey League playoffs.

By Adam Kimelman – NHL.com Deputy Managing Editor NEWARK, NJ — The Philadelphia Flyers started the second period missing their top shut-down center, rookie Sean Couturier. Couturier played just five shifts in the first period, with the final one

By Adam Kimelman – NHL.com Deputy Managing Editor The Devils — playing without Ilya Kovalchuk — scored four times in the third period to beat the Flyers 4-1 and even the series at one game apiece before it shifts to New Jersey for Games 3 & 4.