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Recap: Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh

Sports Network | January 24, 2010

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Sergei Gonchar had a goal and an assist on the power play, as the Pittsburgh Penguins took a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers in an Atlantic Division battle at Wachovia Center.

Matt Cooke got the other power-play goal, while Brent Johnson stopped 27 shots for the Penguins, who have won four of their last six.

Pittsburgh came into the game with the worst power play on the road at 11.1 percent, but the team got both its goals on the power play and went 2-for-8 in the game.

"It's a huge rivalry we have with these guys," said Cooke. "Any time you play playoff series against other teams it creates a rivalry. These guys play intense and they play tough and we're just glad to get the two points."

Jeff Carter scored the lone goal, while Ray Emery made 20 saves for the Flyers, who had a three-game winning streak stopped.

"It's a tough game and we've played a lot lately," said Emery. "It seems like every time we play these guys it's our second game in two days. We had our chances today but we didn't make the most of them."

Skating with a man advantage late in the third after Kimmo Timonen was called for delay of game after throwing the puck over the glass, Pittsburgh took the lead.

Gonchar had the puck in the high slot and blasted a shot on net that went between the legs of two Philly players and then hit the stick of Cooke before sliding by Emery with 1:47 to play.

Gonchar was called for hooking with 48 seconds left, and the Flyers pulled Emery for a 6-on-4, but the Pens held off the Flyers for the win.

Philly took a 1-0 lead just 5:18 into the contest on the power play. Timonen blasted a shot from the left circle that was tipped and sat on the back of the net. Carter knocked the puck off the net then hit it again and the puck hit off the back of Johnson's right leg and went in.

The Pens, though, got the goal back with 5:27 left in the first with a power- play goal of their own. With traffic in front, Gonchar sent a simple shot on net from the high slot that hit off a Flyers in front and got past Emery for his eighth goal of the season.

The second period went scoreless, as Philly managed just five shots while Pittsburgh threw 11 on net with the two goaltenders turning every shot aside.

The Flyers host Atlanta on Thursday...Pittsburgh plays in New York against the Rangers on Monday...Pittsburgh has won four of the five games against Philadelphia this season...Philadelphia went 1-for-9 on the power play.