Lightning 4, Flyers 2: Teddy Purcell snapped a tie with 10:35 left in the third period and Steven Stamkos scored his 200th career goal into an empty net as Tampa Bay topped visiting Philadelphia.Purcell leaped to deflect defenseman Keith Aulie's shot from the left point with his stick blade for a 3-2 lead and Stamkos sealed the win with three seconds to go. Stamkos added an assist, Ondrej Palat and Tom Pyatt also scored and Anders Lindback turned aside 28 shots for the Lightning.Maxime Talbot and captain Claude Giroux recorded goals for the Flyers, who dropped two of three to Tampa Bay this season. Ilya Bryzgalov made 23 saves for Philadelphia.Palat steamed up the middle to knock in Dana Tyrell's nifty flip pass 6:38 into the contest, but Talbot tied it at 13:55 on a backhander from in front. Pyatt deflected rookie Tyler Johnson's centering pass behind Bryzgalov with 2:57 left in the first period for a 2-1 lead.Tampa Bay's Cory Conacher hurried back to break up a rush but turned the puck over to Giroux, who beat a screened Lindback to the glove side with 4:39 remaining in the second. The Lightning lost defenseman Victor Hedman and right wing Ryan Malone, who registered eight hits, to injuries in the third period before Purcell's winner.GAME NOTEBOOK: Flyers D Kimmo Timonen played his 1,000th career game on his 38th birthday. Timonen, a 10th-round draft pick of the Los Angeles Kings in 1993, is the 282nd player in NHL history and the sixth from Finland to reach the milestone. … Stamkos is the fourth-youngest player to reach 200 goals, behind Hall-of-Famers Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Dale Hawerchuk. … Lightning D Matt Carle played his 500th career game, with 308 of them coming with Philadelphia.
Recap: Lightning 4, Flyers 2
Published: Mar 19 2013 01:39:46 AM EDT
Updated On: Mar 19 2013 01:39:47 AM EDT
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