Montreal Canadiens' Daniel Briere, center, collides with Philadelphia Flyers' Steve Mason, left, as Braydon Coburn defends during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, in Philadelphia. Briere was penalized for goal tender interference on the hit. Philadelphia won 3-1. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
January 08, 2014 - 9:35 PM
PHILADELPHIA - Sean Couturier, Zac Rinaldo and Michael Raffl scored to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to their 10th straight home victory, 3-1 over the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night.
The surging Flyers returned home after a 5-1 trip that sent them to fourth in the Eastern Conference. Brushing off 1-7 and 4-10-1 starts to become one of the hottest teams in the NHL, they are 9-2 since Dec. 17 and have found new life under coach Craig Berube.
The Flyers haven't lost at home since Nov. 7 against New Jersey. They're on their longest home winning streak since they won 11 straight Oct. 27-Dec. 5, 2003.
Steve Mason was again sensational in goal, stopping 19 shots for his 18th win.
Tomas Plekanec scored for the Canadiens.
RANGERS 3, BLACKHAWKS 2
CHICAGO (AP) — Carl Hagelin broke a tie with 5:57 left to lift New York last Chicago.
Marc Staal started the winning sequence with a long slap shot that was stopped by Corey Crawford, who also got in front of Hagelin's first rebound attempt. But Hagelin stayed with the play and flipped the puck into the open right side.
Brad Richards and Mats Zuccarello also scored for New York, which earned its first win in Chicago since a 3-2 victory on Jan. 16, 2009. Henrik Lundqvist made 35 saves.
Jonathan Toews and Brandon Bollig scored in the second period for Chicago, which had recorded at least one point in a season-high 10 games. It was the Blackhawks' first home regulation loss since a 4-3 setback against Dallas on Dec. 3.
AVALANCHE 4, SENATORS 3, OT
DENVER (AP) — Paul Stastny had the tying goal and two assists and Tyson Barrie scored 33 seconds into overtime to complete Colorado's comeback victory over Ottawa.
Jan Hejda and Jamie McGinn also scored for Colorado.
The Avalanche were down 3-2 in the third and pressed for the tying goal. John Mitchell nearly tied it when his shot went off the inside of the right post. Stastny tied it moments later when he deked goalie Craig Anderson with 2:20 left.
Clarke MacArthur had a goal and an assist for Ottawa, and Jason Spezza and Kyle Turris also scored.
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