Flyers 4, Devils 3 (OT)
NEWARK, N.J. -- Right winger Matt Read's goal with 1:36 left in overtime the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-3 win over the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center on Thursday night.
Left winger Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, right winger Wayne Simmonds and center Claude Giroux also scored for Philadelphia (11-10-5), which won a season-high four in a row.
Right winger Jakub Voracek finished with two assists and goaltender Michal Neuvirth made 15 saves.
Despite receiving goals from left winger Stefan Matteau, right winger Kyle Palmieri and left winger Mike Cammalleri, New Jersey(13-10-3) lost for the third time in its last five games. The Devils lost nine of 14 games at home so far this season.
Devils goalie Cory Schneider stopped 21 of 25 shots.
The teams traded goals in the first period, and went into intermission tied 1-1. Matteau opened the scoring with an unassisted goal 6:36 into the game to give the Devils an early 1-0 advantage. The goal was Matteau's first of the season, a sharp angled backhander that fooled Neuwirth.
The Flyers drew even on Simmonds' power play goal just 3:20 later. Simmonds stuffed a feed from Voracek past Schneider.
Philadelphia took a 2-1 lead at the 7:12 mark of the second period on Giroux's 5-on-3 power-play goal. With Palmieri (tripping) and defenseman Andy Greene (delay of game) serving penalties, Giroux one-timed Voracek's feed for the go-ahead goal.
The Flyers lead lasted until Palmieri ripped a drive from the left circle 1:55 into the third to tie the game 2-2.
Bellemare's second goal of the season put the Flyers up 3-2 midway through the third period. Bellemare jammed center Chris VandeVelde's rebound under Schneider for just his eighth goal in 99 NHL games .
Cammelleri's power-play goal with one minute left in regulation tied the game at 3-3.
The game remained tied until Read's game-winner.
NOTES: New Jersey coach John Hynes did not have an update on the condition of C Travis Zajac on Friday afternoon. Zajac was injured during the first period of the Devils' 5-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night in Raleigh, N.C. "He's going to see the doctors tonight," Hynes said. ... C Jacob Josefson replaced Zajac on New Jersey's second line. C Sergey Kalinin dressed in place of Zajac and was slotted on a line with LW Stefan Matteau and RW Tyler Kennedy. ... New Jersey scratched D Eric Gelinas and RW Brian O'Neill. ... C Sam Gagner and C Vincent Lecavalier were the Flyers' scratches.