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SportsDecember 19, 2001

PHILADELPHIA -- Chris Therien's short-handed goal midway through the third period snapped a tie and lifted the Philadelphia Flyers to a 6-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night. The Flyers had lost two straight and five of seven at home. St. Louis had just one regulation loss in 10 games...

By Rob Maaddi, The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA -- Chris Therien's short-handed goal midway through the third period snapped a tie and lifted the Philadelphia Flyers to a 6-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night.

The Flyers had lost two straight and five of seven at home. St. Louis had just one regulation loss in 10 games.

Jeremy Roenick, Marty Murray, Kim Johnsson, Mark Recchi and Ruslan Fedotenko also scored for Philadelphia.

Pavol Demitra, Scott Young and Bryce Salvador had goals for the Blues.

Therien's goal came just after Philadelphia killed a 94-second two-man advantage penalty. With eight seconds remaining on a high-sticking penalty on Fedotenko, Simon Gagne broke in, took a pass from Jeremy Roenick and backhanded a shot that was stopped by Brent Johnson.

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But the rebound went right to Therien, who lifted a shot over a sprawled Johnson for his first goal of the season and first career shorthanded.

Recchi's 400th NHL goal made it 5-3 with 1:26 left. Fedotenko added an empty-net goal.

St. Louis was 0-for-8 on the power play, including two, two-man advantages that totaled 2:07.

The Blues scored two goals in a span of 2:09 in the second period to take a 3-2 lead, but the Flyers tied it at 3 on Johnsson's power-play goal midway through the second.

Three seconds after failing on a power play, St. Louis tied it at 2 on Young's ninth goal 5:40 into the second. Salvador gave the Blues a 3-2 lead on a hard slap shot -- his first goal in 61 games.

Flyers goalie Roman Cechmanek made 30 saves, including a terrific stop on a breakaway by Keith Tkachuk that preserved a 3-3 tie early in the third.

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