Philadelphia, PA (1/3/70)- The Philadelphia Flyers scored twice during a five-minute power play in the third period, breaking open a close game, and went on to defeat the Red Wings, 5-1, at the Spectrum on Saturday night.
The Flyers were leading 2-1 in the third period when Detroit's Matt Ravlich was whistled off for a major boarding penalty at 7:02.
Bill Sutherland and Andre Lacroix scored during the ensuing power play (Lacroix with just four seconds left in the man advantage) and the game was effectively over.
Alex Delvecchio scored for Detroit (16-10-9), losers of five of their past seven games.
"We are giving up too many goals," Red Wings coach Sid Abel said. "When we were going good we were much better in our own zone. Lately we have been ragged."
Prior to the current 2-5 stretch, the Red Wings had gone 16 games with only one loss (8-1-7).
Goalie Roy Edwards made some big saves but also let in a couple of soft goals.
The Flyers got goals from two defenseman---Larry Hillman and Larry Hale.
Bernie Parent made 21 saves for Philadelphia.
The Flyers only had two shots on goal in the first period, but then poured 29 shots at Edwards the rest of the game.
The game was another penalty-filled affair, as was the New Year's Eve game against Boston. The Flyers had eight power plays; Detroit had five as the teams combined for 47 minutes in penalties.
The Red Wings are right back on the ice on Sunday, hosting Chicago.
DET 0-1-0 = 1
PHI 0-1-4 = 5
1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
DET- Delvecchio (Mahovlich, Howe) PPG 2:57
PHI- L. Hillman (Fleming, Peters) 13:37
3rd Period
PHI- Hale (Lacroix, Dornhoefer) 5:08
PHI- Sutherland (Watson, L. Hillman) PPG 9:20
PHI- Lacroix (Dornhoefer, Ball) PPG 11:58
PHI- Gendron (Sutherland, Nolet) 14:49
Shots on Goal
DET 5-11-6 = 22
PHI 2-13-16 = 31
Goalies
Edwards (DET); Parent (PHI)
Power Plays
DET 1-for-5; PHI 2-for-8
Penalty Minutes
DET 27; PHI 20
Fights
Popiel (DET) vs. Morrison (PHI) 9:45 1st Period
Mahovlich (DET) vs. Fleming (PHI) 4:36 3rd Period
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