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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Flyers got the type of consistent performance they had been missing of late.Sean Couturier scored a pair of goals Womens Niklas Hjalmarsson Jersey , Calvin Pickard made 31 saves in his fourth career shutout and Philadelphia beat the New York Rangers 4-0 Friday to stop a four-game losing streak.Travis Konecny had a goal, two assists and got into fight, Jordan Weal scored an empty-net goal and Claude Giroux had three assists for Philadelphia, which entered tied for last in the Metropolitan conference. The Flyers scored three goals in the final five minutes, 21 seconds.“There weren’t many guys below the bar; there were none, to be honest with you,” coach Dave Hakstol said. “We played a real good 60-minute game. Everybody went out and did their job, from the goaltender on out.”Pickard, among four Flyers goaltenders this season, was in net because starter Brian Elliott and backup Michal Neuvirth are sidelined with lower body injuries. Pickard has made 10 appearances and has a 4-1-2 record.“It was great for everybody http://www.officialoilers.com/authentic-adidas-connor-mcdavid-jersey ,” Pickard said. “After the last few games, we really keyed in on this one and we wanted to have a good effort start to finish. I thought we did that.”New York, which entered tied for the Metropolitan lead, lost for just the third time in 12 games. The Rangers entered with three wins a row.Pickard made his best save with 5:56 left, a pad stop on Lias Andersson to preserve a one-goal lead.“I wanted to stay patient,” Pickard said. “He’s a pretty skilled guy, so you had to figure he was going to make a move. I just stayed with him and battled after that.”Couturier scored 35 seconds later with a wrist shot from the slot, sending the puck under Henrik Lundqvist’s right arm after a pass from Konecny. After Weal’s goal, Couturier scored on a rebound with 1:37 remaining.Philadelphia had a season-high 46 shots against the 36-year-old Lundqvist, who started for the 18th time in 23 games.The four-time All-Star said there was no doubt the Flyers deserved the victory.“Today we played a team that did most things better than us; they played really well Milan Lucic Jersey Kids ,” Lundqvist said. “The only thing I didn’t like is we kept taking chances when it was a one-goal game.”After giving up the first goal in each game during their skid, the Flyers outshot the Rangers 15-8 in the first period, going ahead on Konecny’s unusual goal with 6:39 left. He sent the puck toward the net from the side boards, looking for Couturier, and the puck deflected off Lundqvist, Rangers defenseman Brady Skjei and a post before crossing the goal line.Ryan Strome, in his fifth game with the Rangers after his acquisition from Edmonton, fought Konecny to a draw in the second period. Konecny responded to Strome’s strong check on Couturier.Couturier appreciated Konecny’s response.“That’s the team spirit we need, battling for each other,” he said.Notes: New York F Mats Zuccarello (groin) returned to the lineup after missing three games. … Rangers LW Cody McLeod missed his first game of what is expected to be a four-to-six-week absence. He broke his left hand in a fight in Wednesday’s 5-0 win over the Islanders. … The teams meet in New York on Dec. 23 and Jan. 29 Oscar Klefbom Jersey , then play in Philadelphia on March 29.UP NEXTRangers: Host Washington Saturday.Flyers: At Toronto on Saturday. ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Knowing that a daunting seven-game trip awaited them, the Minnesota Wild wanted to leave home on a high note.A win against a division rival helped them do just that.Eric Staal put Minnesota ahead on the power play with 9:44 remaining, and Jonas Brodin had a late empty-netter as the Wild held on to beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Saturday night.Staal’s goal came on the fifth power play of the night for Minnesota, which won its fifth straight. The Wild had failed to score with the man advantage until Staal’s shot from between the faceoff circles found its way past Semyon Varlamov.“We made a little tweak on the power play and I think it opened up a little bit different of a threat,” Staal said.Brodin’s empty-netter gave the Wild a 3-1 lead with 2:43 remaining. Colorado pulled Varlamov after going on the power play, but Minnesota won the faceoff in its own zone before Brodin fired the length of the rink to score.“I got lucky on that one,” Brodin said. “I felt I could go for it. It’s a PK, too, so it’s not going to be icing. I went for it and I got lucky.”Gabriel Landeskog scored in traffic for Colorado with 41.1 seconds remaining. Mark Barberio also scored for the Avalanche http://www.officialoilers.com/authentic-adidas-ryan-nugent-hopkins-jersey , and Mikael Granlund had Minnesota’s first goal, extending his point streak to seven games.Devan Dubnyk made 30 saves for the Wild, while Varlamov stopped 25 shots.Staal’s goal came after a penalty on Nikita Zadorov. Granlund and Jason Zucker assisted.Minnesota is now 5-1-1 on the year when giving up the first goal. Saturday marked the first time all season Colorado lost after scoring first.Colorado’s top line of Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen was held mostly in check. The trio entered Saturday with 53 points but was frustrated for most of the night by Minnesota’s defense.“We had a lot of good chances, a lot of good looks,” MacKinnon said. “I guess you can’t score every time.”Granlund’s shot at 7:15 of the second period found a bit of room between Varlamov and the pipe to even the game at 1-1, just seconds after Matt Calvert emerged from the penalty box.Minnesota killed all six penalties, including 45 seconds of a 5-on-3 advantage for Colorado. The Avalanche entered Saturday’s game with the eighth-best power play in the league (27.5 percent). Minnesota came in having scored on 11.5 percent of its power plays, which was 27th in the league.“Special teams in games like this win you games,” Wild coach Bruce Boudreau said. “They were the difference Ryan Strome Jersey , I thought.”Minnesota and Colorado have each won a game in the rivalry so far this year. The Avalanche won 4-1 in the season opener on Oct. 1.“We did some good things. But we can’t be happy with a loss,” Barberio said. “I know it’s early, but this division’s too good and too tight to drop points.”NOTES: Wild D Ryan Suter was honored for playing in his 1,000th career game. Suter reached the milestone Thursday against the Kings. … Avalanche C Tyson Jost sat out with a head injury. … Minnesota F Jordan Greenway had a hat trick for the Iowa Wild on Saturday in his first game since being assigned to Minnesota’s AHL affiliate a day earlier.UP NEXTAvalanche: At Calgary on Thursday night.Wild: Visit Vancouver on Monday night in the opener of a seven-game trip. Minnesota won’t play at home again until Nov. 13.