Hemsky's two goals, assist help Oilers snap Flyers' four-game win streak

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Game Information

Arena: Wachovia Center Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Referees: Dan O'Rourke, Wes McCauley Linesmen: Brian Mach, Andy McElman

Attendance: 19,437 (99.7% full)

Team Stat Comparison
228	Goals	260
244	Goals Against	232
60	Power Play Goals	71
76	Power Play Goals Allowed	67
3	Shorthanded Goals	16
8	Shorthanded Goals Allowed	1
1247	Penalty Minutes	1434
15	Average Penalty Minutes	17

Scoring Summary
1ST PERIOD			EDM	PHI
9:10		Erik Cole Assists: Ethan Moreau, Jason Strudwick	1	0
10:52		Mike Knuble (Power Play) Assists: Simon Gagne, Mike Richards	1	1
12:27		Ales Hemsky Assists: Ladislav Smid, Tom Gilbert	2	1
2ND PERIOD			EDM	PHI
4:26		Ales Hemsky Assists: Tom Gilbert, Ladislav Smid	3	1
8:10		Braydon Coburn (Power Play) Assists: Kimmo Timonen, Scott Hartnell	3	2
10:21		Sheldon Souray (Power Play) Assists: Sam Gagner, Tom Gilbert	4	2
11:52		Dustin Penner Assists: Sheldon Souray, Ales Hemsky	5	2
18:43		Jeff Carter (Power Play) Assists: Luca Sbisa	5	3
3RD PERIOD			EDM	PHI
0:20		Simon Gagne Assists: Mike Knuble, Glen Metropolit	5	4

PHILADELPHIA -- Ales Hemsky is rounding into form and the Edmonton Oilers are winning again.

Fast Facts

• The Oilers beat the Flyers for the fourth straight time.

• Flyers goalie Martin Biron was 3-0-0 with a 2.22 GAA in his last three games before allowing five Sunday.

• Philadelphia's Mike Knuble extended his goal scoring streak to five straight games with a first-period tally.

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Hemsky had two goals and an assist, and the Oilers held on to end the Philadelphia Flyers' four-game winning streak with a 5-4 win Sunday.

"He played unreal," Edmonton coach Craig MacTavish said after the Oilers won their second straight after dropping five in a row. "Those are all-world goals that he scored."

Hemsky put the Oilers ahead 2-1 at 12:27 of the first period on a nifty forehand-to-backhand move after skating in from center ice. Then at 4:26 of the second, Hemsky skated in from the blue line and went backhand-to-forehand to score again.

They were the first goals in 19 games dating back to last season for the sixth-year right wing.

"I wouldn't have minded a couple of garbage goals, but I didn't get mentally down and the goals came," Hemsky said.

Sheldon Souray added a goal and assist, Erik Cole and Dustin Penner also scored, and Tom Gilbert had three assists for the Oilers.

Mike Knuble and Simon Gagne each had a goal and assist, and Braydon Coburn and Jeff Carter also scored goals for Philadelphia, which outscored its opponents 19-7 during the streak.

"We just let them skate," Philadelphia coach John Stevens said. "There were some severe breakdowns. We also have to do a better job of checking."

Dwayne Roloson stopped 22 shots as the Oilers built a 5-2 lead. He denied Scott Hartnell on a breakaway with 9:07 left in the third period and Edmonton leading 5-4.

"The Flyers are a great offensive team," Roloson said. "Their power play was firing pretty good today. They took advantage of some mistakes."

Martin Biron, who had 23 saves, said that the Flyers made it too easy for the Oilers' offense.

"We gave them a lot of room to execute their give-and-goes, their passes, and their three-on-twos," the goaltender said.

Edmonton went ahead on Cole's wrist shot from the right circle at 9:10 of the first period.

The Flyers tied it on a power play 1:42 later. Gagne hit the post on a rebound attempt and the puck bounced back to Knuble who poked it in from the front of the net.

After Hemsky's scores, Coburn and Souray traded goals with slap shots on the power play from inside the blue line at 8:10 and 10:21 respectively, Penner hammered in a rebound to make it 5-2 at 11:52.

Carter extended his goal-scoring streak to seven goals in seven games with a wrist shot through a screen on a power play to get the Flyers closer with 1:17 left in the second period.

Gagne's rebound goal made it 5-4 20 seconds into the third period.

Game notes
Carter also has three assists during his scoring streak. ... Knuble extended his goal-scoring streak to five games and also has two assists in that span. ... Edmonton played the third of a season-high seven consecutive road games. ... Edmonton D Gilbert had his first-career three-point game. ... The Flyers were 3-of-6 on the power play.