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PHILADELPHIA -- The St. Louis Blues could have used Keith
Tkachuk a day earlier.
|  | | Philadelphia's Kent Manderville scores a key short-handed goal past St. Louis goalie Roman Turek in the second period. |
But even he might not have been able to help, as the Blues
stretched their winless streak to seven games with a 5-2 loss to
the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night.
"He's one of the marquee players in the game and he can help
any team," said Scott Mellanby, a former Flyer who scored for the
Blues. "But we also have to play better and be more prepared to
play than we were tonight."
Kent Manderville scored Philadelphia's go-ahead goal, only his
second tally since joining the Flyers a year ago, on a short-handed
breakaway with 35 seconds left in the second period. Mark Recchi
and Keith Primeau each added a goal and two assists for the Flyers.
"The group of guys here are used to playing a certain way,
working hard," Primeau said. "We're not as skilled as most teams
most nights, so we know the only way we have a chance to win is to
work hard."
The Blues acquired Tkachuk from the Phoenix Coyotes, shortly
before the trade deadline Tuesday afternoon, for center Michal Handzus, right wing Ladislav Nagy, forward Jeff Taffe -- a Blues'
draft choice from last year -- and a first-round selection from the draft this year.
Meanwhile, the Flyers made two minor trades but couldn't get rid
of disgruntled star Eric Lindros. The Blues were among at least
three teams who made final attempts to acquire the 28-year-old
restricted free agent.
"All along we felt that we weren't going to be able to trade
Lindros and we were proven right," Flyers general manager Bob
Clarke said. "We'd like to trade him, but he's made his own bed.
He's made it difficult for us to trade him."
The game was tied 2-2 midway through the second when Manderville
put the Flyers ahead. Primeau followed up with his 33rd of the
season at 1:21 of the third period, and Peter White capped the
scoring with an empty-net goal with less than minute left. Michel
Picard also had a goal and an assist.
Lubos Bartecko and Mellanby scored for St. Louis, which hasn't
won since Feb. 26.
The Flyers second victory of the season over the Blues came despite
a string of injuries -- including leading scorer Simon Gagne
(shoulder), center Daymond Langkow (foot), John LeClair (back),
Justin Williams (hand), and Eric Desjardins (concussion). Gagne and
Williams could be coming back in the next week.
"I think our guys kind of look past the deadline to the end of
the month and getting some of the guys back from injuries,"
Primeau said.
Tkachuk, who was expected to join the team Wednesday in
Minnesota, should help the struggling Blues. The former Coyotes
captain had 29 goals and 42 assists in 64 games and led Phoenix in
penalty minutes and game-winning goals.
"Obviously, he's strong around the boards and he's strong
around the front of the net and he's got a lot of skills," Pierre
Turgeon said. "So he's going to bring a lot to our hockey team and
we can't wait to have him."
Recchi opened scoring for the Flyers, knocking in a shot from
Primeau at the left circle early in the first for his 1,000th
career point. Recchi becomes the 60th player in NHL history to
reach the mark.
After the game, Recchi had fluid drained from his right elbow
that will keep him out of Wednesday's practice.
Roman Cechmanek made 28 saves, including a nice stop on a
breakaway by Scott Young early in the first period.
Game notes
Manderville was acquired from Carolina on March 14, 2000.
Manderville began his Philadelphia career with a 122-game scoring
drought that ended with a short-handed goal Feb. 7. ... Cechmanek
won his 30th game of the season, becoming the first Flyers goalie
since Ron Hextall to reach the mark. Hextall won 30-plus games in
1995-96 and 1996-97. ... Pavol Demitra had an assist for the Blues
in his first game back after missing 14 games with a leg injury.
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Mark Recchi deflects a Chris Therien shot into the net for his 1,000th career point.
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Lubos Bartecko blasts a shot past Roman Cechmanek for the Blues' first goal.
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Mark Recchi sets up Keith Primeau for a Flyers' insurance goal.
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 Mark Recchi talks with Al Morganti after notching his 1,000th career point against St. Louis.
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