With 1:43 left in the game, the Philadelphia Flyers fell behind the Pittsburgh Penguins for the first time Sunday. And that's all the time the defending Stanley Cup champions needed.
Matt Cooke's power play goal gave the Penguins a 2-1 victory at the Wachovia Center.
Cooke deflected Sergei Gonchar's slap shot between Flyers goalie Ray Emery's legs.
Gonchar scored on a slap shot off a feed from Ruslan Fedotenko during a power play with 5:27 left in first period, tying the game at 1. That power play was set up by a high-sticking penalty on Simon Gagne that negated a goal by Mike Richards.
Jeff Carter scored on a power play for Philadelphia 5:18 into the game, giving the Flyers the first goal scored in 15 of their past 16 games, including 14 in the first period. Skating behind the crease, Carter scooped the puck out of the netting and flicked a shot off the back of Brent Johnson's right leg. The goal was Carter's fifth in four games and his 16th point in 11 games against Pittsburgh.
Johnson made 27 saves, while Emery had 20.
The game featured 30 minutes of penalties combined in the first period alone as the teams continued their Eastern Conference rivalry in the fifth of their six meetings this season. The Penguins lead the series four games to one.
