Flyers beat Lightning in 7th round of shootout

Kimmo Timonen scored in the seventh round of the shootout and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Tuesday night in a matchup of the top two teams in the Eastern Conference.

Philadelphia, which won the shootout 2-1, got goals in regulation from James Van Riemsdyk, Scott Hartnell and Darroll Powe. The conference-leading Flyers are 18-6-3 on the road.

Dominic Moore, Vincent Lecavalier and Teddy Purcell scored for the Lightning, who took three of four in the season series with Philadelphia. Tampa Bay, which trails the Flyers by five points, is 5-3 during a 12-game homestand.

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