[Drew]

SHOVE IT, SID

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Joffrey Lupul and Jeff Carter scored on two of Philadelphia's first three shots and the Flyers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 on Wednesday night, their first victory in two seasons against their division rival.

The Flyers went 0-8 against the Penguins last season, the first time in club history they have lost that many games in a season to a single opponent. They hadn't won in Pittsburgh in five games since Jan. 21, 2006.

Mike Richards also scored for the Flyers, who had dropped four of six and were coming off a 2-0 loss to the Rangers on Monday night. The Flyers averaged only two goals in their previous six games, only to get that many in slightly more than 5 1/2 minutes against Penguins backup goaltender Dany Sabourin, who didn't look comfortable on either shot.

Penguins coach Michel Therrien stayed with Sabourin after he shut out the Devils 5-0 on Monday night, even though Marc-Andre Fleury was 8-0 against the Flyers last season and 10-3 with a 2.74 goals-against average in 14 career appearances.

So much for going with the hot goalie. The Flyers needed only 28 seconds to take the lead as Daniel Briere, shifted from the top line to the third line during practice Tuesday, found Lupul open in the slot for a hard wrist shot. Lasse Kukkonen was in front of the net and may have screened Sabourin on Lupul's fifth goal.

Sabourin also was slow to react on Carter's seventh goal, after the Flyers took the puck from Sergei Gonchar with some strong forechecking by Scottie Upshall and Scott Hartnell. Upshall fed the puck in front to Carter, and he beat Sabourin easily high to the glove side with about 5 1/2 minutes gone.

The Penguins, who scored five goals or more five times against the Flyers last season, got back into the game when Ryan Malone scored in the final minute of the period. Evgeni Malkin collided with Kimmo Timonen while carrying the puck into the neutral zone and lost control, but Sidney Crosby scooped it up on the fly and found Malone open at the edge of the net.

A season ago, Crosby had seven goals and nine assists against the Flyers, and he has 14 goals in 17 games against them.

Richards restored the Flyers' two-goal lead when he and Jason Smith teamed on a 2-on-1 break midway through the second period against defenseman Alain Nasreddine, who stayed back and tried to read the play only to have Richards snap off a shot that Sabourin couldn't defend.

The Penguins were 0-7 on the power play as Flyers goalie Martin Biron made 26 saves in improving to 8-4. He has all but one Flyers victory.


Notes

The Flyers hadn't beaten Pittsburgh since winning in Philadelphia on April 11, 2006. ... Philadelphia is 3-4 on an eight-game road trip that ends Thursday night in New Jersey. ... Both teams play their fifth game in eight nights on Thursday. The Penguins meet the Rangers in New York ... The Flyers are 7-0 when they score the first goal. ... The Penguins lost their fifth in seven games. ... Philadelphia had only three shots in the third period and 20 overall.

[Drew]

Additionally, Crosby was a -2 in the game. Bliss.

[MikeyB99]

He still had the assist.

[Asha]

He also still wears lipstick.