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Philly flies past Avs

Roman Lyubimov and Brayden Schenn scored 1:46 apart early in the third period to help the Philadelphia Flyers defeat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 at Pepsi Center on Wednesday for their 10th consecutive win.

Lyubimov pressured Rene Bourque in the right faceoff circle in the Avalanche zone, picked up the loose puck, and beat goalie Calvin Pickard to the far side at 3:30 for his third goal and a 3-2 Flyers lead.

Schenn skated down the right wing, cut inside Colorado's Francois Beauchemin, and continued to the net to jam the puck past Pickard to make it 4-2 with his ninth goal at 5:16.

The Avalanche closed to 4-3 at 15:15 when Matt Duchene scored his second goal of the game, 12th of the season. 

Goalie Steve Mason won his NHL career-best eighth consecutive game for the Flyers (19-10-3), who have won the first two of a three-game road trip.

The Avalanche (11-16-1) are 0-5-1 in their past six home games.

The Flyers took a 1-0 lead at 4:01 of the second period on a goal by defenseman Michael Del Zotto, who batted his own rebound out of the air and past Pickard for his fourth goal.

The Avalanche tied it 1-1 at 12:14 on Bourque's ninth goal. Carl Soderberg won a faceoff in the right circle and drew the puck back to Bourque, who spun around and beat Mason from the high slot.

Duchene and Philadelphia's Wayne Simmonds exchanged goals 23 seconds apart later in the first.

Duchene converted the rebound of defenseman Nikita Zadorov's hard shot with 3:26 remaining to give the Avalanche a 2-1 lead. The goal was Duchene's first at Pepsi Center this season. 

Simmonds tied the game 2-2 with 3:03 left with his 16th goal. Defenseman Radko Gudas set up Simmonds, who moved in alone on Pickard and scored from close range.

-- by Rick Sadowski for NHL.com --