DETROIT – Jaromir Jagr had a goal and an assist and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 in a preseason game Friday night.
James Van Riemsdyk and Matt Read also scored for Philadelphia and Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves.
Fabian Brunnstrom scored for Detroit and Jimmy Howard stopped 19 shots.
Van Riemsdyk and Jagr scored 52 seconds apart late in the first period to erase the Red Wings’ 1-0 lead.
Van Riemsdyk tied it 1-all with 2:34 left in the opening period and Jagr gave the Flyers the lead for good with 1:42 remaining in the first.
The Flyers’ victory came a night after a banana was thrown from the stands as Wayne Simmonds scored during a shootout. Simmonds, who is black, did not play Friday night but was seen signing autographs.
Canadiens 4, Senators 3, SO
MONTREAL (AP) — Max Pacioretty fueled the comeback and Erik Cole scored the shootout winner for the Canadiens.
Pacioretty converted Montreal’s first shootout attempt after scoring a pair of power-play goals in the second to key the Canadiens’ comeback from a 3-0 deficit. The Canadiens’ left wing played his second game since returning from a broken vertebra, the result of a controversial hit by Boston’s Zdeno Chara on
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