PHILADELPHIA - Claude Lapointe and Mark Recchi scored 30 seconds apart in the first period, helping the Flyers beat the Senators 5-3 Friday night in a game that featured five consecutive brawls in the final two minutes and set a league record with 419 penalty minutes.
"We're not scared of Ottawa and we're not intimidated by their talent," Flyers goaltender Robert Esche said.
Officials needed about 90 minutes after the game to sort the penalties. The record for penalty minutes was 406 by the Minnesota North Stars and Boston Bruins in 1981.
After the game, Flyers general manager Bob Clarke, captain of the Broad Street Bullies teams of the 1970s, went toward Ottawa's dressing room but was stopped by Philadelphia officials.
Danny Markov, Kim Johnsson and Alexei Zhamnov also scored for the Flyers, who snapped a five-game winless streak (0-3-2) against Ottawa. They were eliminated from the playoffs by the Senators the past two seasons.
Chris Neil, Zdeno Chara and Peter Bondra scored for Ottawa.
Flyers enforcer Donald Brashear and the Senators' Rob Ray started the fighting by dropping their gloves with 1:45 left. As they skated off the ice, the rest of the players joined in, including the goalies. Ottawa's Patrick Lalime skated the length of the ice to go after Esche.
Once play resumed, all the players, except the new goalies, immediately went after each other. After play resumed again, Philadelphia's Michal Handzus and Ottawa's Mike Fisher went at it. Another fight broke out 30 seconds later. Finally, the Flyers' Patrick Sharp and the Senators' Jason Spezza finished it off.
The bad blood stems from Senators forward Martin Havlat hitting Recchi in the face with his stick in a game last week. Havlat played his first game after being suspended two games by the league for the incident.
Sharks lose star in loss
DENVER - Joe Sakic had a goal and two assists and Milan Hejduk a goal and an assist to help Colorado end its eight-game home winless streak 5-1 over San Jose.
The Sharks lost Marco Sturm to a season-ending broken left leg 11:26 in. Sturm, San Jose's second-leading scorer with 21 goals and 20 assists, was ridden feetfirst into the boards behind the Colorado net by Adam Foote.
Sakic has four goals and three assists in his past two games. Steve Moore, Alex Tanguay and Peter Worrell added goals, and John-Michael Liles had two assists for Colorado, 0-4-3-1 before the win.
STARS 5, FLAMES 1: Marty Turco had 22 saves, stopped a penalty shot and set the team record for minutes played for host Dallas. Turco won his 31st game, equaling a career high, and has played 3,749 minutes, surpassing Ed Belfour's 3,689 in 2000-01. Shean Donovan was given a penalty shot with 2:30 left in the second and Calgary down 2-1 after he was pulled down during a breakaway. He tried to make a move near the net but lost control of the puck, which was smothered by Turco.
CANADIENS 4, COYOTES 3: Saku Koivu and Richard Zednik had a goal and an assist for visiting Montreal, which moved within three of sixth-place New Jersey. Zednik made it 4-1 47 seconds in the third when he beat Brian Boucher with a shot from the high slot. Mike Comrie made it 4-2 just 2:15 later, and Chris Gratton scored a power-play goal 4:05 in to close within one. But the Canadiens allowed just four shots the rest of the way. Montreal right wing Alex Kovalev hurt his shoulder when he extended his right arm to reach for a puck along the boards, and Coyotes forward Shane Doan crashed into him 9:22 into the second. He is day to day.
RANGERS 3, CAPITALS 2: Jason LaBarbera had 19 saves for his first victory and assisted on Bobby Holik's winner, lifting host New York. Mark Messier had a goal and an assist, and Chris Simon also scored for the Rangers. Trent Whitfield and Kip Miller had goals for Washington, 1-5-1 in its past seven.
'CANES 3, THRASHERS 2 (OT): Kevyn Adams scored with less than a second left for visiting Carolina. The officials reviewed the goal and allowed it to stand. Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre tied it for the Thrashers with 12.4 seconds left in regulation.
RED WINGS 3, CANUCKS 1: Nicklas Lidstrom had a goal and two assists and Manny Legace had 23 saves to lift host Detroit. Brendan Shanahan and Brett Hull also scored for the Red Wings, who were without centers Pavel Datsyuk (sprained ankle) and Kris Draper (partially separated rotator cuff) and defenseman Mathieu Dandenault (broken foot).
DUCKS 5, BLACKHAWKS 2: Steve Rucchin had two goals and an assist for visiting Anaheim, which won its third in a row and is 9-3-1-1 in its past 14. Chicago's Eric Daze, playing his first game since back surgery on Dec.3, had a goal and an assist.
