EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The Devils won't give up the Stanley Cup without a fight.
After dropping the opening two games in Philadelphia, the Devils got back into their first-round series with the Flyers on Monday night. Patrik Elias scored twice and Scott Gomez had three assists in a 4-2 victory.
Rookie Paul Martin and Brian Gionta also scored, and Martin Brodeur made 23 saves as New Jersey cut the Flyers' lead in the best-of-seven series to 2-1. Game 4 is Wednesday night at the Continental Airlines Arena.
Jeremy Roenick and Tony Amonte scored for the Flyers, who twice blew one-goal leads.
The Devils, 0-for-7 on the power play in losing two 3-2 decisions in Philadelphia, scored three times on five extra-man chances to get back into the series.
The Devils also had a little luck.
Elias' second goal went past Robert Esche off the hip of Flyers defenseman Kim Johnsson with 2:32 left in the second period, giving New Jersey a 3-2 lead. It marked the first time in the series the Devils were ahead.
Gionta, who had hit the goalpost with a shot from center ice minutes earlier, gave the Devils breathing room at the 7:00 mark of the third period, scoring a power-play goal off a pass by Gomez from behind the net.
The Flyers, who converted two of their four power plays in the first two games, converted on two of their first three in twice taking the lead in Game 3.
Roenick put Philadelphia ahead 1-0 a little more than a minute after Martin was penalized for interference. After Brodeur stopped Johnsson's shot from the right circle, Roenick fluttered the rebound over the Devils goaltender.
The goal originally was credited to Amonte, who flicked his stick at the puck simultaneously with Roenick.
Elias tied the score early in the second period, putting a centering pass from Gomez into a virtually open net.
A giveaway by defenseman Scott Niedermayer behind his own net set up Amonte in close at 3:13. Martin scored on a scramble in front at 4:55 with New Jersey on a power play.
NOTES: With the two goals, Elias become New Jersey's all-time leading scorer in the playoffs with 28 goals and 49 assists for 77 points. Elias had shared the lead with Devils assistant coach John MacLean (31-44-75). ... The only lineup change for Game 3 was Devils center Viktor Kozlov replacing Igor Larionov. ... Flyers left wing Simon Gagne took a big hit from Devils defenseman Ray Giroux late in the first period but returned.
