Thomas Vanek
(Philadelphia, PA) — Philadelphia’s Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (PEE-air-EHD-wawrd BEHL-mahr) scored a goal early in the third period and it held up as the Flyers edged the Minnesota Wild in Pennsylvania Thursday night, 3-2. Thomas Vanek and Mikael Granlund (me-KYLE GRAN-lund) both scored in the second period for Minnesota, which has lost two in-a-row since a four-game winning streak. Devan Dubnyk (DOOB-nik) allowed all three goals on 31 shots in the setback. The Wild play at Washington on Friday evening. The Capitals lost to Montreal on Wednesday.