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Flyers soar past Stars in battle between division leaders

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – The Philadelphia Flyers scored a goal in each period to beat the Dallas Stars 3-1 in a battle of division leaders at Wells Fargo Center on Saturday.

The Atlantic Division-leading Flyers claimed their second win in a row while the Stars, pacesetters in the Pacific Division, have now lost three straight games since the All-Star break.

Andrej Meszaros fired a wrist shot high over the glove of Stars goaltender Kari Lehtonen to open the scoring with 1:20 remaining in the first period and Darroll Powe scored shorthanded 1:19 into the second period, beating Lehtonen high on the glove side as he broke down the right wing.

Brenden Morrow, standing at the side of the net, tapped in a perfect pass from Mike Ribeiro to trim the Flyers' lead heading into the final period.

However, Jeff Carter knocked down a high pass from Claude Giroux and quickly snapped a shot through the legs of Lehtonen midway through the third period to seal victory for the Flyers, who increased their division lead to three points.

(Reporting by Mike Mouat in Windsor, Ontario; editing by Mark Lamport-Stokes)