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Video: Two quick third-period goals propel Flyers over rival Penguins

Just like that, from a tied game to a two-goal Philadelphia Flyers lead.

First, it was R.J. Umberger, involved in a fight with Simon Despres earlier in the game, scoring to give the Flyers a 3-2 lead. It was also his first of the season. Timely.

It came less than a minute after the Penguins thought they had perhaps taken the lead on an Evgeni Malkin goal, but that was waved off after officials went to video review and confirmed the call on the ice that the puck never crossed the goal line, according to the league’s Situation Room Blog.

Matt Read added the two-goal cushion for Philadelphia - and what a beauty it was - just two minutes after the Umberger goal.

Again, for Read, his first of the season. What better way to get of the schneid? The goals came before the midway point of the third period, helping give the visiting Flyers a 5-3 win over their bitter rivals from Pittsburgh.

For the Flyers, it was a strong response after getting thoroughly dominated the night before by the Chicago Blackhawks.

The Flyers did lose Zac Rinaldo to an upper-body injury. His last shift came at the end of the first period. Earlier in the opening period, 29-year-old Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, originally from France, scored his first NHL goal to give Philadelphia a lead after 20 minutes.

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