PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 22 -- Keith Primeau scored his second goal of the game with 8:05 left in the third period Saturday to lift the Philadelphia Flyers into a 2-2 tie with the New Jersey Devils.
New Jersey had a 2-1 lead with 8:45 remaining when Petr Sykora was hit by defenseman Luke Richardson and suffered an apparent left leg injury.
A member of the Devils' "A Line" who received a lucrative two-year contract in arbitration over the summer, Sykora had to be helped off the ice.
Less than a minute later, J.F. Damphousse got a piece of John LeClair's shot from the right point. But the puck trickled by the rookie goaltender and Primeau banged in the puck.
New Jersey nearly won it in the final seconds of overtime, but goalie Brian Boucher got his glove on Patrik Elias' point-blank backhander.
Primeau opened the scoring on the power play 7:51 into the second period, but goals by Elias and Bobby Holik put the Devils in front before intermission.
