SUNRISE, Fla., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The Philadelphia Flyers survived a fight-filled battle and kept the Florida Panthers winless at home Saturday night, 5-2.
The teams combined for 212 penalty minutes, all but 18 coming in the third period. Referees Mark Faucette and Greg Kimmerly handed out 14 fighting majors, five misconducts and six game misconducts.
Jeremy Roenick set up two goals in a 17-second span in the second period as Philadelphia took a 3-0 lead.
Roenick drew two defenders to the puck as he skated to the right faceoff circle but stopped short and fed a pass to John Leclair in the slot. Leclair scored on a wrist shot at 12:14 of the second to give Philadelphia a 2-0 cushion.
Roenick also set up Ruslan Fedotenko's eventual game-winner. Fedotenko took a pass behind the net, skated to the left side and snuck a backhander between goaltender Trevor Kidd's pads.
Florida scored its first goal in three home games this season with 4:53 remaining in the second period. Viktor Kozlov picked up a rebound of Pavel Bure's shot at the right side of the crease and flipped it over the pads of goalie Roman Cechmanek, cutting the deficit to 3-1.
The Flyers regained a two-goal lead when Todd Fedoruk scored with just under three minutes to play in the period.
All-Stars Pavel Bure of Florida and Simon Gagne of Philadelphia traded goals in a third period highlighted by numerous scrums.
Kidd made 47 saves but suffered his second loss in as many decisions.
Philadelphia took advantage of a lucky bounce to get on the board with 3:43 left in the opening period. Kidd got his left pad on Justin Williams' close-in shot, but as Bure stopped in the crease, the puck bounced off his skate and into the net.
