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Philadelphia 5, Chicago 2

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Todd Warriner scored two goals and set up another and Michal Handzus had a goal and three assists Thursday night as the Philadelphia Flyers extended their home winning streak over the Chicago Blackhawks to five games, 5-2.

Mark Bell tallied 2:11 into the contest, ending Chicago's goalless drought at 150 minutes, 33 seconds. But the Flyers scored twice in the second period to take a 2-1 lead.

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Warriner scored his first two goals as a Flyer around Bell's second of the game and Handzus capped the scoring with a power-play goal late in the period to improve Philadelphia to 20


3 when leading after two periods.

Defenseman Kim Johnsson and Mark Recchi also scored for the Flyers, who are 9-1-1 in the last 11 meetings with the Blackhawks. They took the opener of the home-and-home series Tuesday night, 2-0.

Winger Theo Fleury collected an assist for Chicago after a two-game benching.

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