Couturier, Flyers top Red Wings

PHILADELPHIA — Sean Couturier scored off his own rebound to snap a tie early in the third period and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Wednesday night for their seventh victory in eight games.

Robert Hagg added his first NHL goal, Dale Weise and Wayne Simmonds also scored as Philadelphia overcame two one-goal deficits. Claude Giroux had three assists, and Brian Elliott made 25 saves. The Flyers finished a five-game homestead 4-1.

Martin Frk and Mike Green had power-play goals, Gustav Nyquist also scored and Jimmy Howard made 27 saves for the Red Wings. They were trying to win three straight for the first time this season.

Couturier, in his seventh season, set a career high for goals in a season with his teambest 16th when he beat Howard with a secondchance shot at 5:57. The New York Islanders bid to build an arena at Belmont Park was selected by New York State on Wednesday. The Islanders’ proposal included an 18,000-seat, year-round arena that would host 150 events annually as well as 435,000 square feet of space for retail, a hotel and a 10,000 square-foot “innovation center” that would be developed with resident input. The NHL team beat out a bid from the New York City FC soccer club, which planned on building a stadium on the site just east of New York City.

Detroit Red Wings forward Justin Abdelkader has been fined $5,000 by the NHL for spearing New York Islanders defenseman Scott Mayfield in Tuesday night’s game. The league’s department of player safety handed down the fine Wednesday. The incident occurred in the first period of the Red Wings’ 6-3 win over the Islanders. Abdelkader was assessed a minor penalty for slashing. The fine is the highest allowed under NHL rules. The money is designated to go to the players’ emergency assistance fund.