FLYERS SPOIL SCHENN’S RETURN TO PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA» A couple of hours before his first game back in Philadelphia, Brayden Schenn thought the biggest trash-talking ex-teammate would be Claude Giroux.

“He’s pretty witty out there,” Schenn said.

Giroux ended up decking his buddy on the first shift, setting the tone in the Flyers’ 6-3 victory over the Blues on Saturday.

“He gave me a shot and I gave him a shot back. I think he just fell,” Giroux said with a smirk.

Sean Couturier scored two goals, Giroux had a goal and two assists, and the Flyers spoiled Schenn’s return with a second straight offensive outburst.

SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

Patrice Bergeron had four goals and an assist, surpassing 700 points for his career while leading the Bruins to a 7-1 rout of the Hurricanes. Brad Marchand assisted on all of Bergeron’s goals and David Pastrnak had a goal and two assists for the Bruins, who scored on their first two shots and led 5-1 after the first period. … Linemates Alexander Radulov, Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin scored first-period goals within a span of 6½ minutes, leading the Stars past the Oilers 5-1. John Klingberg had a goal and two assists, and Mattias Janmark had a goal and an assist for Dallas. The Stars have won six of their past eight games. … Henrik Lundqvist stopped 37 shots through overtime and all three he faced in the shootout, Mika Zibanejad scored in the tiebreaker and the Rangers beat the Coyotes 2-1. Lundqvist stopped long-time former Rangers teammate Derek Stepan’s shot on Arizona’s last attempt of the shootout to seal New York’s third win in five games, and seventh point in the last four. … Auston Matthews and Tyler Bozak scored in the third period and again in the shootout, and the Maple Leafs beat the Canucks 3-2. It’s the second straight shootout win for Toronto. Frederik Andersen stopped 2-of-3 shootout attempts after making 34 saves. Canucks star rookie Brock Boeser appeared to have won it with a blistering shot 45 seconds into overtime, but replays showed the puck went off one post and then another without crossing the line. … Ryan Dzingel scored twice and Mark Stone had a goal and two assists to help the Senators beat the league-leading Lightning 6-3. Matt Duchene, Zack Smith and Jean-gabriel Pageau also scored for the Senators, who won consecutive games for the first time since Dec. 13-16. Craig Anderson stopped 45 shots.