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PHILADELPHIA -- After making 29 saves and picking up his first NHL victory, Anthony Stolarz said he never gave much thought about becoming the first New Jersey native to tend goal in the NHL.What Ill remember most is winning, Stolarz said after Philadelphia Flyers 5-3 victory over the Calgary Flames on Sunday night. Being able to win your first start is huge for me and my confidence.The 22-year-old native of Edison was backed up by goals from Michael Raffl, Jakub Voracek, Chris VandeVelde, Wayne Simmonds and Roman Lyubimov. The Flyers snapped a two-game losing streak to improve to 10-10-3.T.J. Brodie, Matthew Tkachuk and Alex Chiasson scored for the Flames. They are 10-13-1 overall, and 3-2-0 on a six-game trip that will end Monday night against the New York Islanders.Its the worst we played from the start all season, Flames coach Glen Gulutzan said. I give them credit, too. They outworked us, they outplayed us, they were hungrier in all areas and they outpaced us. Were sitting where we should be on this road trip.Stolarz was drafted by the Flyers in the second round in 2012 and had been recalled six other times before making his NHL debut as the tallest goalie (6-foot-6) in Flyers history. He said more than 30 family and friends made the 60-mile drive to see his first NHL game.Stolarz allowed a short-handed goal on the second shot he faced, but stopped the next 23 shots and saw the Flyers take a 4-1 lead into the third period.I didnt want to give up that first goal, but it happens, he said. I guess it was good to get it out of the way early. I calmed down a little bit and the jitters went away and I was just able to go out and play.The Flames grabbed an early lead when Brodie lifted a short-handed backhander under Stolarzs catching arm for his first goal of the season. It was Calgarys league-leading fourth short-handed goal.The Flyers tied it at 17:42 when Voracek swung around the back of the net and fed Raffl for his fourth goal of the season. Voracek gave the Flyers their first lead of the game 52 seconds into the second period with his first power-play goal. Voraceks intended pass for Wayne Simmonds deflected off Flames defenseman Mark Giordano and over Johnson for his eighth goal of the season.The Flyers made it 4-1 on goals by VandeVelde and Simmonds 24 seconds apart. VandeVelde parked in the slot and redirected a pass from Lyubimov past Johnson for his fourth goal of the season. Shortly after the ensuing faceoff, Simmonds broke away from the Calgary defense and put a backhander past Johnson for his team-high 11th goal.The most disappointing part of tonight is we got out of the first and they came out in the second and scored a bunch of goals in a short amount of time, Giordano said.Its a disappointing loss, but we have back-to-back games and weve got to finish this trip off on the right note. If we win tomorrow (in New York) its a 4-2 trip and thats a good trip.The Flames drew to 4-2 8:05 into final period on Tkachuks sixth goal of the season, but Lyubimov restored the Flyers three-goal lead with his fourth goal of the season off a Michael Del Zotto rebound.Chiasson scored the Flames second short-handed goal of the night with 1:50 remaining.To be honest, I think (the Flames) were a little bit tired and we took advantage of it, Voracek said. (Stolarz) made a key save in the second period when it was 2-1. It was good to see him get his first win.Gulutzan, whose team played its fifth game in eight nights, said there are no excuses for his players performance.Theres no system for being outworked, he said.Game notes Flyers C Claude Giroux moved into 10th on the Flyers all-time scoring list with his 536th point, an assist on a second-period goal by Voracek. . Flyers D Brandon Manning sat out with an undisclosed injury and was replaced by Michael Del Zotto. ... Flames RW Kris Versteeg returned to the lineup after missing 10 of the previous 11 games.UP NEXTFlyers: Host Boston on Tuesday night.Flames: Visit the New York Islanders on Monday night. Cheap Balenciaga Shoes Online . Third-seeded Murray had the easiest path to victory on New Years Eve, barely breaking a sweat during his 6-0, 6-0 win over 2,129th-ranked Qatari wildcard recipient Mousa Shanan Zayed. Balenciaga Outlet .J. -- New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz will miss the rest of the season after having surgery on his left knee. http://www.balenciagacheap.com/ . Michell Burger, a woman who lives on an estate next to Pistorius gated community, said she and her husband were awoken by the screams in the pre-dawn hours of Feb. 14 last year, when Pistorius killed Reeva Steenkamp by shooting four times through a door in his bathroom. Cheap Balenciaga Free Shipping . Vancouver Whitecaps and Toronto FC failed to make the postseason while Montreal Impact fell at the first hurdle losing heavily to Houston Dynamo in the Eastern Conference Knockout Round. Discount Balenciaga Shoes . Following a lopsided 5-2 loss against the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night, Paul MacLean told reporters that "theres a lack of focus, theres a lack of leadership and theres a lack of preparation" with his struggling team. That came on the heels of Bryan Murray taking the unusual step of going into the locker room at the Prudential Center and addressing the players himself. CHICAGO -- The flashy speed is as advertised. Its the power that is a bit of a surprise, even for Tim Anderson.Anderson and Dioner Navarro each hit a two-run homer off CC Sabathia, helping James Shields and the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees 8-2 on Monday.Chicago had a string of 15 consecutive solo shots, matching a franchise record, before Anderson connected in the third inning, tying it at 2. Brett Lawrie hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the fifth before Navarro belted a drive to left field for his fifth homer.Anderson went 2 for 4 for his 12th multihit game since he was promoted from the minors on June 10. The 2013 first-round pick has four homers in 23 games with the White Sox after hitting four in 55 games with Triple-A Charlotte.I guess its daddy strength kicking in, said Anderson, who became a parent for the first time during spring training.Chase Headley hit a two-run homer for New York, which has lost three of four. Starlin Castro went 4 for 4 with two doubles in his first game in Chicago since the Yankees acquired the infielder in a December trade with the Cubs.Sabathia (5-6) struck out nine in six innings, but allowed five runs and eight hits. The big left-hander has dropped each of his last two starts and is winless in his last three outings with an 8.31 ERA during that stretch.I thought his stuff was much better than the numbers indicated, but thats baseball, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. You have to make pitches all the time.While Sabathia is struggling, Shields (4-9) got his second straight win after a long slump that started with San Diego and carried over to Chicago after he was acquired in a trade a month ago. The right-hander, who went 0-2 with a 15.80 ERA in his first four starts for the White Sox, limited New York to five hits in six innings.Youre going to have rough stretches pretty much every year, so its nothing crazy, Shields said. But were just going to continue to work hard and try to get this team some wins.The Yankees loaded the bases with two outs in the fourth, but Shields retired Aaron Hicks on a fly to right to end the inning.ddddddddddddThey put the first two batters on in the eighth before Nate Jones struck out Didi Gregorius, Headley and Hicks -- all swinging.New York (40-42) went 0 for 13 with runners in scoring position.That was the difference in the game, Girardi said. They got the hits when they needed them and we didnt. We had plenty of opportunities.The Yankees also were hurt by three errors by the normally sure-handed Gregorius at shortstop, including a flubbed grounder that helped the White Sox score two runs in the eighth.Todd Frazier went 3 for 3 with two walks as Chicago (43-40) moved three games over .500 for the first time since June 3. It has won five of six and 10 of 14 overall.It was just one of those days, Frazier said. You felt like you were going to get on every time and it felt pretty good.WORTH NOTINGYankees center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury reached on catchers interference for the eighth time this year, tying the major league record set by Roberto Kelly of the Yankees in 1992.TRAINERS ROOMYankees: Carlos Beltran (right hamstring) went 1 for 5 as the designated hitter. Tomorrow, hopefully, Im in the outfield and Ill continue to progress, he said. ... A day after he homered twice to get to 401 for his career, Mark Teixeira got the day off to protect his right knee from the short turnaround between games. The switch-hitting first baseman came off the disabled list June 25 after being sidelined with torn cartilage in his right knee.White Sox: OF Melky Cabrera went 2 for 5 in his return to the starting lineup after missing five games with a mild right wrist sprain. He also made a diving catch in left in the seventh.UP NEXTWhite Sox LHP Carlos Rodon (2-6, 4.24 ERA) tries for his first win since May 22 when he gets the ball Tuesday night. The Yankees counter with RHP Masahiro Tanaka (5-2, 3.35), who is 2-0 with a 4.50 ERA in his last three starts.---Jay Cohen can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/jcohenap ' ' '