The Philadelphia Flyers were terrible for much of the first two periods against the New Jersey Devils on Monday night.
They had no sense of urgency, passes were all over the place, they were turning the puck over, standing around, and had multiple lapses in communication.
Trailing the Devils 2-0 with future Hall of Famer Martin Brodeur in net, things were not looking good.
Everything changed within the last two minutes of the second period, as goals by James Van Riemsdyk and Jeff Carter tied the game.
Van Riemsdyk, the Flyers top rookie, hustled down the ice and snapped a shot past Brodeur. The goal gave the Flyers life as Carter snapped a one-timer into the net just 1:12 later.
After killing off two penalties, Flyers captain scored a power play goal at 12:02 in the third period.
As usual, Brodeur had his fair share of amazing saves, two of which were close range saves off of Danny Briere and Blair Betts with a little over two minutes remaining.
Kimmo Timmonen was called for boarding with just under two minutes remaining in the game, but the Flyers killed off the penalty to grab a win over the Eastern Conferences second seed.
The Flyers held New Jersey's new sniper, Illya Kovalchuk scoreless, and moved to seventh place in the conference.
The last time the Flyers overcame a two-goal lead to beat the Devils was October 2005and it was the Flyers first win this season when trailing by two goals.
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