Gagne helps Flyers beat Lightning

PHILADELPHIA (AP) Simon Gagne (Notes) made his emotional return to Philadelphia as Tampa Bay Lightning, the Flyers lost 3-2 in the NHL on Thursday.
Gagne, a hero of 36 Bettis White Jersey
the playoffs last season in the Flyers in the Stanley Cup finals run, spent the first 10 seasons of his career in Philadelphia before they charge in Tampa Bay in the summer of salary cap space traded.
Steven Stamka (notes), Dominic Moore (notes) and Paval Kubina scored for the Lightning.
Nikolai Zherdev (notes) and Danny Briere (white) scored for Philadelphia.
Predators 4, Blues 3 in Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville improved to 3-0 start for the second time in its history against St. Louis.
Steve Sullivan (Notes) scored two goals, while 36 Bettis Black Jersey
Marcel Goc (notes) and Patric Hornqvist (notes) also scored for the Predators.
Since last season the Predators defeated the Blues have five times.
Senators 3, Hurricanes 2 In Ottawa, the hosts won their first victory of the season after three defeats against Carolina.
Mike Fisher (Notes) scored his second goal of 10 Santonio Holmes White jersey
the game on a power play clock 02.03 in the third of what the winner. Carolina had scored goals 1:39 apart in the previous period to make it 2-2.
Milan Michalek (notes) also scored for the Senators. Captain Eric Staal Carolina (Notes) Sergei Samsonov assisted (notes) in the third goal before taking the hurricane, with the first of the season