Guerin, Goligoski lead Penguins over Flyers 5-4

Bill Guerin and Alex Goligoski scored midway through the second period to help the Pittsburgh Penguins hand the Philadelphia Flyers their first loss of the season, 5-4 on Thursday night.

Evgeni Malkin, who also had an assist, Jordan Staal and Tyler Kennedy also scored for the Penguins, who were coming off their first loss of the season, 3-0 to Phoenix on Wednesday.

Danny Briere and Jeff Carter both scored twice for the Flyers, who missed a chance to start the season 4-0 for the first time since 1995-96.

Carter's second goal came with the Flyers skating with the extra attacker with 41 seconds left.

This was the teams' first meeting since the Penguins overcame a 3-0 deficit to eliminate the Flyers with a 5-3 victory in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals.

Pittsburgh's Marc-Andre Fleury had 30 saves to improve his record to 3-0. He preserved the lead midway through the second period when he stopped point-blank shots from Mike Richards and Mika Pyorala.

Ray Emery, who lost for the first time, made 20 saves.

Guerin scored on a breakaway after taking a cross-ice pass from Chris Kunitz to break a 2-2 tie at 8:08 of the second period.

Goligoski, who also had an assist, made it 4-2 at 8:08 when he was credited with a fluke goal. Philadelphia defenseman Braydon Coburn, pressured by Ruslan Fedotenko, failed to clear his dump-in and the puck bounced into the net off Emery's skate.

Carter scored from the slot with the Flyers skating with a two-man advantage at 16:59, but Kennedy redirected Matt Cooke's shot at 8:37 of the third period to make it 5-3.

Malkin put the Penguins ahead on a power play 48 seconds into the game when he threaded a long one-timer through traffic from inside the blue line.

Briere tied it at 11:53 when he poked in a pass from Coburn, but Pittsburgh regained the lead 28 seconds later on a breakaway by Staal, who went backhand to forehand and scored.

Briere scored again from the side of the net to tie the game at 2:37 of the second period when his shot nicked off Cooke.

NOTES: Pittsburgh played in its second of five games within an eight-day span, and the first of a four-game, seven-day trip. ... The Penguins are 16-7-0 in their last 22 games against the Flyers. ... The teams finished 2-2-2 last regular season with the Flyers holding the edge in goals, 21-20, and shots, 168-166. ... Goligoski's goal was his first in 17 games dating to Dec. 22, 2008, against Buffalo. ... Kunitz and Philadelphia D Chris Pronger received 10-minute misconducts with 1.2 seconds left in the third period.