Neuvirth carted off ice after collapsing
before being placed on a stretcher and carted off the ice.
Neuvirth stopped six shots before the incident and did not appear to have any unusual contact in the crease prior to his collapse. The Flyers were leading 1-0 at the time.
He was replaced in goal by Anthony Stolarz, who was called up from Lehigh Valley of the AHL earlier in the day when starting goalie Steve Mason was ill. Stolarz did not arrive at the Wells Fargo Center until just before the start and did not take warmups before the game.
Neuvirth’s collapse was eerily similar to the one by former Atlanta Thrashers goalie Ondrej Pavelec in a 2010 game against the Washington Capitals. Neuvirth was the goalie for the Capitals in that game.
Brayden Schenn, Colin McDonald and Jordan Weal scored for the Flyers, who won their fourth straight game to remain in the Eastern Conference playoff hunt. Philadelphia remained six points behind Boston for the second wild card playoff spot in the East with four games remaining for each team.
Cory Schneider stopped 38 shots for the Devils, who lost their sixth straight.
Oilers 3, Ducks 2, OT In Edmonton, Alberta, Leon Draisaitl scored off a pass from Connor McDavid 1:26 into overtime to lift Edmonton into a tie with Anaheim atop the Pacific Division.
McDavid had a goal and two assists while and Milan Lucic also scored to help the Oilers to their fifth straight win and ninth in their last 10. Cam Talbot finished with 16 saves.
Edmonton’s 44 wins are the most the team has had in a season since the Oilers won the Stanley Cup in 1987-88. Edmonton and Anaheim each have 97 points. With four games remaining for each club, the Oilers currently hold the tiebreaker.
Jets 4, Senators 2 In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Mathieu Perreault scored the go-ahead goal 7:46 into the third period, lifting Winnipeg to its fourth straight win.
With the score tied 2-2, Perreault took a pass from Bryan Little and fired a shot past Mike Condon, who had Jets forward Patrik Laine standing in front of him with the screen, to put the Jets ahead.
With Condon pulled for an extra attacker and just over a minute left, Winnipeg’s Connor Hellebuyck whipped out his glove to snag Kyle Turris’ blast, preserving the lead. Nikolaj Ehlers sealed the victory with an empty-netter with 25 seconds left.
Maple Leafs 5, Red Wings 4 In Detroit, Auston Matthews scored twice to lead Toronto past Detroit.
Matthews’ second goal of the night with 1:09 left gave Toronto a 5-3 lead but proved to be the winner when Detroit’s Mike Green netted with 44.2 seconds remaining in regulation.
Philadelphia Flyers goalie Michal Neuvirth is taken off the ice on a stretcher after collapsing early in the first period of the team’s NHL hockey game
against the New Jersey Devils on April 1, in Philadelphia. (AP)
With two goals and an assist, Matthews tied Peter Ihnacak’s Leafs rookie points record of 66, set in 1982-83.
Canadiens 2, Lightning 1 In Tampa, Florida, Alexander Radulov scored 51 seconds into overtime to lift Montreal past Tampa Bay.
Phillip Danault also scored and Carey Price stopped 21 shots for the Atlantic Division-leading Canadiens.
Radulov scored from the right circle on the game-winner.
Yanni Gourde scored for the Lightning and Andrei Vasilevskiy had 34 saves.
Stars 3, Hurricanes 0 In Raleigh, North Carolina, Jason Spezza scored and Kari Lehtonen earned his third shutout of the season as Dallas snapped a two-game losing streak.
John Klingberg and Devin Shore added empty-netters and Lehtonen stopped 25 shots in his second shutout in six starts to help the Stars deal a serious blow to the Hurricanes’ already slim playoff chances.
Predators 3, Wild 0 In Nashville, Tennessee, Filip Forsberg and Kevin Fiala scored 10 seconds apart late in the second period as Nashville snapped a two-game losing streak.
Pekka Rinne made 31 saves for his third shutout this season as the Predators pulled into a tie with St Louis at 91 points. The Blues hold the tiebreaker. The Predators visit St Louis on Sunday.
The Wild lost for the fifth time in six games.
Bruins 5, Panthers 2 In Boston, David Krejci scored after a poor clearing attempt by Florida goalie Reto Berra, leading Boston to the win.
Patrice Bergeron scored twice, Brad Marchand got his team-leading 39th goal and Noel Acciari also scored for the Bruins, who trail both Toronto and Ottawa by a point in the Atlantic Division, but hold a four-point edge over Tampa Bay for the Eastern Conference’s final wild-card spot.
Jaromir Jagr recorded his 765th career goal and Thomas Vanek also scored for the Panthers, who lost for the 11th time in 15 games and were eliminated from playoff contention earlier this week.