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PHILADELPHIA (AP) Taylor Hall answered a vicious check in the best possible way – by netting the tying goal that helped the Devils snap a four-game losing streak.Hall scored twice in regulation www.officialhockeyrangersshop.com , Drew Stafford had the only tally in the shootout and New Jersey beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-4 on Tuesday night.John Moore and Nico Hischier also tallied goals in regulation for the Devils.Hall was leveled by Radko Gudas just after shooting from a sharp angle 4:08 into the second period. He missed the remainder of the period, going through the concussion protocol, but returned in the third and scored his second of the night with 1:21 left in regulation to tie it at 3. Hischier’s shot from the slot rebounded off Neuvirth to Hall, who roofed it for his 23rd of the season.”You want to feel like yourself and you want to come back and help your team win,” Hall said.Hall’s grit impressed Devils coach John Hynes.”He’s a driven kid,” Hynes said. ”It’s another game for him where I think it’s great for him and our team, the investment level he’s had. His ability to impact the game the right way and play the right way is fantastic.”Claude Giroux had a goal and an assist and Radko Gudas, Travis Konecny and Scott Laughton also scored for the Flyers, who learned earlier Tuesday that starting goalie Brian Elliott will be out for at least five weeks.Philadelphia had its four-game winning streak snapped and remained in sixth place in the Eastern Conference, while the seventh-place Devils pulled within two points.”We’re not happy with that New York Rangers T-Shirts Authentic , but the effort and work ethic were good,” Flyers coach Dave Hakstol said.Keith Kinkaid made 31 saves and stopped all three Flyers attempts in the shootout.”I knew we had to get off this (losing streak),” Kinkaid said.Stafford, New Jersey’s second shooter, beat Michal Neuvirth through the five-hole to end it.Neuvirth, the Flyers’ backup, made 31 saves in his second straight start since Elliott was injured during Saturday’s shootout at Arizona. General manager Ron Hextall announced prior to the game that Elliott had abdominal surgery on Tuesday and will be out 5 to 6 weeks.”It’s definitely exciting, but I feel bad for (Elliott),” Neuvirth said of being elevated to No. 1. ”This is a team game. We are playing for each other.”The teams combined for six goals in an electrifying second period.After Hall’s first goal, Laughton’s tally 41 seconds later from close range put the Flyers ahead. And it was a two-goal advantage for Philadelphia when Gudas’ slap shot from the point whizzed past Kinkaid with 9:24 left in the period.Moore’s hard slap shot beat Neuvirth on the glove side with 6:43 remaining in the second to pull New Jersey within 3-2 New York Rangers Hoodies Authentic , but Giroux answered with a power play goal 2:42 later when his shot from a sharp angle deflected off the stick of Devils defenseman Ben Lovejoy and through Kinkaid’s legs.Ten seconds later, Hischier finished a 2-on-1 with a wrist shot over Neuvirth’s glove after a turnover by Ivan Provorov off the faceoff to make it 4-3.Konecny opened the scoring 1:54 into the contest with his 14th goal of the season and eighth in the last 13 games when he streaked down the right side and shot past Kinkaid.NOTES: In 41 games this season, Elliott has posted a 21-11-7 mark with a 2.72 goals-against average and .908 save percentage. … Hall has points in 15 straight games (11 goals, 12 assists). … New Jersey’s Brian Boyle (right shoulder) and John Quenneville (right knee) didn’t make the trip to Philadelphia and are day-to-day. … The teams tied the season series at 2 games apiece.UP NEXTDevils: Host Carolina on Thursday night.Flyers: At Columbus on Friday night.— WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) One minute Dmitry Kulikov was feeling fine, the next moment he wasn’t.And now the Winnipeg Jets‘ defenseman will undergo back surgery and miss at least eight weeks.Jets coach Paul Maurice said it was the same injury Kulikov suffered last season while with the Buffalo Sabres.Kulikov was hurt while taking a shot during Winnipeg’s 3-2 victory over New Jersey on March 8. After the inflammation went down, it was decided the nine-year veteran’s best option was to fix the problem through surgery.”It’s tough for him,” Maurice said. ”Maybe it helped that it just happened so he didn’t have to deal with it for three weeks and agonize whether he should be playing or not.”He felt good. He took a shot and then all of a sudden he didn’t feel good. Very difficult for him in that he’s been through it (before).”Winnipeg picked up the unrestricted free agent last July 1, signing the Russian to a three-year contract. He’d played seven seasons with Florida, but only 47 games with Buffalo after hurting his back when he was hit into an open door during a preseason game.Kulikov has been a steady force with the Jets New York Rangers Hats Authentic , totaling three goals and eight assists in 62 games.Maurice said an update on the 27-year-old will come in eight weeks during the NHL playoffs.”Hopefully, we’re still playing hockey when he’s ready to play,” Maurice said.The injury-plagued Jets, who began the day second in the Central Division, did have something good to report on a trio of players.Defenseman Toby Enstrom and center Mark Scheifele and Adam Lowry could all return when Winnipeg hosts Dallas on Sunday. All three were full participants in practice Saturday and it’s a matter of seeing how they feel Sunday morning, Maurice said.Scheifele took a blindside hit from defenseman Tyler Myers during a 5-on-5 drill.”(Myers) was doing a great job at making sure I’m feeling good,” Scheifele said with a wry smile.Scheifele has missed five straight games after a ”fluky collision” with teammate Blake Wheeler in a March 6 game against the New York Rangers. He confirmed it wasn’t the same upper-body injury that kept him out for 16 games earlier this season.Lowry has missed 19 games with an upper-body injury, while Enstrom has been out four games after blocking a shot in practice.