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Getty Images It was flat-out physically and emotionally draining. Every-shift and every period have proved to be crucial. One would think after just two games, these players have nothing left. Don’t tell captain Mike Richards and Dan Carcillo that. Carcillo netted the overtime game winner in last night’s Flyers 3-2 defeat of the New Jersey Devils to take a 2-1 series lead. With the Wachovia Center electrifying, the Flyers and Devils put forth an amazingly satisfying contest that ended with the Philadelphia faithful going home happy and voiceless. “Richie and [Simon] Gagne were banging away and they seemed occupied with those two guys and I snuck in there back door,” Carcillo said. “Luckily, it squirted out and I had a pretty easy tap-in.” “You never know,” said Flyer captain Richards.

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Richards, Carcillo sink Devils in OT to take 2-1 lead