Mason, Simmonds Lead Flyers Past Panthers, 3-1

Simmonds grabbed a loose puck in the first period following a faceoff in Philadelphia's defensive zone, beating defenseman Yandle for possession.

Simmonds raced in on a 2-on-1, kept the puck and sniped a shot over Luongo for a 1-0 lead and his tenth goal at 11:11.

Weise added his first goal this season, a power-play tally, at 13:03 of the second. Konecy collected the puck and fired a shot from the left circle on Luongo and the rebound was backhanded into the open net by Weise to finish off the 2-on-1 break for a 2-0 lead.

Simmonds helped increase the lead in the third period when he slid a pass over to Cousins, who beat Luongo for another power-play goal and his third this season at 7:04.

Smith broke up Mason's shutout bid when he deflected in Marchessault's shot at 18:09 for his fourth goal.

Bjugstad, who has played center throughout his career, played right wing instead in his return.

Philadelphia forward Sean Couturier left the ice at 1:40 of the second period after getting tangled with Vincent Trocheck and falling to the ice. Couturier was helped off the ice by a member of the training staff and teammate Claude Giroux. He didn't return.

NOTES: The game was the first of the Flyers' two-game Florida swing. Philadelphia entered the game 2-3-0 in the first game and 4-0-1 in the second of back-to-backs. ... The Flyers scratched LW Roman Lyubimov and defensemen Michael Del Zotto and Nick Schultz. .. Panthers D Keith Yandle played in his 571st consecutive regular season game, pushing him past Mark Recchi into 11th on the NHL's iron man list. ... D Alex Petrovic (broken ankle) is expected to miss two months after blocking a shot on Thursday in the Panthers' 6-1 loss to Toronto. ... Florida scratched D Dylan McIlrath, C Seth Griffith and LW Shawn Thornton.

UP NEXT:

Flyers: Play at Tampa Bay on Wednesday night.

Panthers: Host Columbus on Saturday.

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