PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Flyers used strong goaltending and opportunistic scoring to get just their second win in six games.Michael Raffl and Sean Couturier scored 34 seconds apart in the first period on Philadelphias initial two shots, and the Flyers beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-2 on Thursday night.Mark Streit, Wayne Simmonds and Brandon Manning also scored for the Flyers, who had 12 players register points.Our goaltending was good and we scored timely goals, Flyers coach Dave Hakstol said.Blake Wheeler and Dustin Byfuglien had the goals for the Jets, who opened a season-high five-game, nine-day road trip with just their second loss in the last six.We missed out on a bunch of really good chances and left some offense on the table, but you have to give them some credit for that, Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice said. They deserved to win based on their compete level.Couturier got Philadelphia on the board 9:13 in when he capitalized on a Winnipeg turnover and beat Connor Hellebuyck high to the glove side from close range.Raffl doubled the lead just over a half-minute later with his third of the season after a stellar play by Matt Read. Read raced up the right wing and dived past Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey, poking the puck to a wide-open Raffl in the crease and Raffl finished with a shot over Hellebuycks blocker.Just an extra effort play, Hakstol said of the assist. Those are things you have to have. It was a great play. Does that give the bench a shot in the arm? Absolutely.Steve Mason made 30 saves to improve to 6-0-1 in his career against Winnipeg.Mason made some good saves at key times, Hakstol said.Hellebuyck stopped 17 shots.Mason was strong early in the third period when he came up with point-blank stops on Mark Scheifele and Nikolaj Ehlers two minutes apart.Theyre big saves and we needed it, Mason said. That was a hard-working game, start to finish.The Philadelphia goalie rebounded from Tuesdays 3-2 shootout loss to Ottawa in which he let in the tying goal with 1:59 left in regulation and then refused to address the media afterward.Winnipeg outscored the Flyers 2-1 in the second period to pull to 3-2 entering the third.Byfuglien netted his first goal of the season, beating Mason from the short side just under seven minutes into the second. Philadelphia went back up 3-1 with 7:02 remaining on Streits one-timer from the point that ricocheted off Hellebuycks glove.Wheeler brought the Jets back within a goal by finishing a pretty tic-tac-toe passing display with Ehlers and Scheifele.Simmonds scored 5:46 into the third period to give Philadelphia a 4-2 lead. Andrew MacDonalds initial shot from the point deflected off Jets Marko Dano and to Simmonds right in front, and the Flyers winger spun around and shot past a surprised Hellebyuck.Rookie Patrick Laine didnt register a point after coming in leading all players with 12 goals and all rookies with 17 points.Manning scored into the empty net with 48.6 seconds to go.The Flyers won despite getting outshot 32-22. Philadelphia entered leading the NHL in shots and shots per game.You dont get points for outshooting teams, Hakstol said.Game notes Flyers D Shayne Gostisbehere was a healthy scratch. He was replaced by MacDonald. ... 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The 49ers visit coincided with the annual Salute to the Military preseason game for the Chargers, who have strong fan support in their citys extensive armed forces community.Kaepernick got much heavier boos when he took the field to start the game for the 49ers.EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- With a four-game suspension for his role in the Deflategate scandal beginning in just a few days, Tom Brady had an NFL going-away party Thursday night, playing the first half in the New England Patriots preseason finale against the New York Giants.Brady completed 16 of 26 passes for 166 yards, a touchdown and an interception as the Patriots (3-1) missed out a perfect preseason in a 17-9 loss to the Giants (2-2).PHILADELPHIA -- The NFL is expected to pick up the majority of the cost to stage the 2017 draft in Philadelphia, with the citys iconic Rocky steps serving as its backdrop.City officials say they dont expect the NFLs 82nd event to come at taxpayer expense, but instead expect to fundraise about $5 million of the $25 million budget with the league paying for the events staging and infrastructure.Senior vice president Peter OReilly said on Thursday the events location will represent a return to the birthplace of the draft. The first NFL draft was held in Philadelphia in 1936, when the Eagles selected versatile halfback Jay Berwanger first overall.MINNEAPOLIS -- While Teddy Bridgewater is weighing options for surgery, the Minnesota Vikings are scrutinizing the possibilities for another quarterback.Bridgewater visited team headquarters just two days after the freak non-contact injury to his left knee sent him to a hospital by ambulance and devastated a team that was counting on its beloved leader to help make a legitimate push for the Super Bowl.About 20 players gathered around Bridgewater in the training room for encouragement, inspiration and even a few laughs.The initial diagnosis was a dislocation of the knee and a complete tear of the anterior cruciate ligament, plus other significant damage that the Vikings have not disclosed, and the likelihood of it occurring was pegged at less than 1 percent.COLLEGE FOOTBALLKNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Exactly nine years to the day after it pulled off one of the greatest upsets in college football history, Appalachian State nearly did it again.A couple of missed kicks and an inability to recover an overtime fumble prevented the Mountaineers from getting it done.Jalen Hurd pounced on quarterback Joshua Dobbs fumble in the end zone and No. 9 Tennessee overcame a 10-point halftime deficit to escape with a 20-13 vvictory over Appalachian State.ddddddddddddhe Mountaineers were trying to stage a repeat of their 2007 upset of No. 5 Michigan, which marked the first time a Football Championship Subdivision program had beaten a Top 25 team. Appalachian State has since left the FCS ranks and is in its second season as a full-fledged Bowl Subdivision member.Tennessee faced third-and-goal from the 2 when Dobbs ran to his right and lost control of the ball as he tried to stretch his arms across the goal line. Hurd won the scramble for the loose ball in the end zone to give the Volunteers their only lead of the night.TENNISNEW YORK -- When heavy rain began pelting the closed roof at Arthur Ashe Stadium, Andy Murray couldnt pick up the usual sounds of a tennis match.Most importantly, he said, the thwack of a ball coming off his opponents racket strings -- or his own, for that matter -- was completely indiscernible during a 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 second-round victory over Marcel Granollers at the U.S. Open on Thursday.As it is, the new $150 million retractable cover makes the tournaments main stadium louder because the structure, even when open, traps the sounds of spectators chatting in the stands.Because of the wet weather, action around the grounds was limited until the early evening -- but matches kept coming under the roof in Ashe, including Serena Williams 6-3, 6-3 victory over American wild-card entry Vania King at night.Men advancing included 2009 champion Juan Martin del Potro, No. 3 Stan Wawrinka, No. 6 Kei Nishikori, No. 8 Dominic Thiem, No. 14 Nick Kyrgios and No. 22 Grigor Dimitrov, but No. 16 Feliciano Lopez lost.Williams older sister, seven-time major champion Venus, beat Julia Goerges 6-2, 6-3, 2011 U.S. Open winner Sam Stosur lost 6-3, 6-3 to Zhang Shuai of China, and No. 5 Simona Halep eliminated Lucie Safarova 6-3, 6-4 in a meeting between past French Open finalists.BASEBALLNEW YORK -- Mets second baseman Neil Walker will miss the rest of the season because of surgery for a herniated disk in his back, the latest in a series of severe injuries to strike the defending NL champions this year.Walker made the announcement before the wild-card contenders played Miami.Had he continued to play, he estimated he wouldve been at 60 percent. Or, as New York manager Terry Collins said Walker told him Wednesday night, Not sure I can help.Minus Walker, the Mets will use Wilmer Flores and Kelly Johnson at second base. A recent push moved the Mets within 1 1/2 games of St. Louis for the second NL wild-card spot.GOLFCAMBRIDGE, Ontario -- Chella Choi ended up on top of the LPGA Manulife Classic leaderboard at windy Whistle Bear when Belen Mozo unraveled with a closing triple bogey.Choi shot a 6-under 66, finishing with a birdie on the par-5 ninth.Mozo was 7 under before running into trouble on the par-4 18th. The Spaniard finished with a 68.Second-ranked Ariya Jutanugarn was four strokes back after a 70 in her bid to win three straight events for the second time this season. ' ' '