NEWARK, N.J. — Former Penguin Alexei Ponikarovsky scored on his own rebound 17:21 into overtime and the New Jersey Devils defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 Thursday night to take a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal.

Patrik Elias, Ilya Kovalchuk and Zach Parise also scored for the Devils, who killed two penalties in overtime before Ponikarovsky came through with his first goal of the postseason on a backhander that sneaked past Ilya Bryzgalov.

Martin Brodeur made 25 saves for New Jersey. Game 4 is Sunday in New Jersey.

Kings 4, Blues 2

LOS ANGELES — Drew Doughty had a goal and two assists, Jonathan Quick made 18 saves and Los Angeles moved to the brink of an unlikely second-round sweep.

Mike Richards scored the Kings’ first power play goal in six games before setting up Doughty’s clinching goal with 11:48 to play for the 8th-seeded Kings.