Richards leads Flyers to 5-4 shootout win

Mike Richards scored the only goal in the shootout and assisted on goals by Ossi Vannanen, Braydon Coburn and Mike Knuble, leading the Philadelphia Flyers to a 5-4 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night.

Martin Biron, who shut out Anaheim the last time the teams met on Feb. 2 at Philadelphia, improved his career record against the Ducks to 8-0-0 with 23 saves. Josh Gratton scored his first goal of the season for the Flyers, who tied the idle New York Rangers for first place in the Atlantic Division.

Andrew Ebbett scored his first NHL goal on his 26th birthday, and Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf each had a goal and an assist for the Ducks. Rob Niedermayer …