Friday's game story.

Getzlaf had a second CT scan performed before the game and visited with a maxillofacial surgeon. The CT scan showed that the nasal sinus fractures he sustained in Tuesday's win against the Phoenix Coyotes are non-displaced and stable. However, more evaluation of the bone breaks are needed over the next several days before a definitive expected absence can be determined.

For now, Getzlaf is out indefinitely. Coincidentally, the Ducks made a small trade, swinging minor-league defenseman Brett Festerling and a fifth-round 2012 draft pick to the Montreal Canadiens for agitating forward Maxim Lapierre.

Lapierre had a team-high 104 hits and 63 penalty minutes for Montreal to go along with five goals and three assists in 38 games. The 25-year-old former second-round draft pick is expected to arrive in Anaheim today and could play as early as Sunday against the Chicago Blackhawks.

If the Ducks weren't already motivated by Getzlaf's absence, the acquisition of Lapierre should have left them fighting to hold on to their minutes.

"You've seen it a number of times that a trade or something unusual happens, it creates energy, creates something around the team," center Saku Koivu said. "I'm sure that it kind of woke guys up by hearing the trade that had happened, and Getzy being out of the lineup."

The two goals by Blake, and another by Visnovsky, staked the Ducks to a 3-0 lead midway through the second period. Blake ended a drought of one goal in his last 14 games with his first two-goal effort since he Dec. 2009. Visnovsky had only one goal in his last eight games and two in his last 23.

Not long after Blake's second goal, at 5:58 of the middle period, Flyers coach Peter Laviolette called timeout. Fourteen seconds later, Andreas Nodl broke Jonas Hiller's shutout on a one-timer from an open area in the slot.

Philadelphia narrowed the deficit to 3-2 at the 3:30 mark of the third period when Jeff Carter intercepted a Corey Perry pass and quickly fired the puck past Hiller (35 saves).

That was as close as the Flyers would get.

Ryan scored his first goal since Dec. 12 when the puck took a fortunate bounce onto his stick in the right faceoff circle at 5:40 of the third period. With 3:10 left on the clock, Visnovsky completed the scoring with his 100th career goal.

The Flyers (23-10-5) had beaten the Kings 7-4 a night earlier in Los Angeles. The Ducks (20-17-4) won their second straight after playing most of Tuesday's 3-1 win in Glendale without Getzlaf after the center was struck between the eyebrows by a close-range shot.

The Ducks have had to survive without their second-leading scorer before, most recently the final nine games of last season after Getzlaf injured his ankle.

"I think it helps some of your younger players, knowing that they can win without Getzy," Ducks head coach Randy Carlyle said. "He's a big part of our hockey club. We know that. He's done a lot in a very short period of time in the NHL."

Lapierre won't be asked to replace Getzlaf. Ducks general manager Bob Murray expects him to fill a third- or fourth-line role in Anaheim, and Carlyle was pleased with Ryan's performance as the top-line center between Matt Beleskey and Corey Perry.

But Lapierre - who can play both center and right wing - does expect to give more offense than he's shown since the Canadiens replaced former head coach Guy Carbonneau with Jacques Martin. He posted a career-high 15 goals in 2008-09, but has only 12 goals in the 114 games since.

"I've always been an offensive player in junior," Lapierre said in a telephone interview. "I guess I'm a 2-way player that was looking for a chance to prove himself. When Guy Carbonneau was the coach, I was playing way more."