KINGS WIN ON THE FLY : KINGS 4 PHILADELPHIA 3.

Byline: Daily News Wire Services

Luc Robitaille assisted on three goals in the final 3:08 of the third period, including the game-winner by Jozef Stumpel with three-tenths of a second left, as the Kings rallied to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 Thursday night.

The Kings trailed 3-1 entering the final period when Sandy Moger started the furious comeback with his third goal of the season. Then Donald Audette got his ninth with 1:48 remaining.

With the seconds ticking away, Stumpel carried the puck across the blue line and took a desperation slap shot that changed direction off the right leg of defenseman Eric Desjardins and snuck between goaltender Ron Hextall's pads.

Coming off Wednesday night's 5-4 loss in Anaheim and playing on consecutive nights for the first time since Dec. 28-29, the Flyers blew a chance to take sole possession of the NHL's best record from the Dallas Stars.

Eric Lindros scored his 32nd goal in the third period to extend his goal-scoring streak to five games and his point streak to 15 games.

Chris Therien and Keith Jones scored first-period goals for the Flyers, who lost consecutive games for the first time since Nov. 9-12 - the tail end of a seven-game winless streak. They lost only four of their next 35 games before beginning this four-game western swing in Anaheim.

They were 16-1-7 before their current two-game losing streak.

Lindros increased Philadelphia's lead to 3-1 at 7:53 of the third period with his goal, his sixth in five games. He converted his own rebound under a prone Stephane Fiset after deflecting Thieren's long shot into the goaltender's pads.

Lindros, who has 13 goals and 18 assists in his last 15 games, is within three games of the Flyers' club-record point streak held by current Philadelphia general manager Bobby Clarke.

Thieren opened the scoring at 9:45 of the opening period with his third goal of the season and second in three games, following a 33-game drought. He got the puck at the right point from Daymond Langkow, skated untouched to the top of the circle and took a routine slap shot that caromed in off Fiset's leg pad.

The Flyers, 23-3-9 when they've scored first, took a two-goal lead just 48 seconds before the first intermission. Dejardins' slap shot from the top of the right circle hit Fiset and bounced in the air, before Jones knocked the rebound over the goalie's shoulder with the shaft of his stick for his 14th goal.

The Flyers played their final game at the Forum and finished with a 34-20-8 record - including a 2-0 victory behind goaltender Doug Favell in the first NHL game ever played at Jack Kent Cooke's arena on Dec. 30, 1967.

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Photo: JOZEF STUMPEL

His blue-line shot as the final seconds ticked away trickled under the pads of Flyers goalie Ron Hextall for the game-winner.