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PHILADELPHIA -- Scott Hartnell was concerned he had broken his foot. He had been playing with pain for two weeks and wore a walking boot at a Flyers charity event over the weekend. But after getting cleared to play following a negative CT scan, he looked as good as he has all season. Hartnell and Claude Giroux each had three points, Steve Mason made 33 saves and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the banged up Detroit Red Wings 5-0 Tuesday night. "We needed a big win, we needed two points," Hartnell said. "Were (about to go) on a really tough road trip against some big opponents out west and we needed to get our confidence back going into that trip." Adam Hall and Sean Couturier also scored for the Flyers, who snapped a four-game losing streak. The Flyers (26-22-6) won an eighth straight game at home against the Red Wings (23-19-11), a franchise best against Detroit, which has not won in Philadelphia since the 1997 Stanley Cup final. Mason turned in his best performance since signing a three-year extension with the Flyers last week. In the three previous games since inking the deal, Mason had allowed 11 goals and been pulled twice. "These games are building blocks," said Mason, who recorded his second shutout of the season and the 21st of his career. "Over the course of the season, youre going to have ups and downs, its just a matter of how you come out of it. This is a small step in a bigger picture and thats how Im going to look at it." Flyers coach Craig Berube shuffled his lines before the game, moving Hartnell up with Giroux and Jake Voracek. Hartnell scored the Flyers first two goals of the game and Giroux netted one in third. Each time Giroux or Hartnell scored, the other picked up an assist. "Hes pretty easy to play with," Hartnell said, referring to Giroux. "You get him the puck and youre going to get it back." Hartnell opened the scoring with a power-play goal at the 6:18 mark of the first period when he redirected Kimmo Timonens drive from the point and notched his second of the night 8:08 into the second period when he scored off a cross-ice pass from Giroux, who assisted on both of Hartnells goals. Timonen later left the game with a lower-body injury and did not return. The veteran defenceman will be reevaluated Tuesday but, when asked after the game, Berube said Timonen was "fine." The Red Wings arent nearly as lucky on the injury front. They played Tuesday night without three of their top forwards in Johan Franzen, Henrik Zetterberg, and Pavel Datsyuk. Franzen missed 16 games with a concussion and returned to action against the Florida Panthers on Sunday but is once again dealing with concussion symptoms. Zetterberg missed his third game with a bad back and Datsyuk his 11th with a lower-body injury. "We want to get our big guys back," Red Wings forward Drew Miller said. "A lot of the guys that are out right now are big leaders and guys we look to for scoring. But were not looking at that as an excuse. Weve got guys who can step and play." Starting in place of Jimmy Howard, who was back on the Detroit bench after missing three games with an injury of his own, Detroit goaltender Jonas Gustavsson stopped 23 of 28 shots. In the second period, Detroits Luke Glendening, Kyle Quincey and Tomas Tatar all hit posts. Forward Riley Sheahan would have gotten the Red Wings on the board in the third, but his shot over the glove of Mason came after Flyers defenceman Nicklas Grossman dislodged the net, stopping play. Grossman was whistled for delay of game but Detroit, which came into Tuesday night with the leagues top-ranked road power play, but failed to score on its four man-advantages. "These are the times when you have to find a way, get a step," defenceman Niklas Kronwall said. "The power play has to be clicking. We have to find a way to get one goal. I thought we had good chances in the second period. (Quincey) had a grade-A chance right in the middle of the slot. I think (Tatar) had one off the crossbar. But the puck didnt go in, and we have to find a way to be a lot better." NOTES: Hartnell was cleared to play Tuesday after being seen in a walking boot at the Flyers Wives Fight for Lives Carnival on Sunday. The forward has been dealing with soreness in his left foot for the last two weeks, but a CT scan came back negative. ... Out of the lineup Tuesday night for the Flyers was winger Zac Rinaldo (ankle). Defenceman Andrej Meszaros was a healthy scratch. ... For the Red Wings, Howard missed his fourth straight game but was on the bench backing up Gustavsson. Todd Bertuzzi was a healthy scratch. 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Off-Season Game Plan examines a team facing some challenging times as GM Bryan Murray tries to put together a roster for next season. Perhaps the first challenge facing Murray is that its expected he will be moving out Jason Spezza, a premier point producer who is about to enter the final year of his contract.The Manchester derby on Super Sunday may not be as pivotal in the title race as in previous seasons, but it still remains one of the biggest games in the Premier League calendar with both teams keen to get one over their city rivals. The key to who comes out on top in the 171st derby in all competitions could be the form of the two goalkeepers, who have become mainstays of this fixture in recent seasons.Since joining Manchester United in the summer of 2011, only David De Gea and his Man City counterpart, Joe Hart, have played every minute of all nine Premier League meetings. In those games, it is clearly the England international who comes out on top with more clean sheets and fewer goals conceded than his opposite number. Last nine Manchester derbies (Premier League only) Stat Joe Hart David de Gea Goals conceded 10 21 Clean sheets 4 1 Saves 20 20 Save percentage 66.7% 48.8% In general, Hart has an excellent record in Manchester derbies having won six of those nine meetings, and no City player has won more Manchester Premier League derbies than Hart. Premier League wins in Manchester derbies Man City player Wins Joe Hart 7 Vincent Kompany 6 James Milner 6 Samir Nasri 6 Yaya Toure 6 Across the Premier League, Hart is also having another good season. The 28-year-old, who has won the Golden Glove award for most clean sheets a record four times, again tops that ranking, with De Gea joint-third. 2015/16 Premier League clean sheets Player Team Clean sheets Joe Hart Man City 13 Petr Cech Arsenal 12 Jack Butland Stoke 10 David de Gea Man Utd 10 Heurelho Gomes Watford 10 Hugo Lloris Tottenham 10 Kasper Schmeichel Leicester 10 While the importance of Hart to Manuel Pellegrinis team cannot be underestimated, the same is true for De Geas importance to United.dddddddddddd Since returning to the side after signing a new deal with the club in September, the 25-year-old is the only United player to start every Premier League game. Its quite some statistic given Louis van Gaal has used a league high 33 different players this season. Premier League starts for Man Utd since September 11 Player Starts David de Gea 25 Daley Blind 23 Chris Smalling 23 Anthony Martial 22 Juan Mata 22 The Spaniard has been an important part of the Premier Leagues second tightest defence this season and has kept the third most clean sheets in Premier League history for United. Manchester United goalkeeper comparison (Premier League only) Player Clean sheets Completed games Games per clean sheet Peter Schmeichel 112 247 2.21 Edwin van der Sar 90 183 2.03 David de Gea 56 155 2.77 Fabien Barthez 30 84 2.80 rOY cARROLL 24 46 1.92 De Geas first league involvement in the Manchester derby was the infamous 6-1 defeat at Old Trafford in October 2011 and although their noisy neighbours have had the better of recent meetings, winning six of the last nine in the League, Uniteds No 1 will be hoping to build on his first clean sheet in this fixture in the goalless draw at Old Trafford in October.However, he is likely to be up against an in-form Sergio Aguero, who has scored eight goals in eight appearances in Manchester derbies. Indeed, no player has scored more Premier League goals against De Gea than the Argentina international (seven). Joe Hart of Manchester City and David De Gea of Manchester United By contrast, Hart will be happy Wayne Rooney is absent with a knee injury as no player has scored more league goals against him than the England captain (six).Both Manchester teams have been involved in a Premier League high five goalless draws this season, due in no small part to the form of their respective goalkeepers. Another clean sheet would be welcomed by both custodians, but the viewing public will be hoping at least one of the goalkeepers will be beaten on to extend a run of no consecutive goalless draws in this fixture that has stood since 1973-74.Watch the Manchester derby live on Sky Sports 1HD from 3.30pm on Super Sunday Also See: Stats show Kompany concern 2016 Premier League table ' ' '