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The Flyers, being generous sorts, gave New Jersey goalie Martin Brodeur a present for his 40th birthday on Sunday night: some free time to catch up on his reading, take a nap, or do whatever he wanted while the puck was at the other end of the ice. They went 16 minutes, 23 seconds between shots until Brayden Schenn got one off from the left side of the net with 7 minutes, 15 seconds remaining in the second period. The Flyers had talked about playing with more desperation, more emotion, more energy. That didn't happen. As a result, they are on the brink of elimination from their Eastern Conference semifinal series after their listless, 4-2 loss to New Jersey at the sold-out Prudential Center. They trail the series, three games to one. "We're spending too much time defending. For some reason, we're stuck in our zone," veteran center Danny Briere said. "We have a lot of...