PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Flyers have named former franchise great Danny Briere special assistant to the general manager.

The 44-year-old Briere, who retired after the 2014-15 season, will be involved in all aspects of the club’s hockey operations, including scouting and player development. He joins the Flyers’ operations staff after parts of five years with the Maine Mariners of the ECHL, most recently as team president.

He also worked in the Flyers’ player development department for the past two seasons in a part-time role working with the club’s prospects, as well as current players, on and off the ice. He also spent two seasons in the Flyers’ front office business operations before joining the Mariners.

“I’m excited for this new opportunity to join the Flyers hockey operations department,” Briere said. “Philadelphia is a place that I’ve called home for a long time and have had some of the most memorable moments in my career. I want to thank Chuck Fletcher and Dave Scott for their confidence and support over the last several years, and I look forward to helping them continue to build a successful team on and off the ice.”

Briere spent six seasons as a member of the Flyers after he joined them as a free agent on July 1, 2007. He had 124 goals and 159 assists for 283 points in 364 regular-season games and helped lead them to the 2010 Stanley Cup final. He led all players in that postseason with 30 points in 23 games, which set a franchise record for most points in a single postseason.

Briere spent 17 years in the NHL and had 307 goals and 389 assists for 696 points in 973 regular-season games with the Phoenix Coyotes, Buffalo Sabres, Flyers, Montreal Canadiens, and Colorado Avalanche.

DUCKS: Hall of Fame defenseman Scott Niedermayer has joined the Anaheim Ducks’ front office as a special advisor to the hockey operations department.

New Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek  announced the “enhanced role” in the front office for Niedermayer, the captain of Anaheim’s only Stanley Cup-winning team in 2007.

Niedermayer played his final five NHL seasons with the Ducks before his retirement in 2010, and he won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP when Anaheim won the title. He is the Ducks’ career scoring leader among defensemen with 264 points, including a franchise-record 69 in 2006-07.

TUESDAY’S GAMES

BLUE JACKETS 5, CAPITALS 4: Boone Jenner scored his 19th goal with 44.4 seconds remaining and Columbus won at Washington.

Jenner scored less than two minutes after Washington’s Tom Wilson tied the game on a six-on-five chance. The Blue Jackets rallied from an early 2-0 deficit.

Patrik Laine scored his 11th and 12th goals of the season, Trey Fix-Wolansky gave Columbus its first lead in his NHL debut and Adam Boqvist added a goal and an assist.

Laine also assisted Jenner’s winner, and Gustav Nyquist had two assists, providing the key pass leading to Jenner’s back-hand finish past Ilya Samsonov.

Elvis Merzlikins made 29 stops for the Blue Jackets, who began a season-long, five-game trip with their third consecutive road win.

Nic Dowd had a goal and an assist for the Capitals, who lost their second in a row and for the fourth dtime in six games, all in regulation.

DEVILS 7, CANADIENS 1: Michael McLeod scored twice as visiting New Jersey broke a seven-game losing streak.

Brett Kulak had Montreal’s goal.

South Portland’s Jon Gillies stopped 29 of 30 shots for the Devils.

SENATORS 4, HURRICANES 3: Brady Tkachuk snapped a 15-game scoring drought with a pair of goals, leading Ottawa to a win at home.

Alex Formenton and Chris Tierney also scored, and Tim Stutzle chipped in with two assists for Ottawa. Anton Forsberg stopped 42 shots.

Andrei Svechnikov, Brendan Smith and Vincent Trocheck scored for the Hurricanes. Antti Raanta faced 31 shots.

JETS 2, WILD 0: Connor Hellebuyck made 27 saves and Mark Scheifele scored a power-play goal as Winnipeg ended visiting Minnesota’s six-game winning streak.

It was Hellebuyck’s third shutout this season and 27th of his career. Minnesota hadn’t been shut out this season.

Nate Schmidt added an empty-net goal for the Jets and Kyle Connor had a pair of assists.