The Flyers' rugged, utility winger was taken aback, and his reaction that his confidence might have been shaken was surprising. Coach John Stevens just brushed it all aside and told Umberger to think about playing and not where he was playing.

Last night in a 4-2, Game 4 victory over Montreal, Umberger was moved to another line again. It happens to him a lot, and he didn't let Stevens down. Umberger scored his fifth and sixth goals of the series, and gave the Flyers the lead. He has scored the game's first goal in three of the four games against Montreal in this series as the Flyers have taken a 3-1 advantage.

Umberger has seven goals in the postseason.

"R.J. has been terrific,'' Stevens said. "R.J. deserves a lot of credit. He's a man without a home, really. I move him all over the place and I do it for the good of the team. That's what makes him so valuable. I think we have three balanced scoring lines. I thought our fourth line was terrific, they drew a big penalty at the end there [that led to Daniel Briere's game-winning goal]. We are capable of getting scoring from three if not four lines up front, but R.J. has really stepped it up."

When he heard that Stevens had called him homeless, Umberger laughed.

"It seems that way," he said. "I guess that has kind of been my identity. I guess I have just been kind of a rover and I have to make the best of the opportunity. I just want to be on the ice. I enjoy playing the game, I love it. To play with a guy like [Mike Richards], [Jeff Carter] or [Briere], you can't lose either way."

And about those first goals:

"That's huge," he said. "When they're pressuring us that hard and you turn around and get the first goal, that's got to hit them right in the heart. Those first goals have been huge." *