FLYERS NEWS

Flyers 4 Rangers 2

It Was Over When.....

The Flyers scored their 3rd goal of the 2nd period to take a 4-1 lead, which the Rangers would never overcome.

The Game Puck Goes To.....

The Dynamic duo, Simon Gagne and Peter Forsberg who combined for 4 points on the night, Forsberg with 3 on a goal and 2 assists and Gagne with 1 on his 3rd goal of the year.

The Stat of The Game is.....

1, as in 1 for 8 on the power play for the Rangers. Often NHL games are won and lost on whether or not you can score on the power play, and usually when you are as ineffective on the power play as the Rangers were tonight, you do what they did, lose.

The Bottom Line is.....

This was a good way for the Flyers to get their 1st win of the year. It's always nice to beat a team which is an arch rival of yours, and doubly nice when it's your 1st win of the year. If your the Flyers this is one of those moments during the season where you can really build some momemtum. I mean it's not like the Flyers have really played all that poorly this season, it's just that until now they had nothing to show for it. Hopefully, with this win they can really build some confidence and start playing the way they are capable of.