FLYERS NEWS

The good times keep on rolling for the orange and black. In their opener tonight against the Islanders, they took care of business quietly and efficiently. Jeff Carter, Jason Smith, and Sami Kappanen all scored for the Flyers on the night, and Martin Biron was dazzling in goal with 29 saves out of 30 shots faced, as the Flyers won 3-1. After a scoreless 1st period, Kapanen and Carter each scored goals in the 2nd period to put the Flyers up 2-0. A shorthanded Islander's goal cut the lead to 2-1 early in the 3rd period, but Biron held steady the rest of the way and then Smith scored on the Islander's empty net with less than a minute to play, to put it away for good. So the Flyers improve to 3-1, and seem to be firing on all cylinders right now. Who would have thunk it.