FLYERS NEWS

The Flyers engaged in a thriller at the Wachovia center with the New York Rangers tonight. Prior to tonight, the Flyers had been undefeated at home, so when they forced the game into overtime, it seemed a safe bet that they would pull it out. Unfortunately, the Orange black came up short at home for the first time tonight, losing in a shutout. In the end, 26 saves out of 30 shots faced by Marty Biron were not enough and Denis Tolpeko's first career goal went for naught. Early on the Flyers led 1-0 early in the 3rd period on a goal by Jim Dowd. New York tied it up at 1, later in the period. Early in the 2nd period Brendan Shanahan put the rangers ahead 2-1. However, Daniel Briere tied it up again, with a goal later in the period. Early in the 3rd period Peter Prucha pushed New York ahead again, 3-2. Then late in the period Tolpeko poked in his first career goal to tie it at 3. From here Biron and his counterpart Henrick Lundquist shut it down and pushed the game first, into overtime, and then into a shootout. There the Flyers failed to score, while Brendan Shanahan scored the lone goal for a 4-3 Rangers win. So the Flyers drop to 11-6 overall and into a tie for 1st in the Atlantic division with the Rangers.