FLYERS NEWS

After a tough loss to the Rangers in their last game, the Flyers were looking to rebound tonight against the Devils, but they did not. In the battle of the Martys the win went to Brodeur who saved 26 of the 28 shots he faced, while Biron allowed 4 goals in the first 2 periods and was yanked to start the 3rd period in favor of Antero Niittymaki. Even Niittymaki had no answer for New Jersey as he allowed 2 more goals to complete the Devils onslaught. Early on in the 1st period New Jersey jumped out a 2-0 lead on goals by former Flyer Danius Zubrus and Karel Ruchanek. Early in the 2nd period Patrick Elias made it 3-0 Devils. Then late in the period after Mike Richards finally got the Flyers on the board, Jay Pandolfo scored yet another goal to put the Devils up 4-1. Early in the 3rd period Scottie Upshall cut the Devils lead to 4-2 and provided momentary hope of a Flyers comeback but it was not to be. Brian Gionta made it 5-2 Devils minutes later and a minute after that Zach Parisse ended the scoring to seal a 6-2 Devils win. So the Flyers drop to 11-7 and into second place in the Atlantic division, 2 points behind the Rangers.