FLYERS NEWS

While the Eagles face the NFL's best tomorrow, the Flyers faced off against the NHL's best tonight as they traveled to Ottawa to face the Senators. Thanks to 3 points from Daniel Briere(1 goal and 2 assists) and 29 saves by Antero Niittymaki in a rare start, the Flyers surprised the Senators and prevailed. Wade Redden scored early in the 1st period to put Ottawa up 1-0. R.J Umberger knotted it up at 1 for the Flyers a couple minutes later. Late in the period Danny Heatley scored to put Ottawa up 2-1. Early in the 2nd period Scott Hartnell scored to tie up again at 2. A few minutes later Chris Schubert put Ottawa back ahead 3-2. Mike Richards tied it up again at 3 a couple minutes later. Finally, late in the period Briere put the Flyers up 4-3 heading into the 3rd period. From there Niittymaki kept Ottawa from lighting the lamp and the Flyers hung on to win 4-3. So the Flyers improve to 13-7-2 overall and move back into a tie for 1st in the Atlantic division.