FLYERS NEWS

Last season the Flyers couldn't buy a win against the Pittsburgh Penguins, this season they haven't been able to lose the Penguins and tonight it was more of the same. Thanks to a combined 6 goals and 5 assists from R.J Umberger and Joffrey Lupul(3 goals 3 assists for Lupul, 3 goals and 2 assists for Umberger) and 20 saves on 22 chances by Marty Biron the Flyers won easily. Additionally Philadelphia had twice as many shots on goal as the Pens and 3 times as many goals. That my friends is a truly dominating performance. In the first period Lupul scored twice early for a 2-0 Flyers lead, but late power play goals by Ryan Whitney and Peter Sykora tied it up at 2 heading into the 2nd period. In the 2nd period Umberger scored twice early for a 4-2 Flyers lead, and Mike Knuble added a late power play goal for a 5-2 Flyers lead. In the 3rd period it was all Flyers again with power play goals, from Umberger, Lupul, and Braydon Coburn for an 8-2 Flyers lead and that's how it ended. Interestingly it could and probably should have been more lopsided than that ,as the Flyers actually had 13 power play chances, but only 4 goals to show for them. Anyway a win is a win, and this one allows the Flyers to improve to 16-10-2 overall and into a tie for 2nd place in the Atlantic division with the NY Rangers.