FLYERS NEWS

The Flyers played their best game of the season tonight and it still wasn't enough as they lost their 6th in a row and 2nd straight to the Sabres in another home and home series. Hey, sometimes when you get stuck in a streak like this you're best just isn't enough. As for the game it was pretty exciting until the end at least. In the 1st period Maxim Afinogenov made it 1-0 Sabres early, and Jeff Carter tied it at 1 with a late goal in the period. In the 2nd period all heck broke loose. Ales Kotalik and Jay Pominville made it 3-1 Sabres. Then Jeff Carter and Mike Richards tied it at 3. Next Jon Spacek made it 4-3 Sabres. Finally, with just seconds left in the period Mike Richards tied it up again at 4. Kimmo Timonen gave the Flyers their first lead at 5-4 early in the 3rd period. Then with 2 seconds to play, Thomas Vanek followed an icing call by scoring immediately off the faceoff for a 5-5 tie and a trip to overtime. The overtime period went scoreless and in the ensuing shootout the Sabres' Ales Kotalik scored the only goal for a 6-5 Sabres victory. So the Flyers drop to 16-13-4 overall and remain in 4th place in the Atlantic division.