FLYERS NEWS

The Flyers began an excruciating night tonight for Philly sports, by taking it on the chin in Ottawa at the hands of the Eastern conference leading Senators, for their 8th straight loss. Marty Biron got the start in goal, and had a solid night as the Flyer's defense picked up again and allowed only 25 shots on goal, of which Biron saved 23. Early in the first period of play Chris Kelly scored shorthanded for 1-0 Senators lead. Late in the 2nd period of play Antoine Vermette scored for a 2-0 Ottawa lead. A few minutes later Kimmo Timonen answered for the Flyers to cut the lead to 2-1. Early in the 3rd period of play, Scottie Upshall tied it at 2. Thanks to the solid play of Biron and his counterpart Ray Emery it stayed that way until the end of regulation. The overtime period went scoreless, setting the stage for a decisive shootout. In the first round of the shootout both teams came up empty. In the second round of the shootout, Timonen scored for the Flyers, and Vermette scored for Ottawa, to tie the shootout at 1. In the 3rd round of the shootout Danny Briere failed to score for the Flyers , while Jason Spezza scored to win it for Ottawa. So Ottawa got the 3-2 win in a shootout and the Flyers drop to 30-24-6 overall, but since the game went to a shootout, they at least get a point for their troubles and remain in 4th place in the Atlantic division.