FLYERS NEWS

The orange and black got a huge win tonight over the Tampa Bay Lightning, not because the Lightning are one of their top rivals right now, but because coming into tonight they were dangling somewhat precariously in the 8th and final playoff spot in the Eastern conference, by just a point over the Buffalo Sabres. Marty Biron got the start in goal tonight and played well, saving 18 of the 20 shots he faced to help spirit the Flyers to victory. Early on in the first period of play, it didn't look so good as Tampa Bay's Jolli Jokinen scored just 31 seconds into the period for a 1-0 lead. Then late in the period Danny Briere and Jeff Carter each scored late goals to push the Flyers ahead 2-1. Midway through the 2nd period Maxim Ouellet score to tie it up at 2. From there the Flyer's defense, yes the defense smothered Tampa Bay until with just under 2 minutes to play Jeff Carter scored to put the Flyers up for good 3-2. So the Flyers improve to 33-26-8 overall, but remain 4th in the Atlantic division and 8th in the Eastern conference, now a more comfortable 3 points ahead of the Sabres.