FLYERS NEWS

The Flyers had been making a serious playoff push coming into tonight's game, the first of a home and home, but they were stopped in their tracks by the Maple Leafs in Toronto. Marty Biron got the start in goal and racked up 51 saves, but it was not enough. In the first period of play things looked good for the Orange and Black as they jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a goal by Scottie Upshall. late in the 2nd period of play Braydon Coburn extended that lead to 2-0 with a power play goal. Early in the 3rd period of play, Danny Briere scored to make it 3-0 Flyers and it seemed a give in that the Flyers would get yet another important win. Someone forgot to tell that to Toronto. A few minutes later, Mats Sundin scored on the power play to cut the lead to 3-1. Then late in the period Pavel Kubina and Jeremy Williams each scored within a few minutes of each other and suddenly with just under 4 minutes to play in the game it was all knotted up at 3. From there neither team was able to score before the end of regulation, and the game lumbered into overtime. There, just 4 minutes in, Pavel Kubina slapped in a rebound and broke the Flyer's hearts to cap off a most improbable 4-3 Maple Leafs victory. So the Flyers drop to 35-26-9 overall, but remain 4th in the Atlantic division and 8th in the Eastern conference.