FLYERS NEWS

Well, it's official the Flyers stink again, or at least it sure seems like they do. Tonight they returned home the wachovia center to faceoff with Sharks in the second game of a home and home. Marty Biron got the start in goal looking to get back on track. Instead he gave up 2 quick goals and removed from the game in favor of Antero Niittymaki who allowed 4 more goals but somehow that was good enough to keep the Flyers in it, largely due to Scotty Hartnell who had 3 points, Joffrey Lupul, Mike Richards, and Scottie Upshall who each had 2 points. In the end their scoring would not be enough. In the first period Jeff Carter opened the scoring for a 1-0 lead. Midway through period Joe Pavelski and Ryan Clowe scored within minutes of each other to put the Sharks up 2-1. Richards knotted it at 2 a few minutes later. A few minutes later Patrick Marleau made it 3-2 Sharks . Upshall answered to tie it at 3. Finally Devin Setoguchi put the Sharks up 4-3. In the 2nd period Lupul tied it up again early. Then Dan Boyle put the Sharks back up 5-4 late. In the 3rd period Marleau quickly made it 6-4 Sharks. A minute later Lupul cut it to 6-5. Finally with just under 3 minutes to play Danny Briere tied it up again at 6. Neither team could score throughout the rest of regulation or in overtime so it came down to a shootout. There Richards and Briere each missed their shots, while Pavelski and ex-Flyer Jeremy Roenick each scored on ther attempts to close out a 7-6 Shark's victory. So the Flyers drop to 0-3-3 overall for a total of 3 points.