FLYERS NEWS

The Flyers kept on rolling tonight as they welcomed the New York Islanders to the wachovia center. Marty Biron got the start in the net and continued his great play of late saving 34 of the 36 shots he faced. Unfortunately after whupping the Thrashers 7-0 the Orange and Black had a bit of a scoring let down tonight with just two goals, both in the first period, so only the play of Biron saved them tonight. Midway through the 1st period Mike Knuble made it 1-0. A few minutes later Bill Guerin knotted it up at 1. Then late in the period Jeff Carter put the Flyers back up 2-1. Midway through the 3rd period Andy Hilbert tied it up again at 2. From there neither team could score for the remainder of regulation so the game went into overtime. There just over 4 and a half minutes in Carter slapped in his second goal of the night off a perfect pass from Mike Richards to seal the 3-2 Flyers win. So the Flyers move to 4-3-3 overall for a total of 11 points.