FLYERS NEWS

The Flyers continued streaking in the wrong direction tonight with their 3rd straight loss as they welcomed the Tampa Bay Lightning to the Wachovia center. Marty Biron had a solid night saving 20 of the 22 shots he faced but he was out done by Tampa goalie Mike Smith who saved 35 of the 36 shots he faced to shut down the Flyers. That was basically the difference in this low scoring affair. Late in the first period Danny Briere, finally back from an injury, scored for a 1-0 Flyer's lead. About midway through the 2nd period Jussi Jokinen scored to knot it up at 1. Then late in the period on again off again ex Flyer Vinny Prospal score to push Tampa ahead 2-1. From there neither team could score again until the end of regulation so Tampa got the win and Flyers drop to 4-6-3 overall. What a team.