FLYERS NEWS

The Flyers continued their road trip as they traveled to Anaheim to face the Ducks. Marty Biron got the start in net and had a solid night saving 23 of the 27 shots he faced. Meanwhile Mike Richards assisted on 3 Flyers goals to help them to a much needed win. Late in the first period Ossi Vaananen score for a 1-0 lead. A few minutes later Corey Perry scored to knot it up at 1 for the Ducks. Early in the 2nd period Rob Niedermayer put the Ducks up 2-1. A few minutes later Andrew Ebbet briefly made it 3-1 Ducks before Josh Gratton cut it to 3-2. With just over 2 minutes to play in the period Braydon Coburn scored to knot it up at 3. A minute later Ryan Getzlaf made it 4-3 Ducks. a minute after that Mike Knuble knotted it up again at 4. From there neither team could score in the 3rd period or sudden death overtime so the game went into a shootout. There Claude Giroux missed for the Flyers and Corey Perry missed for the Ducks in the first round. Mike Richards scored for the Flyers and Bobby Ryan missed for the Ducks in the 2nd round. Finally in the 3rd round Ryan Getzlaf missed for the Ducks to clinch a 5-4 Flyers win. So the Orange and Black improve to 21-10-7 overall for 49 points, good for 1st in the Atlantic division at last and 3rd in the Eastern conference.