FLYERS NEWS

The Flyers traveled to Florida tonight for a matchup with the Panthers. Antero Niittymaki just off injured reserve, got his first start in a while and was solid saving 32 of the 34 shots he faced. Meanwhile, the Flyers finally managed enough scoring of their own to at least get the game to a shootout. Jeff Carter scored late in the first period for a 1-0 lead. Simon Gagne followed on the power play a couple minutes later for a 2-0 lead. Late in the 3rd period Bryan McCabe and Jay Bouwmeester each scored power play goals to knot it up at 2. Neither team could score the go ahead goal for the remainder of regulation or in overtime so the game went into a shootout. In the first round of the shootout Mike Richards missed for the Flyers, and Ville Peltonen missed for the Panthers. In the 2nd round of the shootout Gagne scored for the Flyers and Micheal Frolik missed for the Panthers. Finally in the 3rd round Niittymaki stoned Nathan Horton to clinch the 3-2 Flyer's win. So the Orange and Black move to 24-12-9 overall for 57 points and still 5th in the Eastern conference.