Even though the All-star break is over a week away, the Flyers played their last game of the season's first half tonight, as they welcomed the Atlanta Thrashers to the Wachovia center. Not surprisingly Antero Niittymaki got the start in goal and for two periods he was impenetrable, then in the 3rd period the Thrashers snuck a few bye him, but with 28 saves out of the 31 shots he faced it was enough. Meanwhile, Mike Knuble scored a couple of late goals, both set up by Simon Gagne, to help push the Flyers to victory. About halfway through the first period Scott Hartnell scored for a 1-0 lead. Late in the period Darroll Powe scored for a 2-0 lead. Early in the 3rd period Randy Jones made it 3-0. Early in the 3rd period the Thrashers gave the Flyers ascare with quick scores by Eric Perrin, Ilya Kovalchuk, and Chris Thorburn to knot it up at 3, less than 11 minutes into the period. From there Knuble righted the ship with a quick score to put the Flyers up 4-3 a minute later, and then put away a 5-3 win with just under a minute to play. So the Orange and Black improve to 25-12-9 for 59 points and now 6th in the Eastern conference, thanks to all their down time.
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It always feels good going into the All-Star break, but it probably feels even better for the players. 6th place doesnt hurt either.
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yeah 6th isn't bad for now
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