After opening their post all star break run with a loss to the Panthers the Flyers traveled down the road to Tampa looking to get back on track against the Lightning. The last time these two met the Lightning pulled the upset. This time thanks to Antero Niittymaki's 41 saves and 2 goals and an assist from the captain, Mike Richards, lightning did not strike twice. Early in the first period Richards scored his first for a 1-0 lead. Late in the period ex-Flyer Vinny Prospal knotted it up at 1 on the power play. Early in the 2nd period Randy Jones got the Flyers power play going for a 2-1 lead. Late in the period, Richards scored his 2nd for a 3-1 lead. Early in 3rd period Jeff Carter did it again for a 4-1 lead. Late in the period Scott Hartnell made it 5-1. Finally with about 7 minutes to play Carter scored again for a 6-1 lead. Niittymaki took the Orange and Black home from there closing out the 6-1 win. So the Flyers move to 26-13-9 overall for 61 points and 5th in the Eastern conference.
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