FLYERS NEWS

The Flyers continued their road trip tonight as the traveled to Los Angeles for a date with the Kings. Not surprisingly, with the Flyers playing on back to back nights, Antero Niittymaki got the start in the goal and singlehandedly kept the tired Flyers in the game with 30 saves in 31 opportunities. Meanwhile Scott Hartnell posted the lone Flyer's tally which was all they needed to push the game to overtime. Neither team was able to score in the first period. Early in the 2nd period Hartnell scored for a 1-0 Flyer's lead. Late in the period Wayne Simmonds scored to knot it up at 1 for the Kings. From there neither team could score in the 3rd period or in overtime so the game went into a shootout. This time the tired Flyers came up empty. Jeff Carter missed while Patrik O'Sullivan scored for the Kings in the first round. In the 2nd round Mike Richards missed and Anze Kopitar missed for the Kings. Finally in the 3rd Dustin Brown scored for the Kings to closeout the win. So despite the loss the Flyers technically improve to 21-10-8 overall for 50 points, still 1st in the Atlantic division and 3rd in the Eastern conference.