FLYERS NEWS

The Flyers welcomed the PittsBurgh Penguins to the Wachovia center tonight. The Penguins came in having just recently falllen out of the top 8 in the Eastern conference. Thus they were desperate for a win to keep their season a live and played liked it. They simply wanted it a little bit more than the Flyers did tonight and in the end a goal and 2 assists by Mike Richards was not enough to hold off the Pens. Marty Biron also did not have his best night, saving just 22 of the 27 shots he faced. Late in the period Joffrey Lupul scored for a 1-0 lead. Just seconds into the 2nd period "the kid" Sidney Crosby tied it up at 1 for the Pens. A few minutes later Evgeni Malkin scored off the power play for a 2-1 Pens lead. Then late in the period ex-Flyer Ruslan Fedotenko made it 3-1. Early in the 3rd period Richards scored shorthanded to cut it to 3-2 and a few minutes later Braydon Coburn scored off a Richards assist to knot it up at 3. A few minutes later Fedotenko put the Pens back up 4-3. Then late in the period Richards assisted Mike Knuble on another game tier. Finally a few minutes later Crosby scored to finish off the Orange and Black 5-4. So the Flyers drop to 31-17-9 overall but remain 4th in the Eastern conference