FLYERS NEWS

The Flyers continued their road trip this afternoon in New York with a matchup against the Islanders, as they looked to get their 3rd win in a row. Considering they have owned the Islanders for the last few years this was another game they should have been able to win easily. Thanks to some questionable officiating that went against the Flyers, it turned out be a little closer then they probably planned but they got the job done with a 2-1 victory. Micheal Leighton got another start in goal and was pretty good again with 28 saves out of the 29 shots he faced, but once again it was really more solid defense in front of him, then great goaltending by Leighton. Meanwhile, Danny Briere and Jeff Carter each had a goal and an assist and Scott Hartnell assisted on both goals as well. This is first time since the first two games of the season that Carter has scored in back to back games, and his goal on this evening, with just over 3 minutes to play was the game winner, so that's a real positive for the Flyers to take forward with them. Also Hartnell, whose frequent penalties had been killing the Flyers when they were losing, did not take a single penalty which is a good sign that he is reverting back to his winning ways. So there's a positives for the Orange and Black as they move to 18-18-2 overall, and with 38 points now, jump all the way back up to 11th in the East, 2 points out of 8th.