With a huge game looming againt the Pittsburgh Penguins tomorrow afternoon it was important that the Flyers get a win today at home against the lowly Carolina Hurricanes. It turned out to be a tougher game then it probably should have been with the Flyer's defense playing a bit lazy, but 33 saves by Ray Emery were enough to hold off the Canes. Perhaps they were looking past the Canes to tomorrow or maybe Carolina just brought their A game for one of the rare times this season. For whatever reason the Flyers just seemed a little lax out there this afternoon but a win is a win so I digress.
Anyway, Dan Carcillo got the Flyers going early, scoring just 3 minutes into the 1st period for a 1-0 lead. Late in the 2nd period Chris Pronger scored on the power play and Jeff Carter slammed one home a minute later to push the Orange and Black to a 3-1 lead heading into the 3rd period. After ex-Flyer Rod Brindamour scored off the power play to cut the lead to 3-2 Carter scored in the Canes empty net in the final seconds to put away the 4-2 Flyer's win.
With the win the Flyers move to 26-22-3 overall for 55 points, good enough right now for 6th in the Eastern conference. They were way ahead of the Flyers early on in the season,but as of now the Pens are only 8 points ahead of the Orange and the Black. Thus, a win tomorrow would pull the Flyers within 6 points of Pens and boost their still slim hopes of catching of them for what would now be 4th in the Eastern conference and home ice advantage for the 1st round of the playoffs. Of course all of that is a long way off, but hey I can dream can't I.
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