After back to back heartbreaking losses the Flyer's desperately needed to turn things around this afternoon against the New York Islanders. Coming in the Flyers were 7th in the Eastern conference just a point ahead of the Islanders. So the Orange and Black had to win this one or risk losing their playoff seeding to the Isles. Fortunately, they came out firing and just 8 minutes into the 1st period Danny Briere scored for a 1-0 lead. Later with just under 3 minutes to play in the period, Scott Hartnell scored off the power play for a 2-0 lead. With a little under 6 minutes to play in the 3rd period the Flyer's seemingly made it 3-0, but Scott Hartnell was flagged for a bogus goaltender interference call to negate the score. Replays clearly showed the puck in the net before Hartnell ever came in contact with Islander's goalie, Dwayne Roloson. Moreover, the contact between Hartnell and Roloson appeared to be incidental, so one way or another the goal should have counted. Instead the Isles went on the power play and scored to cut the lead to 2-1.
Fortunately, from there the Flyer's defense stiffened up holding the Isles to just 10 shots on goal in the 3rd period. Ray Emery saved all of them to cap off a 31 save day, and thwart any thoughts of an Islander comeback, preserving a 2-1 Orange and Black victory. Emery wasn't perfect as he continued to struggle to handle rebounds, but he got the job done. As did the Flyers as they move to 27-23 overall for 57 points and 6th in the Eastern conference. Not bad, for a team that was struggling so mightily earlier this season. Now if only they can keep it going for a while
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The Flyers just seem to have the Islanders number and I'm glad they didnt forget it because every point counts in their situation.
-to ph1llysports
yeah every point does count for them at this point and this was huge
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