FLYERS NEWS

The Flyers wrapped up their road trip tonight in Minnesota with a matchup against the Wild. Considering the Wild came in with their 5th string goalie in net, they should have been an easy mark for the Flyers on this night. However, that goalie Anton Khudobin, starting just his 2nd career game, was incredibly good in his NHL debut a few nights ago and he simply picked up right where he left off tonight. Well that and the Flyers just continued to struggle to find any continuity while on the offensive attack. The solid scoring chances just weren't there for the Flyers. Thus, Kudobin was able to hold the Orange and Black to just one score on the night, by Dan Carcillo late in the 1st period. At the time Carcillo's score tied the game at 1 and briefly restored hopes of a Flyer's victory. It wasn't mean to be tonight though

Owen Nolan scored for a 2-1 Wild lead late in the 2nd period, and against the struggling the Flyers that was enough for victory. At first glance of the stats it would seem the Flyers outplayed Minnesota. They had more shots on goal, and won more faceoffs than the wild and yet they still lost. Sometimes it is just not your right, especially when you have just one goal in your last 2 games combined. Earlier today the Flyers acquired winger Ville Leino from the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Ollie Kristian Tollefsen. He was healthy scratch tonight because he didn't arrive in Minnesota in time for the game. It will be interesting to see where he fits. As of now, with still 59 points overall, the Flyers are 8th in the Eastern conference, so they're okay despite the losses, but they'll need to figure things out soon.