FLYERS NEWS

With the eternal Orange and Black elixir, the NY Islanders, visiting the Wells Fargo center tonight the Flyers were primed to grab their 3rd straight victory and boy did they. I mean everyone got into the act in this one. Chris Pronger had 2 goals, his first scores of the season. Kimmo Timonen had a goal and 2 assists and finally looked again like the Timonen controlled the blueline in the playoffs last season. Jeff Carter had 2 goals and an assist, racking up 3 points for the 2nd time in 3 games. Ville Leino and Claude Giroux each had 2 assists and continue to be offensive stalwarts. Finally, Sergei Bobrovsky had his best game of the season thus far with 30 saves, several of them highlight reel. Really it was about the first time all season that the Orange and Black played a hard as a team from start to finish. Of course it was also against the Islanders who have now lost 11 straight games in Philadelphia, so maybe the excitement should be tempered, but just to see the Flyers show the ability to break out like this was a blast, especially considering Nikolay Zherdev got a breather for the 2nd night in a row. Maybe he should just stay on the bench.

Just 2 and a half minutes into the 1st period Timonen put the Flyers on the board with an assist from Scott Hartnell. With about 3 minutes left in the period Giroux picked up the assist as Carter blasted one home for a 2-0 lead. Just under 3 minutes into the 2nd period Carter struck again, thanks to another Giroux assist. A couple minutes later Chris Pronger slapped one in on the power play for a 4-0 lead and the route was on. The Islanders finally got on the board with a shorthanded tally after that to cut it to 4-1, but that was as close they would get. Just over a minute later Pronger scored again on the power play for a 5-1 lead. Finally with about 5 minutes left in the 2nd period, Andreas Nodl nabbed his 2nd goal in 3 games, thanks a pretty pass from James Van Reimsdyk. At that point with the lead an insurmountable 6-1, the Flyers settled donw played solid d the rest of the way. The Islanders had some opportunities on the power play in the final minutes of the 3rd period but Bobrovsky made sure they did not cash in and Flyers eventually walked with away with the Easy 6-1. It's their 3rd straight win and keeps them tied for first in the Atlantic division with 13 points overall.