The followed an easy win over the Devils at New Jersey on Friday with a more typical boring win over Devils this afternoon in Philly. The Flyers certainly didn't play their best in this contest but they did more than enough against the struggling Devils. They did allow 35 shots on goal, but Brian Boucher was brilliant in stopping 34 of them. The Orange and Black also did a good job penalty killing, holding New Jersey scoreless on 4 power plays, while going 1 for 6 on their power plays themselves. Against the disgrace that has become the New Jersey Devils, that little bit of an effort was enough to come out on top.
It was all Flyers on early on Jeff Carter setup James Van Reimsdyk for a 1-0 lead 8 minutes into the contest. Just 6 minutes after that Claude Giroux and Kimmo Timonen teamed up to setup Danny Briere for a power play goal to make it 2-0. That was last straw for Johan Hedberg who was promptly pulled in favor of Marty Brodeur. Brodeur kept the Flyers scoreless the rest of the way, but the Devils could manage only Andy Greene's unassisted tally halfway through the 2nd period. The Brilliant play of Boucher shut them down from there and preserved the 2-1 win. With the win the Flyers move to 57 points overall and ascend back to the top of the Eastern conference and the Atlantic division.
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