FLYERS NEWS

Thanks to the play of Brian Boucher who stopped 34 of the 36 shots he faced and points from 6 different Flyers, the Orange and Black were in control for the most of the evening as they traveled to Madison Square Garden to faceoff with the Rangers. It got a little hairy towards the end though the Flyers effort level and Boucher allowed a soft goal. Ultimately New York's surge came too little too late though as the Flyers continued their dominance of Eastern conference foes.

It really was all Flyers early on. Just 6 minutes into the 1st period Ville Leino and Matt Carle assisted Jeff Carter for a 1-0 lead. Later with about 6 minutes left in the period, Leino was the recipient as Carle and Andrej Meszaros assisted for a 2-0 lead. Finally early in the 3rd period Mike Richards scored shorthanded with some help from Claude Giroux to make it 3-0. At that point Boosh was playing so well it looked like that would be all she wrote, but it wasn't. In the 3rd period the Orange and Black's energy level simply dropped and Boucher let in a softie about halfway through the period to cut it to 3-1. Then a couple minutes later he was helpless as the Rangers cut it to 3-2. Fortunately, the Flyers woke up again just enough at that point managed to hold them off the rest of the way for the 3-2 win.