FLYERS NEWS

The Flyers finally finished off their road trip this afternoon in New York as they took on the Rangers with Hockey Day in America bragging rights on the line. Looking exhausted from their trip, and undermanned with Blair Betts still out, Mike Richards still limited by the Flu, and Sean O'Donnell lost to an injury just two minutes into the game, the Flyers put forth their most courageous performance of the season thus far. Even Brian Boucher got into the act, playing through a stinger with the game on the line in the 3rd period and not missing a beat, as he racked up 37 saves in an awesome effort. Equally impressive were Jeff Carter and Claude Giroux who each had a goal and an assist. Perhaps most impressive though was the restraint of the Orange and Black who did not commit penalty all afternoon.

Halfway through the 1st period the Flyers actually trailed 1-0. Just a few minutes after falling behind they evened up at 1 as Claude Giroux and Scott Hartnell setup Jeff Carter for the score. Halfway through the 2nd period Carter backhanded a centering pass to Giroux who fired it in for a 2-1 lead. A few minutes later Braydon Coburn and Daroll Powe assisted Dan Carcillo for a 3-1 lead. New York then dominated much of 3rd period, cutting the lead to 3-2 just 5 minutes into the period and right after Boucher suffered the stinger. Boucher ensured New York would not get the equalizer after that and with about 50 seconds to play Kris Versteeg netted an empty netter for his first goal as a Flyer to cap off the stirring 4-2 victory. With the win the Flyers move to 83 points overall and remain 8 points up in the Eastern conference and 6 points up in the Atlantic division.