Philly Sports Today

Even after attempting to channel the days of the Stanley Cup Champion Broad Street Bullies through the debut of their alternate jerseys, the Flyers were unable to win their seventh game in a row. Sergei Samsonov used his speed to fly past Matt Carle and put a nifty move on Martin Biron to score the game-winner with 1:07 left in overtime. The loss denied the Flyers of their longest winning streak since the 1999-2000 season.

Despite being thoroughly outplayed in the first period, the Flyers held a 1-0 lead after Joffrey Lupul scored on the power play. The Flyers held their 1-0 lead until late in the second period when Pat Dwyer scored his first of the season to tie the game at 1-1. The ‘Canes took the lead just over a minute later when Tuomo Ruutu scored his eighth of the season. Luckily, Jeff Carter netted his league-leading 16th goal of the year to tie the game at 2-2 heading into the third period.

Carolina dominated the third period, but neither team was able to score despite numerous chances. Just when it looked like the game was destined for a shootout, Samsonov sped past Carle and beat Biron. Tough loss for the Fly Guys, but you can’t win them all.

Biron made 27 saves and Cam Ward stopped 24 for Carolina, including two breakaways by Scottie Upshall and Jeff Carter. The turning point of the game was probably when Mike Richards’s goal was disallowed. In hindsight, that was the reason that the Flyers took the loss. Oh well.

The Flyers look to get back on the winning track tomorrow when they travel to Toronto.

Let’s Go Flyers!

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