Flyers Power Play Burns The Devils

Knuble and the Flyers exercised some of their Devils against New Jersey on Monday

It was yet another great night to be a Flyers fan. They came out and put together 60 quality minutes of hockey. They took on a Devils team that leads the conference and managed to pull out the all important win. The game was intense right from the start. Bodies were flying everywhere and the goaltending was spectacular. The Devils opened up the scoring at 9:42 of the first period when Brendan Shanahan scored his fifth of the year on a pass from Dainius Zubrus. The goal was not impressive and bounced off of Shanahan’s skate. The Flyers answered with the period winding down. At 15:57 of the first, Daniel Briere scored on the power play. The pass came from Kimmo Timonen who had 2 helpers on the night. The period ended with the teams knotted at 1.

In the second period it was the Flyers who struck first. Mike Knuble scored on yet another power play. They assist went to Daniel Briere, who had himself a fantastic game. The Flyers carried much of the play but were unable to stop Jamie Langenbrunner from tying the game with a power play goal of his own. He scored at 9:58 of the second period. The score stayed the same for the remainder of the period and both teams went to the locker room to get ready for what was a fantastic third period.

In the third it was all Flyers. Jeff Carted scored his 40th goal of the season just 55 seconds into the third period. The goal was another power play goal and again it was Timonen with the assist. Gagne got himself a goal at 3:01 of the third on a brilliant feed from Claude Giroux. This was all it would take to bury the Devils. The Flyers were able to keep the Devils of the scoreboard in the third and walked away with a 4-2 win. This is the teams 3rd straight win and they look to continue their fine play on Thursday when they face off against the Florida Panthers.