Over all it was a pretty good game. There seemed to be a little bit more flow then a typical Flyers-Devils game, but it was low scoring as usual.

Simon Gagne and Peter Forsberg (Power Play) scored for the Flyers.

Niittymaki played a solid game stopping 21 of 22 shots.
The Umberger-Carter-Dimitrakos line started the game and the second period. I guess rewarding that line for its solid play the last few games. Although they didn’t score, they still played well. Lines recently have settled down in regards to changes. Other lines have been Forsberg-Gagne-Knuble, Richards-Kapanen-Brashear and Nedved-Handzus-Savage.

Branko Radivojevic who usually plays on the Nedved line instead of Savage was scratched. Other scratches were Randy Jones, Turner Stevenson.

Peter Forsberg, Antero Niittymaki and Brian Gionta were the three stars.

We all like milestones, well maybe not, but they tend to be nice round numbers. Here is a couple. Simon Gagne scored his 40th goal of the season. Jon LeClair in 2000 was the last Flyer to accomplish this. Antero Niittymaki played in his 40th NHL game.
Ken Hitchcock has won 400 games in the NHL as a coach.

No rest today, tonight the Flyers play the Rangers in New York.
No word on the starting goalie, but I would expect Esche since Niittymaki played the night before.
If the Flyers win, they will again tie the Rangers for first in the Atlantic Division.