Sadly, the Flyers’ winning streak came to a slamming halt Monday night against the Cup-winning Lightning. Blech! They were pretty much down most of the game after losing their 2-0 lead early on. The Penalty Killing is still disastrous and they are now officially in 30th place there.
It’s not all sour grapes. They defeated Boston in an OT nailbiter (didn’t get to see thanks to Dish and OLN’s annoying snit), skated through the Islanders despite the 3-2 score and whooped it up with their 5-4 victory over Florida thanks to Mike Knuble’s short-handed goal with 3 seconds remaining!
So I’ll be taking the Tampa victory is a little setback to their dominance in the Atlantic Division. Meanwhile, keep practicing on the PK, get it between the 20th – 24th ranking by the end of the year.
In non-Flyers news, Jeremy Roenick is slowly working his way toward beating Joey Mullen’s scoring record. He’s at 479, only 23 to go. Phil Housley’s point record will take some more time. He’s at 1128, 104 to go there.