High-octane Flyers grounded by Boston

Despite outshooting the Adams Division-leading Boston Bruins by a three-to-two margin, the offensive-minded Philadelphia Flyers fell well short of defeating the Boston club when they dueled in Philadelphia.

In the first period alone, the Flyers attempted fifteen shots on goal but managed to connect on just one. Amazingly, there were no penalties in the period, so the Philly offense just set up shop on the visitor's side and hang out for twenty minutes, slapping pucks at Andrew Raycroft. Dennis Seidenberg was the only one to beat him though, at 03:57 of the period, a goal which tied the game at one all. Boston had broken the goal scoring open less than one minute into the period on Lars Jonnson's tenth of the year.

The second period was a more balanced effort, as both teams took ten shots at the net. However, the Flyers struck goal to take the lead, 2-1, when George Laraque fed Michael Schutte at 06:35. The Flyers took that lead to the lockerroom at the end of the period.

The Bruins, though, sprung to action as the second period began. Matt Walker started a brawl with Derian Hatcher that he would ultimately lose, but it spurred life into the Boston representatives. Bill Guerin scored less than a minute later off a Tim Connolly frozen rope, then the two hooked up again to take the lead at 04:11. The Flyers attempted to slow things down and grind the Bruins to submission, but Andy McDonald had none of it, scoring the power play goal at 14:06 to extend the lead to 4-2.

Bill Guerin, showing his giving nature, returned the favor to Tim Connolly, setting him up for the final tally of the game at 15:16. The Bruins took home the 5-2 win - Raycroft's twenty-sixth of the year - and all three game stars, with Guerin, Raycroft, and McDonald sweeping the honors as they prepared to trek to Colorado and face the mighty Avalanche in their next effort.