JVR Leads Flyers To Victory

Before Saturday night's game vs the New York Islanders, the Flyers had played in 4 consecutive shootouts, 3 of which they lost. To win in regulation seemed like an almost impossible mission to the Flyers who have recently been involved in some extremely close games.

But on Saturday night, James van Riemsdyk lead the Flyers to a 4-1 victory marking their first win in regulation since March 15th. JVR had a hat trick, and Bobrovsky had another strong game as he continues to bounce back from that ugly performance against the Capitals last Tuesday. Jeff Carter also scored his 34th goal of the year.

It was important for the Flyers to not only get the 2 points but to also win by a large margin. The last time the Flyers won by more than 1 goal was on March 8th when they beat the Oilers 4-1. The 2 points puts the Flyers at the 100 point mark on the season and 2 points ahead of the Capitals. Hopefully this win will be a confidence builder and give the Flyers some much needed momentum as we head into the final 8 games of the season.

Tonight at 7:00, the Flyers will take on the Boston Bruins at home in another important Eastern conference game. The Bruins lost yesterday 1-0 to the Rangers and will definitely be hungry to get a victory. Although the Bruins are 8 points behind the Flyers in the conference standings, they are still a good team and will be a good test for the Flyers tonight.