Flyers stun Atlanta

It wasn’t a stone cold stunner but it was sure enough a scoring stunner as the Flyers just ran over the Thrashers 7-0 in the game tonight. With a winning combination the Flyers gets six of their goals tonight from just three different people. And with Nittymaki it net all he needed tonight was a single goal, since he would be lights out earning himself a 10-0 record against Atlanta and his first shutout of the season. Flyers are flying high with three straight wins and hopefully trying to salvage an October nightmare.

Pros
Joffrey Lupul
Mike Knuble
Simon Gagne
Antero Niittymaki

Goofs
Iilya Kovalchuck
Garnet Exelby
Thrashers Fans
Thrashers Defense

Pros: Joffrey Lupul got the scoring going with a first period goal that would be the only one needed to win but still went on to score a second one. Lupul is filling in well for the lost of Briere that many of us are not missing. Knuble is one of the luckiest guys out there who just seems to be in the rite place at the rite time. Knuble scoring two goals off his skate, with a non kicking motion, that helped him gain some points tonight. Simon Gagne scoring a shorthanded goal and also getting a second goal of the night later which lead the Flyers in their dominant night. Antero Niittymaki just continues to show us why he is a great goaltender. Stopping all 24 shots faced and keeping the Flyers alive in the game with big saves all lead him into the Pro category.

Goofs: Kovalchuck with a bonehead play caused his team a 4 minute major penalty that lead to the Flyers scoring twice and pretty much putting the game away. Bone head plays seem to be the make and break of each game for the Thrashers, and should think of a new strategy to win. Exelby tried to get the momentum back into the Atlanta side when trying to fight Cote but quickly fell to the ice and failed terribly to get anyone motivated. Tonight’s game had about 13,000 people and you couldn’t hear the crowd at all. A non factor and when you are at home you need the crowd to play some factor in the game. With all the scoring tonight and absolute slaughter in stopping shots the defense of the Thrashers get a big goof. Can’t blame the goaltender for everything.

Now the Flyers get set to take on the New York Islanders in a rivalry game on Thursday. I am looking forward to see if the Flyers can try to make October a rebound month.