Back to work

So my mouth finally starts to feel better and the reward I get is to go back to work?!?! Man, how I love the real world. Well, anyway, enough about The King . . . . another night, yet another big win for the Flyers (Sound familiar?). Saturday's victim was the mighty Ottawa Senators. The Orange and Black were up 2-0 in the blink of an eye and didn't look back. It was 4-0 about halfway through the first period on goals by Petr Nedved, Niko Dimitrakos, Jeff Carter, and Michal Handzus. The second period saw the Senators play the game more to their liking -- on the attack. Antero Niittymaki stood firm, letting in just three goals despite facing 36 shots from the highest scoring team in the league. CURRENT STANDINGS: Atlantic GP W L OTL Pts GF GA Home Road L10 NY Rangers 71 39 20 12 90 227 180 22-8-6 17-12-6 3-3-4 Philadelphia 71 40 21 10 90 238 227 20-10-6 20-11-4 7-3-0 New Jersey 71 35 27 9 79 200 207 22-11-3 13-16-6 3-5-2 NY Islanders 70 33 32 5 71 207 237 18-14-2 15-18-3 6-3-1 Pittsburgh 71 18 41 12 48 205 282 10-20-7 8-21-5 4-5-1 Eastern Conference Team GP Pts 1. x-Ottawa 70 102 2. *Carolina 70 98 3. *Philadelphia 71 90 4. Buffalo 70 93 5. NY Rangers 71 90 6. Tampa Bay 71 81 7. New Jersey 71 79 8. Montreal 71 79 -------------------- 9. Atlanta 71 76 10. Toronto 71 72 11. NY Islanders 70 71 12. Florida 70 71 13. Boston 72 68 14. Washington 70 55 15. Pittsburgh 71 48 * = Division Leader Quick update 1: Boston fired GM Mike O'Connell on Saturday, with team president Harry Sinden conceding that the playoffs are out of reach. (Through Sunday, the Bruins are 11 points out of 8th place in the Eastern Conference with 10 games left.) Quick update 2: This weekend's tap of the stick goes to Dallas center Mike Modano. Modano fired a one-timer home at 6:18 of the second period on the power play. This was his 135th career power-play goal, breaking the Minnesota/Dallas franchise record for career power-play goals previously held by Brian Bellows. Congrats, Mike, and sorry I had to trade you.