Flyers 3, Wild 1

(AP Photo/Tom Olmscheid)

I guess being on the road helps. The Flyers won their fourth straight game away from Philadelphia by beating Minnesota 3-1. In the process, the Flyers killed off not one, but two 5-on-3 power plays by the Wild, Nittymaki was solid in goal, and aside from some real shaky officiating, the game went pretty well. It should have been 3-0 since I don't think anyone believed Demitra scored that goal. How the referee even saw the puck cross the line is beyond me. Something tells me the Flyers are going to be targeted by the refs in every game for the rest of the season. Warranted, perhaps. But when the officials are looking for calls against us and missing calls against our opponent (Todd Fedoruk's elbowing call, for example, should have been a five-minute major), I don't think the NHL is really doing anyone any good. Teams will be teeing off on us if they feel they can get away with it. Say what you want about the suspensions and dirty hits, we got deservedly punished for each and every one of them.

Carter, Upshall, and Coburn scored for the Flyers, and Steve Downie in his first game back logged 4:39 of ice time. The Flyers now travel to Colorado to take on the Avalanche and it would be nice to keep up with the Rangers, who were idle last night. The Atlantic division is getting tighter by the day, and the Flyers can't afford to cool off now.