Flyers fall to Penguins once more
Flyers are 0-4 vs. Pittsburgh this season

Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Just last season, the Flyers had 101 points and finished 5th in the Eastern Conference. The Penguins had just 58 points, worst in the Eastern Conference, and just one point better than the cellar dwelling St. Louis Blues.

This year has been a different story to say the least. The Penguins are three points back of first in the Atlantic Division, while the Flyers are last in the division. On Monday night, the problems for the Flyers continued as the Penguins beat the Flyers 5-3.

John LeClair started the scoring for the Penguins in the first, and Pittsburgh never looked back. On Pittsburgh's second goal of the first period, Sidney Crosby made the possible play of the year so far. On a break into the Flyers zone, Crosby spun and pulled a 180 degree turn, finding Dominic Moore, who one-timed it home to make it 2-0. They lead 3-0 after one period.

The Flyers got on the board for the first time in the second period when Simon Gagne scored. But, the Penguins came right back with tic-tac-toe passing and Crosby finished to make it 4-1. Geoff Sanderson continued his scoring streak as he scored to make it 4-2. Sanderson has scored in 5 straight games for the Flyers. But, the defense failed once more as the Penguins came back less than 2 minutes later to score on a Sergei Gonchar power play goal to make it 5-2. The Flyers were chasing the Penguins all night long, and were never able to catch up. If the Flyers have to keep chasing all season long, it will be a dreary Wachovia Center come April.