That's how long Andrew Alberts had gone without a goal - longest dry spell of any active player in the NHL.
Alberts third period goal iced a 4-1 Flyers win over Toronto in which Marty Biron had 41 saves, including 18 in a critical 2nd period.
His last goal? Well, it was his ONLY NHL goal. It was against ... Marty Biron.
Click onto my link at CSNPhilly.com to read what Alberts, and sidekick Scottie Upshall had to say about it ...
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Vesa Toskala came into this game 4-0, 1.98 GAA and .914 sv pct. lifetime against the Flyers ... Flyers are trying to go 12-0-2 at home in last 14 appearances.
Vaananen has a sprained knee ... Gratton underwent surgery Friday to repair a tear in his abdomonen
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Never fails to amaze me.
You arrive hours before the game to find out that one Flyer defenseman has a mysterious lower body injury. You make the ID - it's Ossi Vaananen.
He won't be playing tonight against the Toronto Maple Leafs. I don't get. Kimmo Timonen was given off Friday at practice because he's banged up. I thought it might be him. Vaananen? He sailed through the drills.
He was in the room laughing and hollering ... his usual self. Luca Sbisa replaces him. The good news there is that had Vaananen been playing, it's possible Sbisa would have sat because Joffrey Lupul is back in the lineup.
Josh Gratton on IR for that abdominal injury. He admitted to me what we all suspected. Last weekend in LA, he went to make a huge hit on the side boards and missed, his abdomen slamming hard into the frame.
For full coverage of tonight's game, check out CSNPhilly.com. Also, my mid-season report on the Flyers is running over there. BTW: Lotta similarities between the Flyers now and last year at this point.
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