Pens fall to Flyers 3-1

The Flyers scored 28 seconds into the first, and made it 2-0 about five minutes in en route to a 3-1 win over the Penguins. Ryan Malone redirected a Sidney Crosby shot into the net in the last minute of the first period to close within 2-1 on a delayed penalty call against the Flyers, but that was all the Pens sniffed, as goaltender Marty Biron was on his game. All four goals scored in the game featured the Pens top line of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Ryan Malone on the ice, leaving the trio each -2 for the night.

Crosby extended his point streak to 14 games, extending his career long, but the team's power-play goal scored streak ended 14 games.

Stats update, game 15 (Only Hall, Laraque & Talbot in plus territory, but Ruutu, Kennedy and Malone are now Even)
Name GP G A P +- PIM
Crosby 15 9 14 23 -2 16
Malkin 15 5 16 21 -1 14
Gonchar 15 2 10 12 -4 20
Sykora 15 7 5 12 -5 6
Talbot 15 4 4 8 +3 8
Whitney 12 3 3 6 -3 2
Recchi 15 1 5 6 -2 8
Roberts 14 1 5 6 -4 2
Malone 15 4 3 7 E 19
Hall 14 2 3 5 +1 9
Christensen 13 2 1 3 -6 2
Orpik 15 0 3 3 -3 4
Staal 15 1 1 2 -5 9
Laraque 7 0 2 2 +1 7
Armstrong 12 1 0 1 -4 2
Kennedy 6 1 0 1 E 2
Scuderi 15 0 1 1 -1 4
Sydor 15 0 1 1 -4 4
Ruutu 9 0 1 1 E 10
Eaton 15 0 1 1 -1 2
Nasreddine 3 0 0 0 -1 2
Fleury 10 0 0 0 -- 0
Sabourin 8 0 0 0 -- 0

It should be noted that the stats above reflect the correct scoring from the first Toronto game, where Recchi was given a phantom assist at the expense of Malkin. This scoring change was made after the game, and the official NHL stats have not been corrected. Emails to the NHL and ESPN.com that same night have not been answered. As of October 31, 2007, this error has still not been corrected.

The loss dropped the Pens record to 7-7-0-1 (W-L-OTL-SOL) on the season, and leaves them 3rd in the Atlantic Division, now three points behind the Flyers.