The Flyers welcomed the New York Rangers to the Wachovia center this afternoon. They needed a win or a tie to clinch the 4th seed in the Eastern conference. For two periods it looked the 4th seed would be theirs. Then the Rangers posted a few late goals in the 3rd period and poof went that 4th seed. Marty Biron had 27 saves, and Danny Briere had a goal and an assist, but it was not enough. Early in the first period Claude Giroux scored for a 1-0 lead. A few minutes later Brandon Dubinsky scored to knot it up at 1 for the Rangers. A few minutes later Jeff Carter scored off the power play for a 2-1 lead. A couple minutes later Dubinksy scored again to knot it up at 2. Early in the 2nd period Briere scored for a 3-2 lead. Early in the 3rd period Sean Avery scored to knot it up again 3. A few minutes later Blair Betts scored for a 4-3 Ranger's lead. From there the Flyers had their opportunities to tie it up again and get the one point they needed, but Henrik Lundqvist came up with some big saves to preserve the win for the Rangers. So the Flyers finish the season 44-27-11 overall for 99 points and the 5th seed in the Eastern conference. Therefore the first round of the playoffs will begin in PittsBurgh for the Orange and Black.
2 comments:
Its a heartbreaker but they wont need homerink advantage to win this one.
-to ph1llysports
I hope you are right
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