The Flyers returned to the Wachovia center for game 3 of their opening playoff series with the Penguins. Down 2 games to none they had to win to keep hope of winning the series alive. Thanks to 26 saves by Marty Biron, a goal and an assist by Claude Giroux and 2 goals by Simon Gagne they were able to get the win they needed. Frankly they just came out with more energy than they had in the first 2 games and kept at it until the end. If they can figure out a way to play like that for the rest of the series they can still win this thing. Getting back to this game, Jeff Carter got things started with a score early in the first period for a 1-0 lead. A few minutes later Mike Richards made it 2-0. Late in the period Evgeni Malkin scored to cut it to 2-1. Just seconds into the 2nd period Rob Scuderi scored to knot it up at 2. A few minutes later Giroux scored for a 3-2 lead. A few minutes later, an incredible effort by Giroux led to a shorthanded goal by Gagne for a 4-2 lead. Early in the 3rd period Jared Ross made it 5-2. A few minutes later Malkin scored off the Pens power play to cut it to 5-3. Finally with just under 2 minutes to play Gagne scored again to put away a 6-3 win. So the Orange and Black cut the Pens series lead to 2-1 and now must win game 4 to even the series at 2 and put the pressure back on the Pens.
2 comments:
Well that was a crucial win and I watched this one too and it was a good one to watch. The physical play was entertaining and so were all the goals...lets just hope they keep it up.
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yeah they were physical, and they'll have to keep at it tomorrow night in game 4
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