Fresh off gutty, but losing performance at the winter classic the Flyers traveled to Ottawa this afternoon to finish off their road trip. Perhaps mentally letting down a little from the classic, they came out flat in the first period. They scored first in period, with Ian Laperriere depositing a rare goal for a 1-0 lead, but from there Ottawa quickly jumped to a 4-1 lead, with Alexei Kovalev scoring 2 of the 4 goals. Thank's to the quick Ottawa start Micheal Leighton was pulled just 9 minutes into the game in favor of Brian Boucher and initially it looked like the right move. From the flat beginning the Orange and black put together an inspiring comeback in 2nd period. Quick scores by Darroll Powe and Aaron Asham early in the period cut the lead to 4-3. Then with a little under 8 minutes to play in the period Mike Richards slapped in a power play goal to knot it up at 4. Unfortunately, the fun stopped there. Early in 3rd period Boucher failed to glove a rebound, allowing Kovalev slip behind him and slap in the live puck for a 5-4 Ottawa lead. A few minutes later rookie defenseman Oskars Bartulis misplayed a puck behind the net, slapping it right in front of the net to Chris Kelly who shot it by a surprised Boucher for a 6-4 lead. Just 6 minutes later Kovalev scored his 4th goal of the day, the 5th given up by Boucher, to put away a 7-4 Senator's win. So the Flyers drop their 2nd in a row and fall to 19-19-3 overall, for now still 2 points out of 8th in the Eastern conference. Anymore games like this though, and they won't be that close for long.
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It seems that the Flyers are having a similar problem as the Sixers in that they are incapable at finishing a game.
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yeah well today at least, but they were fine up until the classic so I don't know
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