The Flyers welcomed the Boston Bruins to the Wachovia center tonight as they looked to put together back to back wins. Unfortunately, tonight just wasn't their night. They just almost totally collapsed on defense, allowing 37 shots on goal, many at point blank range. As a result, before the 2nd period was even 12 minutes old, Boston was up 4-1 and Micheal Leighton was out of game and watching from the bench for the rest of the night. Brian Boucher didn't fare much better than Leighton allowing a 5th goal late in the 3rd period to cap off a embarrassing 5-1 loss to the Bruins. The lone bright spot of the night for the Orange and Black was Jeff Carter, whose power play goal tied things up just a few seconds into the 2nd period. It was all Boston there on out though.
You're just not going too win many nights, playing Defense like the Flyer's did tonight. They have got to figure out what's been going on with their defense since returning from the Olympic break or they won't be in a comfortable playoff position for much longer. I mean you know your defense was very good, when you committ one penalty all night long, kill it off, and still manage to allow 5 goals. The Orange and Black had won 5 in a row coming in, so this loss really hurts the momentum they had built up on home ice. With the loss the Flyers drop into a tie for 6th in the Eastern conference and are now just 2 points up on the 8th place Bruins, not nearly as comfortable a position as they were in just a few days ago. I guess that's what losing does to you sometimes, huh.
2 comments:
I would expect a blowout like this from the Sixers, but from the Flyers? Noway. Fortunately they have some breathing room in the playoff situation since they were doing so well before the Olympics.
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yeah they have a little breathing room but not enough to keep playing like that
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