The Flyers continued their road trip in Nashville tonight with a matchup against the Predators. After a disheartening loss to the Rangers in their last game the Flyers really need this one to get back on track. Things started well wiith Jeff Carter scoring just a minute and 21 seconds into the 1st period for a 1-0 lead. Nashville than picked it up while the Flyers faltered, scoring 3 quick goals to finish the period up 3 -1. Just seconds after the 3rd goal, things got even worse as Micheal Leighton went down with a high ankle sprain, forcing Brian Boucher into emergency service. Surprisingly Boucher faired well with 24 saves in a row, to keep Nashville scoreless for the remainder of regulation. So it was still 3-1 heading into the 3rd period. As they have seemingly every other night since the olympic break, the Flyers simply found a way to get back in it in the 3rd.
First Simon Gagne scored with 9 minutes to play to cut it to 3-2. Then with about 6 minutes Chris Pronger scored an easy power play goal, his 50th point of the season, to knot it up at 3. From there Flyers couldn't get another in the net for the remainder of regulation and an overtime period so the game went into a shootout. Generally a shootout means certain doom for the Orange and Black and unfortunately it did again tonight. For the Flyers Mike Richards, Claude Giroux, and Danny Briere all failed to score, while Martin Erat scored in the 2nd round of the shootout to all but put away a 4-3 Nashvillw win. Still the Flyers did earn a poiint for their troubles and so with 77 points overall now, they drop to 7th in the East, but 6 points up on the 9th place Rangers. Thus, for now anyway the Flyers remain in a comfortable position to make the playoffs but it is going to be tought down the stretch without Leighton if he can't come back before long.
2 comments:
Its a shame the Flyers lost the game in a shootout but that 1 point does help add to their buffer zone.
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yeah the 1 point helps
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