The Flyers came in tonight red hot, and looking to stay perfect against Eastern conference teams. This particular night though was supposed to be a much sterner test, than what the Orange and Black had faced before. Ultimately, thanks to a rash of foolish penalties by the Ottawa Senators it really wasn't all that tough at all. Offensively they generated 46 shots on goal and had a 4 different guys score at least 1 goal, with Daroll Powe, Mike Richards, Claude Giroux and Danny Briere all getting in on the act. Meanwhile the Flyer defense was solid again allowing just 29 shots on goal and no power play tallies. Still the stalwart for the D continued be Sergei Obrovsky who collected another 27 saves. He's impenetrable right now.
Danny Briere got things going about midway through the 1st period, with Andrej Meszaros assisting on the contest's first score. Just a few minutes later Claude Giroux and Kimmo Timonen teamed up to setup Powe for a 2-1 lead. Late in the 2nd period Giroux blasted one home off a broken play to make it 3-1 Orange and Black. Early in the 3rd period Richards scored shorthanded for a 4-1 lead. Just a minute later Giroux and Braydon Coburn teamed up to assist Richards as he made it 5-1. Mercilessly for Ottawa the Flyers eased off after that and cruised to the 5-1 win. Next up the Eastern conference's current #3 seed, the Montreal Canadiens. Bring em on.
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