Coming off a gut wrenching shootout loss to the San Jose Sharks the Flyers found themselves with perfect opponent, in the lowly Toronto Maple Leafs, against which to rejuvenate themselves and they surely did so. Offensively, Danny Briere led the way with 2 goals and an assist while Andrej Meszaros chipped in with a pair of assists. Against the struggling Leafs the Flyers didn't really have to be that great defensively, but they were decent at least, allowing 32 shots on goal, and blanking the Leafs power play unit in four opportunities. Most credit there though should rigthtfully go to Brian Boucher who had a sparkly night with 31 saves out of the 32 shots he faced, essentially just what the doctor ordered.
Halfway through the 1st period Ville Leino produced the biggest shocker of the night with a Flyer power play goal. A minute later Chris Pronger deflected one in off a Briere blast for a 2-0 lead. 12 minutes into the 2nd period, Briere struck again, with help from Meszaros for a 3-0 lead. Just 5 minutes later Briere and Meszaros teamed up again for a 4-1, to put the proverbial nail in the Leaf's coffin and this time it stuck. 10 saves from Boucher later, the Flyers had rebounded from the loss to the Sharks quite nicely, thank you, with a 4-1 win over the Leafs.
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Thank goodness they managed not to blow another lead and then lose in a shootout because that was unbearable just one time.
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yeah well the Maple Leafs stink so it was much easier to hold the lead this time.
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