The Flyers totally fell apart again as they returned from their holiday break with a matchup against the Vancouver Canucks. Coming in the Flyers had won 14 straight games in Vancouver dating back to 1989. All that came to end in this one as the still Prongerless defense came unraveled. They allowed 49 shots on goal, far too many of them easy point blank looks at the net. Brian Boucher, who got the start in net, pretty much had no chance to be effective as he allowed 4 goals before getting yanked in favor Sergei Bobrovsky. Bobrovsky similarly hung out to dry as he allowed another 2 goals. Fortunately the Flyer penalty kill held the Canucks to just 1 of 3 on the power play or this could have been a real embarrassing night. The Flyers themselves went just 1 of 5 on the power play, killing any chance they might have had of hanging around with the Canucks.
The Flyers quickly fell behind 3-0 just 2 and a half minutes into the 2nd period. About a minute and half later Ville Leino setup Danny Briere to slap one home, briefly cutting the lead to 3-1 and instilling hopes of an Orange and Black comeback, but it wasn't to be. Just 3 minutes later Ryan Kesler made it 4-1 Canucks and that was about all she wrote. Just under 8 minutes into the 3rd period, despite the Flyer's best efforts it was 6-1 Canucks and out of reach. Jeff Carter added a late power play goal to cut it to 6-2, but it had little meaning as the Flyers eventually fell by that same score.
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Ill give the Flyers the benefit of the doubt here and say that they were just getting back into the groove but I really hope this little skid they're going on doesnt continue.
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I don't know it just seems like they're struggling without Chris Pronger. Hopefully he returns soon.
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