The Orange and Black looked to keep the good times rolling this afternoon as the Kings stopped by the Wells Fargo center for a visit. Lately the Flyers had been relying on their defense to persevere but Peter Lavoliette looked to get the offense in on the action by changing up the lines for the 2nd contest in a row. Once again it didn't really work as Jonathan Quick's 40 brilliant saves shut the Orange and Black down completely, for just 5th time this season and 2nd time in the last 5 games.
Eventually the line shuffling will need to produce the intended result or you can expect more efforts like this afternoon's. On the other hand if Sergei Bobrovsky continues to play like he did today then maybe the Flyers won't have to do much offensively. Bobrovsky was the one bright spot in an otherwise flat performance by the Orange and Black. He stopped 24 of 25 shots, at times spectacularly, and was the sole reason the Flyers were in this one from start to finish. Unfortunately, his effort went for naught as the Orange and Black failed to cash in on 4 power play opportunities and multiple even strength scoring chances as they fell to the Kings 1-0.
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Oops. It looks like the Flyers offense forgot they had a game and that certainly is a rarity. Hopefully they get the memo for when the next game is although Quick was playing really well and sometimes you just cant get past a hot goalie.
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