The Orange and Black came into tonight in Dallas needing a win to clinch a playoff berth. Thanks to their first consistent effort in some time they were able to get the win they needed. Against the desperate Stars the Flyers defense really did a good job limiting them to just 30 shots on goal. In a spectacular effort Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 of the 30. Meanwhile, Andrej Meszaros picked up 2 assists to key the Flyers offense. First with about a minute and 20 left in the first period he teamed up with Matt Carle to assist Jeff Carter for a 1-0 lead. Then about a minute and 20 into the 2nd period he teamed with Carle again to assist Mike Richards for a 2-0 lead. Unfortunately the lead didn't hold up but the Flyers did at least manage to hang on for overtime. Neither team scored in the overtime to force a shootout.
In the shootout Claude Giroux scored in the 2nd round and looked like it would be the game winner before Mike Ribeiro beat Bob in the 3rd round to extend the game. From the sprawling Bobrovsky kept the Flyers alive until Ville Leino finally scored in the 6th round and Bob followed with another save to cap off the 3-2 Flyer win. With the win the Flyers clinch a playoff spot with 10 games left to decide what their seed will be. Considering they didn't clinch a playoff spot until the final game of the season last year, that's a pretty big thing to get out of the way.
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