After pulling out a win over Dallas in their last game the Flyers returned to the Wells Fargo center tonight to begin arguably their most important homestand of the season. Unfortunately it didn't quite get off to the start they were hoping for as they entertained the Ovechkinless Caps. Defensively they were pretty good, holding Washington to just 23 shots on goal. The goaltending was not so good with Sergei Bobrovsky allowing 3 goals on just 9 shots in 20 minutes. Brian Boucher was better stopping 13 of the Caps last 14 shots but that wasn't quite enough for the win. Thanks Bob's struggled the Flyers trailed 3-0 early in the 2nd period. About 8 minutes into the 2nd period Kris Versteeg finally put the Orange and Black on the board. Then in the final seconds of the 2nd Andreas Nodl setup Claude Giroux to cut it to 3-2.
Halfway through the 3rd period Giroux returned the favor as Nodl tied things up at 3. Later with about 6 minutes to play Kimmo Timonen and Ville Leino teamed to setup Danny Briere for a 4-3 lead. After that with just over 3 minutes to play Boosh whiffed on a point shot from the blue line tying things up at 4 and eventually forcing overtime. Neither team scored in overtime, forcing a shootout. Ville Leino and Danny Briere each scored in the shootout but Boosh beaten by all 3 shooters he faced and the Flyers lost a tough one 5-4.
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