Hockey is the least of Scott Laughton’s worries after what happened in the waning moments of the first period in Game 4 against the Washington Capitals Wednesday night.
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“It was a relief”, Gostisbehere said. “You’ve got to make them go away”. I was enjoying the game.
Neuvirth was the primary star of the night. The Capitals lead the best-of-7 series 3-1. When Giroux is on his game it has a positive impact on the rest of the Flyers.
The Kings pressed and pressed for the tying goal.
“Unbelievable”, Simmonds said of Neuvirth’s performance. We’ll check on him now.
Flyers public address announcer Lou Nolan demanded fans “show some class” and warned the Flyers would be hit with a penalty if they kept littering the ice with bracelets and other garbage. Right now you are on a one-day basis – win and continue to move on and that is probably a good scenario for us.
The man they call “Ghost” has been an igniter for the Flyers’ offense since his call-up in November. “As an organization and on behalf of the overwhelming majority of Flyers’ fans who express their passion in a positive manner, we wish to express our honest regret”. The 21-year-old played 71 games for Philadelphia this season, scoring seven goals and 14 assists, but he hadn’t recorded a point in this series.
Their two-goal lead at the start of the third period had quickly shrunk to one, and the Washington Capitals were coming in waves, keeping the pressure up and never relenting.
But the most powerful struggle came on the power play, which features a first unit quarterbacked by Gostisbehere. The Flyers finished the second period up 2-0.
The Capitals responded to the Flyers’ physical play by scoring goal after goal. “It’s like taking a monkey off your back”. The Flyers, frustrated by the Caps’ effective power play – 47 percent conversion on the power play is unheard of and unsustainable, at least when Washington has to play a team other than the Flyers – and their oppressive defense, made a decision to up their physical play. “There’s good teams in the playoffs and sometimes it just doesn’t go your way. And did not give Jay Wright the coach of the year the year he won the national championship”, Martelli said. Michael Raffl scored the only goal in Game 3.
“We were sporadic last game”, he said. So it was nice to be able to come out tonight. Washington is 8 for 17 on the power play, while Philadelphia is 0 for 13 and also hasn’t managed to get much done 5-on-5. “Obviously we’re down 3-nothing”. They’ve hit some posts and missed the net on a few point blank chances in each game but it has never been cause for alarm because they’ll eventually get another, similar chance if they wait out of the Flyers.
Plenty of hockey royalty attended Game 4, including Wayne Gretzky, who is in town for Snider’s service. “I’m just happy we got a win for him and some guys have to step up for him next game”. “We made it hard for them to block shots”.
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But your first Stanley Cup playoff goal and win all in the same night?
