Mrazek made 16 saves for a shutout in Game 3. Then the wheels fell off and sheer ugliness ensued, totaling up to a 6-1 loss. “I mean, that’s what he [Orpik] does every time he’s out there, so that’s how we’ll have to do it. Guys have done it for big chunks already of the season, so obviously, a huge piece of the team, but we have a lot of depth, I think”.
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Game 5 of the best-of-seven series is Friday night in Sunrise, Florida.
The Flyers killed off both power plays faced. In 17 power play opportunities across three games, Washington has managed to record 8 goals, a 47.1-percent success rate. Mason was ridiculed around Philly for allowing Jason Chimera’s 101-foot tip-in for a goal in Game 2. The final two power play goals came in a garbage time shooting gallery.
And just like that, the Flyers believe they can make a series out of this after all. All three penalized Flyers deserved the calls that were issued.
Still, he hadn’t played in a high-leverage game since March 13, when he helped the Flyers beat Chicago.
Public address announcer Lou Nolan urged fans to “show some class” during the first wave of band tossing, but the fans disregarded this message.
Braden Holtby is good to go. The challenge was met in Game One but not in the next two games.
Tom Wilson took a heavy hit from Brandon Manning with two minutes left and headed down the tunnel to the locker room.
Philadelphia now faces a familiar situation, being down 0-3 in a playoff series. Claude Giroux is pointless through three games.
Shayne Gostisbehere and Andrew MacDonald each scored for the Flyers.
The Flyers went on to win the game 2-1 and stave off elimination from the playoffs but still trail in the series 3-1.
Flyers fans are the best in sports. “You never know. We’re never going to turn down a 2-0 lead early in the game, but it could’ve had an outcome on the way that we played”. Washington never really hit their stride and looked listless in the second period. The one concern is injuries.
Capitals D Brooks Orpik sat out because of an upper-body injury…. Kuznetsov hadn’t scored in the series to that point, but he accepted the gift and worked a pretty deke around Mason for a 3-1 lead.
“Whenever you have a chance to get back to the National Hockey League it’s always exciting”, he said, “let alone when it’s a playoff game and a home playoff game on top of that”. However, it sounds as if it was more precautionary than anything else. Carlson stood in front of the Capitals’ bench, leaning on the boards. They are in Philadelphia for the Ed Snider celebration on Thursday. You can simply not watch the game, or do not attend the game but when fans take it to the level that the fans did last night, that is simply uncalled for. Forward Colin McDonald will draw into the Philadelphia lineup.
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Healthy: Forwards Michael Latta and Stanislav Galiev, defenseman Mike Weber and goalie Dan Ellis.
