Beat Panthers 4-2 In Block 5 Opener
Philadelphia- In the past few practices, coach Keith Jones stressed that the Flyers needed to get off to a fast start each game. So, if today's start is any indication, this could be a fun block.
Against the Panthers today, Jeff Carter won the opening faceoff, & and the Flyers turned it up ice for a breakaway. Michal Rozsival burried the puck past Roberto Luongo for his 2nd of the season just 26 seconds in. But, at the end of the shift, Carter took a penalty & Nathan Horton tied it up at 3:00. Mike Richards was doing a great job killing the penalty, but instead of skating it out of the zone to finish it off he shot the puck out of the zone, but Horton was able to get a shot off from the point that beat J.S. Giguere. Dennis Seidenberg scored his first of the year at 10:13, but the lead was gone at the 17:00 mark when Matt Cullen tied it up.
The Flyers out shot the Panthers 18-9 in the first, but Jones was not 100% happy. "We let them hang around. We had a great chance to blow it open in the first, but I gotta give credit to Luongo there."
In the 3rd, Simon Gagne scored his 18th of the year at 6:10 & then added a power play goal to ice it at 17:37. His 2 goals & an assist earned him the star of the game.
Jones was also happy with the defensive effort the team showed which was something they lacked in block 4 which saw them go 3-7-0, dropping them down to 3rd in the division & 6th in the conference. "Our guys took the body well." Jones said "And our defensemen did a great job standing up at the blueline." The Flyers had 16 takeaways to the Panthers' 9. Marc-Andre Bergeron & Kim Johnsson each had 3 to lead the way. In all, 6 Flyers had multiple takeaways.
The win now brings them to a point behind New Jersey for 2nd place, but the Devils have a game in hand. The Flyers host NJ for their next home game.
GOALS 1 2 3 OT F
Florida Panthers 2 0 0 0 2
Philadelphia Flyers 2 0 2 0 4
SHOTS 1 2 3 OT F
Florida Panthers 9 9 8 0 26
Philadelphia Flyers 18 7 13 0 38
G O A L S U M M A R Y
1. PHI. MICHAL ROZSIVAL(2)( DANY HEATLEY, SIMON GAGNE ): 1st 0:26
2. FLA. NATHAN HORTON(22)( LUKAS KRAJICEK, KRISTIAN HUSELIUS ) (PP) : 1st 3:00
3. PHI. DENNIS SEIDENBERG(1)( MIKE RICHARDS, ERIK COLE ): 1st 10:13
4. FLA. MATT CULLEN(14)( TRAVIS MOEN, ROSTISLAV OLESZ ): 1st 17:00
5. PHI. SIMON GAGNE(18)( DANNY MARKOV, DANY HEATLEY ): 3rd 6:10
6. PHI. SIMON GAGNE(19)( DANY HEATLEY, MICHAL ROZSIVAL ) (PP) : 3rd 17:37
0 comments:
Post a Comment