Philadelphia Flyers Lose Tight One to Montreal: Analytics Notebook
In their tightest game of the season thus far, that Philadelphia Flyers fell barely short against the Montreal Canadiens, 3-1
Unlike most the Philadelphia Flyers‘ games thus far this season, this game didn’t feature big ebbs and flows. The Flyers came out and played a steady first period, with neither team finding the net.
It remained tight in the second period, and the seal finally broke when Shea Weber’s point shot deflected and slipped past a completely screened Steve Mason. The Flyers would answer back a few minutes later after some great work by Jakub Voracek.
The Flyers actually played pretty well from there on out, but the game turned on a power play goal by the Canadiens. This one play was enough to decide this otherwise tight game.
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Goaltending and Special Teams
Steve Mason gave the Flyers very good goaltending last night, scrambling to keep out several doorstep chances by the Canadiens (1, 2). Unfortunately, matching up with Carey Price doesn’t leave any margin for error.
On the special teams front, the Flyers only had 1 power play to the Canadiens 4. The Flyers penalty kill was actually pretty effective, other than the one bang-bang goal of a faceoff. It’s a tough break that that one goal decided the game.
Up Next
The Philadelphia Flyers are right back at it tonight. They will play the Buffalo Sabres at home at 7:30. Buffalo is 1-2-1 and are without top forwards Jack Eichel and Evander Kane due to injuries.
The big news for the Flyers is that Radko Gudas’ 6-game suspension is finished. We should find out pretty soon how he fits back into the Flyers lineup.
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