It only took them five games to do it but Philadelphia
Flyers finally got their first win of the season last night against the Dallas
Stars. The game did not start off the way the team wanted to, giving up a goal
to Trevor Daley (2) a little more than midway through the 1st period
sprouting doubt in the Flyer faithful early; but Sean Couturier (2) responded
quickly with a rebound goal less than 2 minutes after the Stars tally. Rebound
goals would continue to be a theme for the Flyers as Brayden Schenn (1) was
there to put in a rebound off a shot from his brother Luke with a little less
than five minute left in the period.
Much to the
dismay of Philadelphia, the scoreboard belonged to Dallas in the 2nd
period, starting with an early goal from Erik Cole (1), which tied the game at
2-2. The last 2 minutes of the 2nd were not pretty for the Flyers,
as the Stars scored twice more; once more from Trevor Daley (3) and one from
Jamie Benn(3), giving Dallas a 2 goal lead at the end of 2 periods. Steve Mason’s
performance through 2 periods was less than stellar, letting in 4 goals on 18
shots. Coach Berube let his goaltender know that he was not pleased and
replaced him with Emery at the beginning of the 3rd period.
The 3rd
period was comeback time for the Flyers as they put up two unanswered goals by Andrew
MacDonald (1) and Jakub Voracek (2). All of the team’s effort seemed to be for
nothing when Jason Spezza (1) put the Stars back up by 1 with 5 minutes left in
the game; but Michael Raffl (2) responded quickly, tying up the game and
sending in to OT. In overtime, it was Captain Claude Giroux’s (2) time to shine
as he put in a power play goal with 2:21 left to give the Flyers their first
win of the season.
Clearly, a
lot of work still needs to be done if the Flyers want to consider themselves
contenders for the Stanley Cup this season. The defense and goaltending need to
improve big time; but for now, let’s just enjoy this win and prepare for The
Blackhawks on Tuesday night.
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