Flyers Hold on to Beat Avalanche

In game three of their four-game home stand, the Flyers looked to get their third win in a row when the Colorado Avalanche came in to town Saturday night. For the most part, the 1^st period was full of pretty sloppy play on both sides and Philadelphia seemed to be moving a little slow. A fire was lit under the rear-ends of the men sitting on the Flyers bench when they watched Luke Schenn get sent into the boards by Nathan MacKinnon. Schenn would be forced to leave the game, and Philly would go on a power play for five minutes. This man-advantage would result in two goals for the Flyers, one by Claude Giroux (3), and one by Wayne Simmonds (7). The orange and black would score twice more in the second period as Brayden Schenn scored his fourth of the season, and Claude Giroux scored his second of the evening giving the Flyers a 4-0 lead going into the 3^rd period. Colorado would make things very interesting and concerning when they scored three on answered goals in the 3^rd period. Although it went down to the very end when it looked like it might be a blowout early, the Flyers held on to beat the Avalanche 4-3 and improve their record to 7-5-2 (16 points).

            The Flyers power play looked very good against Colorado going an impressive 3 for 6. Even though Mason let in three goals in the 3^rd, he had a pretty good night in net. When a team records 39 shots, some of them are going to go in. Philadelphia has looked much better in the beginning of November than they did in the beginning of October, and find themselves sitting at 3^rd place in the Metropolitan division. The team has some time off, as they don’t play again until Friday night when the Columbus Blue Jackets come in to town.