The Philadelphia Flyers had one thing in mind when the
Florida Panthers came into the Wells Fargo Canter Thursday night; payback.
After a disappointing outing against the Panthers Saturday in Florida, Philly
wanted nothing more than to come out strong and get the win this time around.
The 1st period seemed to go as planned for the Flyers getting quick
goals from Sean Courturier (4) and Michael Del Zotto (1) to give the team a 2-0
only seven minutes in. The orange and black looked strong all-around in the
opening period of play, and had all the momentum going into the locker room.
The 2nd
period would bring more good things for the Flyers as Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
scored his 3rd goal of the season less than 3 minutes into the
period off a snap shot to give Philly a 3-0 lead. With a little more than half
of the period complete, the Panthers started to chip away at the lead with a
goal scored by Nick Bjudstad (1); but Jake Voracek brought the lead back to 3
goals with his sixth goal of the season. When the horn sounded to end the 2nd
period, the Flyers would go into the locker room with a comfortable 4-1 lead.
There would
be no more scoring in this contest, and the Philadelphia Flyers would walk away
with a satisfying 4-1 victory. This was the first game of the season where all
the aspects of the Flyers game seemed to be working the way they wanted. Steve
Mason had an outstanding 60 minutes, allowing only 1 goal on 35 shots. More and
more, he is looking like the Steve Mason from last season. Jakub Voracek has
been the hottest player on the Flyers, and possibly the hottest player in the
league. With the scoring of his sixth goal of the season, Voracek is currently
on a 7-game point streak, and has tallied a total of 19 points this season. For
the first time this season, the Flyers have moved above .500 and sit at 4th
place in the Metropolitan division. The team looks to continue to improve on
their record when the Colorado Avalanche come to town on Saturday night.
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