It's almost a shame this Olympic break had to come now and break up some of the Flyers momentum. Their 2-1 win over the Flames this afternoon makes it 4 in a row now against some great competition, Los Angeles, San Jose, Colorado & Calgary. Ray Emery did his best Steve Mason impression today and saved 32 of 33 to help the Flyers hold on to win.
The first period was rather uneventful as the defenses and goalies played much better than the offenses. At the first intermission it was a scoreless tie.
Brayden Schenn broke the tie midway into the second with a top-shelf goal off a wristshot. Simmonds and Meszaros assisted. The Flyers only put together 4 shots on goal the entire second period, but Schenn's was goal and 11 saves from Razor Ray made it 1-0 going into the third.
The Flames continued to dominate in terms of possession in the third, but early on Giroux sent a slapshot to the net that Hartnell directed in for his 15th goal of the year making it 2-0. That would prove to be the game winner.
Matt Stajan finally gave Calgary something to show for their effort and put the Flames on the board with 2:26 left in the game. The Flames outshot the Flyers 25-12 in the last 2 periods so we really have Emery to thank for this one.
Streit, Meszaros, Raffl, Voracek & Timonen will now head to Sochi to compete for their respective countries (in order: Switzerland, Slovakia, Austria, Czech Republic, Finland). The Flyers resume play against San Jose on February 27th. Enjoy the break folks.
-Ben Lebo
Follow us on Twitter: @BroadStBeat
Brayden Schenn broke the tie midway into the second with a top-shelf goal off a wristshot. Simmonds and Meszaros assisted. The Flyers only put together 4 shots on goal the entire second period, but Schenn's was goal and 11 saves from Razor Ray made it 1-0 going into the third.
The Flames continued to dominate in terms of possession in the third, but early on Giroux sent a slapshot to the net that Hartnell directed in for his 15th goal of the year making it 2-0. That would prove to be the game winner.
Matt Stajan finally gave Calgary something to show for their effort and put the Flames on the board with 2:26 left in the game. The Flames outshot the Flyers 25-12 in the last 2 periods so we really have Emery to thank for this one.
Streit, Meszaros, Raffl, Voracek & Timonen will now head to Sochi to compete for their respective countries (in order: Switzerland, Slovakia, Austria, Czech Republic, Finland). The Flyers resume play against San Jose on February 27th. Enjoy the break folks.
-Ben Lebo
Follow us on Twitter: @BroadStBeat
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