Former Flyers greats John LeClair and Eric Lindros were inducted into the Flyers Hall of Fame tonight to much fanfare, but the team couldn't produce a victory, giving up the deciding goal to Minnesota with 14 seconds left. The Flyers are now 7-9-2 after losing their fourth consecutive game, all in regulation.
The Minnesota Wild prevailed 3-2 thanks to goals from Jason Zucker, Marco Scandella and Nino Niederreiter. Niederreiter drew first blood on the power play nine minutes into the second period. Three of the four Flyer defenders got bunched up on the right side of the ice and Matthew Dumba found Nino wide open on the left. He beat Ray Emery easily to get the Wild on the board.
Zucker put the deciding goal home after a Flyers turnover in their own zone. Ryan Suter sent him a cross ice pass that he easily beat Emery on.
The Flyers first goal of the night was a nice one. Vinny Lecavalier pulled up with the puck high in the zone and instead of shooting, patiently waited for a streaking Mark Streit who quickly deposited the pass up the center past Minnesota goalie Darcy Kuemper. Couldn't have drawn it up any better.
Claude Giroux had his 6th goal of the year on a one-timer on the power play with 3:30 that tied it at 2-2, but it ultimately wasn't enough.
Lindros and LeClair's old Legion of Doom linemate Mikael Renberg was in the building tonight for the induction and the game, as was former Flyer defenseman Eric Desjardin. Love those late 90's Flyers teams.
The team that kicked off the current losing streak comes back to the Wells Fargo Center to try to extend it Saturday night. That would be the Columbus Blue Jackets. The game starts at 7 pm.
-Ben Lebo
Follow us on Twitter: @BroadStBeat
Zucker put the deciding goal home after a Flyers turnover in their own zone. Ryan Suter sent him a cross ice pass that he easily beat Emery on.
The Flyers first goal of the night was a nice one. Vinny Lecavalier pulled up with the puck high in the zone and instead of shooting, patiently waited for a streaking Mark Streit who quickly deposited the pass up the center past Minnesota goalie Darcy Kuemper. Couldn't have drawn it up any better.
Claude Giroux had his 6th goal of the year on a one-timer on the power play with 3:30 that tied it at 2-2, but it ultimately wasn't enough.
Lindros and LeClair's old Legion of Doom linemate Mikael Renberg was in the building tonight for the induction and the game, as was former Flyer defenseman Eric Desjardin. Love those late 90's Flyers teams.
The team that kicked off the current losing streak comes back to the Wells Fargo Center to try to extend it Saturday night. That would be the Columbus Blue Jackets. The game starts at 7 pm.
-Ben Lebo
Follow us on Twitter: @BroadStBeat
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