PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Flyers had hoped to get off a good start.
Roy Oswalt Jersey . Even they couldnt have predicted just how dominant they would be to open the game.Sean Couturier had a
goal and an assist in the first period, Jakub Voracek continued his offensive
surge, and the Flyers cruised to a 4-1 victory over the Florida Panthers on
Thursday night.The Flyers led 2-0 less than 7 minutes into the game. Couturier
deflected in a shot from Brayden Schenn at 3:53, and Michael Del Zotto made it
2-0 less than 3 minutes later with his first goal with the Flyers.We talked
about needing to get off to a good start, said Schenn, who had two assists. We
tried to jump on them early, and theres a couple of plays we capitalized
on.Voracek got his sixth goal of the season to pull into tie with Pittsburghs
Sidney Crosby with a league-leading 19 points, and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare also
scored for Philadelphia, which has won four straight at home.Nick Bjugstad
scored his first goal of the season for the Panthers, who had earned at least
one point in their previous seven games.Nobody was very good for us tonight,
Panthers coach Gerard Gallant said. We just werent sharp enough, we werent
hungry enough and we didnt battle enough.Steve Mason made 35 saves, including a
big third-period stop on Bjugstad, to pick up his second straight win for the
Flyers. Roberto Luongo stopped 30 shots for Florida.The Flyers dominated the
first period with Couturier opening the scoring. The play developed when Schenn
won the puck with a forecheck and Matt Read slid a pass from the corner to him
and Schenn one-timed a shot toward net.The same line struck again at 6:38 as Del
Zotto scored after rifling a tough-angle shot past an out-of-position Luongo
with Schenn and Couturier getting the assists.Schenn, who started the season on
the teams first line, believes that getting Couturier and Read going on the
third line could turn out to be a huge boost for the team.Youre going to need
some secondary scoring, the defenceman said. With the three of us, weve got some
good chemistry. As long as we play good defence, the offensive chances will
come.Flyers coach Craig Berube has liked what hes seen out of that line as well,
saying that he wants to keep Schenn in that spot rather than move him back to
the top line to replace Michael Raffl, who will miss six weeks with a foot
injury.I like him where hes at, Berube said. I didnt find that (Read) and
(Couturier) were shooting enough pucks and getting it to the net. Hopefully
Schenn can force that a little and get to the net himself, like he should.The
Flyers picked up right where they left off early in the second period with
Bellemare one-timing one over Luongos shoulder following a turnover and feed
from Carlo Colaiacovo. The assist marked Colaiacovos first point in two games
with the Flyers.The Panthers pulled to 3-1 with 8:10 remaining in the second
period on a power-play goal from Bjugstad, who pounced on a rebound. Jimmy
Hayes, who split the Flyers penalty kill to put a backhander on net, and Dmitry
Kulikov got the assists after Phillys Chris VandeVelde was sent to the box for
high-sticking.Bjugstad, who had 16 goals and 22 assists last year, was relieved
to finally get his first goal of the season.I mean, yeah, you dont really think
about how long its going to take, he said. Obviously you dont want it to take
that long but you just have to stay positive throughout.It was the first
power-play goal the Flyers allowed at home this season, snapping their streak at
19 straight penalty kills.Just 39 seconds later, the Flyers regained their
three-goal cushion when Voracek scored as Claude Giroux set him up with a
perfectly executed 2-on-1 break.Voracek extended his scoring streak to seven
games, with four goals and eight assists during the stretch.It was a great
breakout, Voracek said. Obviously (Giroux) is one of the best playmakers in the
league. So I was ready for that pass. It was an easy tap-in.NOTES: The win for
the Flyers evened a 2-1 loss they suffered to the Panthers five days ago in
Florida. ... Thursdays game was the second of a four-game homestand for
Philadelphia. . The Panthers have totalled a league-low 16 goals all season. ...
The Flyers wore fatigues during warmups for Military Appreciation Night at the
Wells Fargo Center, and U.S. servicemen were honoured throughout the game.
Lance McCullers Astros Jersey . Price also posted the longest shutout sequence since 1960 at 164:19 minutes. He stopped a
combined 55 shots in Canadas final two games and 70 of 71 shots in Canadas three
elimination games, allowing only a breakaway goal to Lauris Darzins of Latvia.
For his efforts, Price was named best goalkeeper by the tournament directorate.
Prices outstanding play is marred only by the extremely strong defensive play of
Canadas top six defencemen; Shea Weber, Duncan Keith, Drew Doughty,
Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Alex Pietrangelo and Jay Bouwmeester.
Colby Rasmus Jersey . - This win was more the New Jersey Devils style.There are more high profile names in the mix for the
vacant general manager job with the Pittsburgh Penguins, as TSN Hockey Insider
Pierre LeBrun reports that the club has reached out to former Carolina
Hurricanes GM Jim Rutherford about possibly joining the team. Rutherford
recently stepped down from his post with the Hurricanes after 20 seasons with
the club. Under his guidance, the Hurricanes tallied a 534-486-156-20 regular
season record, along with two trips to the Stanley Cup Final and the teams first
SStanley Cup title in 2006.
Jose Altuve Astros Jersey. LeBrun adds that Tampa Bay Lightning assistant general manager Julien BriseBois is another prime
candidate. On Monday, Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal reported that former
Penguins assistant coach and current TV analyst Pierre McGuire has had two
interviews with the team. The Penguins fired Ray Shero last month after the team
gave up a 3-1 series lead before being eliminated by the New York Rangers in the
second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
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