Takeaways: Frustration Beginning To Boil As Penguins Go Down 2-0 In Series Against Flyers
The Pittsburgh Penguins were, once again, unable to generate anything in Game 2 against the Philadelphia Flyers - and they find themselves in a compromising 2-0 hole as the series heads to Philadelphia for Games 3 and 4.
After dropping Game 1 at home in rather unceremonious fashion, the Pittsburgh Penguins entered Game 2 against the Philadelphia Flyers in what was as close to a must-win situation as they could get without actually being in involved in an elimination game. As it turns out, not much changed from one game to the next . In Game 2, the Flyers ousted the Penguins, 3-0, in yet another frustrating, disjointed effort by the team.
Pittsburgh was able to generate a bit more in terms of shots, as they outdid Philly in that department with a 27-23 advantage, but it was not nearly enough to rattle Dan Vladar, who earned his second-straight win between the pipes for the Flyers. "You have to give [Vladar] credit. He made some big saves as well," Penguins' head coach Dan Muse said.
"But we can be doing things here to be getting better quality. Better quality, and just more in general. So that falls on us.
" The game was, once again, scoreless after one, and there wasn't a whole lot of space out there - especially in the neutral zone - to begin this game. There were only seven total shots on goal in the first period, and Philadelphia was credited with five of them. This was despite the fact that the Penguins had three power play opportunities.
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