Flyers Postgame Blog: Philly is For Real
Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Heading into the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, many experts, pundits, bloggers, and journalists expected the Philadelphia Flyers to fall to the Pittsburgh Penguins. A good portion expected the series to go to five, maybe six games, and some even went as bold as 7 games. Still, the common theme was that many future tellers put the heavy expectations on the Penguins.
Maybe that was people underestimating the Flyers. Could it have been that they are tied, with Pittsburgh, for the fewest points in the East playoffs? Or was it the lack of regulation wins?
It seemed like not many had taken the Flyers seriously. On Monday, they took a strong 2-0 lead in the series before heading back to home ice. They found scoring from the top of their lineup as well as the bottom in their 3-0 shutout win against the Penguins.
After another slow first period, the Flyers took command of the game with a strong second period, scoring twice. The third period opened, and the Flyers were certainly taking fewer risks and trying to keep things out of their own zone. The strategy worked in their favor, as the Penguins never broke through.
After 82 games without a shutout, the Flyers blanked their first opponent in the second game of the postseason. If it did not happen after Game 1, the Flyers put the league on notice after Game 2. People are starting to realize that this is not a team to underestimate.
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