


On the next shift, a failed clearing opportunity for the Flyers was held in by Hampus Lindholm at the point, prolonging possession for Boston.įrost blocked a shot out of play at 17:59. With about five minutes left in the first period, Pastrnak drew iron for a second time in the period. Greer from the doorstep 11 minutes into the period. Midway through the opening period, David Pastrnak rang a shot off the post. Through 6:31, shots on goal were tied at 8-8. A few shifts later, Cates made strong checking plays in both the offensive and defensive zones. The Flyers escaped damage.On JVR's next shift, he twice came within a whisker of career goal No. The goalie then played the puck right back to Allison, who scored an unassisted goal.įarabee had a bad giveaway in his own zone at 2:02. Allison put a wister on net that Swayman saved. The assists went to Carrick and Brad Marchand.

From the deep slot, rifled a shot past Sandström. Cates chased Connor Carrick to the right circle, who passed out to Coyle. The Bruins' superstar was a one-man turning point in a game that otherwise could have gone either way.ġ) It took the Bruins just 47 seconds to open thes scoring. He still filled the net three times and racked up 10 shots on goal on 13 attempts. In the second period, he had a potential goal wiped out. Pastrnak hit the post twice in the first period. David Krejci, Taylor Hall, Charlie McAvoy, Dmitry Orlov, and goalie Linus Ullmark.ġ3 Kevin Hayes - 49 Noah Cates - 74 Owen TippettĨ6 Joel Farabee - 48 Morgan Frost - 11 Travis KonecnyĢ5 James van Riemsdyk - 21 Scott Laughton - 57 Wade AllisonĢ2 Brendan Lemieux - 58 Tanner Laczynski - 20 Kieffer Bellows The President's Trophy winning Bruins rested a host of regulars in this game: Patrice Bergeron. However, he went back to wing when the game started.

Originally drafted as a defenseman, fourth line winger Nicolas Deslauriers took warmups on the third defensive pair with Justin Braun. With Nick Seeler under the weather, the Flyers started 13 forwards and just five defensemen. Tony DeAngelo was a healthy scratch for the third straight game. The Flyers went 0-for-4 on the power play. Jeremy Swayman denied 34 of 37 shots at the other end. Pavel Zacha (21st) added an insurance goal at 16:56 to open a 5-3 lead the Bruins carried the rest of the way.įelix Sandström stopped 29 of 34 shots in a losing cause. Owen Tippett (24th) cut the gap to 4-3 at 9:06. Pastnak completed a hat trick, scoring his 60th goal of the season in the process, at the 39-second mark of the third period. The Flyers drew back within 3-2 with a Joel Farabee tally (14th) at 13:58. Pastrnak scored another one that counted (2nd of the game, 59th of the season) on a rocket off a one-timer at 7:31. A potential second goal for Pastrnak was washed out by goaltender interference at 4:40. The deadly David Pastnak (58th goal of the season) opened a 2-1 lead for Boston at 2:04 of the second period. The teams traded off early first period goals, as Charlie Coyle (15th goal of the season) scored at the 47-second mark and Wade Allison (9th) answered at 1:04. However, the Flyers never found another equalizer and went down to defeat. Philly stayed with striking range after trailing by scores of 1-0, 3-1 and 4-2 to draw even at 1-1 and twice get back within a goal. It was a wide-open content for much of the game, with a lot of scoring chances: 27 for the Flyers, 23 for Boston including 15 high-danger scoring opportunities for the Flyers to nine for the Bruins. The Flyers, who are winless in their last seven games (0-6-1) dating back to March 30 in Ottawa, battled hard in this game.
