Heading in to Sunday night’s game at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, the Flyers handled their game plan pretty well. It all went down in the third period where Flyers Captain Claude Giroux potted two much needed clutch goals to force overtime. Kevin Hayes garnered the Flyers a win in round six of the shootout. Flyers goalie Brian Elliott was tremendous in the overtime and shootout, as the Flyers went on to win 4-3 in a shootout.
Just 4:56 in to the opening period, the New Jersey Devils Nathan Bastian made a great across the ice pass to Michael McLeod who tipped the puck in the goal while going full force to make the score 1-0 Devils.
Midway through the first period, the Flyers tied the game up with a Philippe Myers snap shot that was deflected by Sean Couturier and made the redirect to make it 1-1.
Early into the second period, the Devils got another one to go, and this time Nathan Bastian made an excellent unbalanced pass in traffic to Miles Wood, where Wood tipped it in the goal on the left hand side of the crease to make it 2-1 Devils.
Midway through the final stanza, the Devils did a great job controlling the puck when Jesper Bratt made a center ice pass to Pavel Zacha for the snap shot tip in that made it a two goal lead, 3-1.
With just 1:26 left, James van Riemsdyk made an incredible pass to Giroux for a good set up for Giroux to nail it in to make it a one goal deficit for the Flyers, 3-2.
Seconds later, van Riemsdyk didn’t hesitate to make another gorgeous pass to Giroux to tip it in, tying the game at three.
After an intense three periods and overtime, the Flyers passed the Devils in a stellar shootout performance as they secured the win 4-3. “He’s one of the most competitive human beings out there,” Sean Couturier said of Claude Giroux. “Anything he does, he wants to win. I think it reflects on everyone on the team. I think you have no choice to follow up. That’s what makes him such a great leader, great Captain.”
The Captain is a great player, as he moved into third place All-Time in Flyers history with 850 points, surpassing Brian Propp for sole possession of such. Hopefully, he wins a Cup here in Philly, or elsewhere.
The Flyers are now 22-19-7
Shayne Gostisbehere Update:
Before the game Head Coach Alain Vigneault said that Ghost would miss at least 7-10 days with an MCL sprain. This is a shame for a player that has battled through so much adversity throughout his entire career with injuries. Ghost was playing well before this injury as he tallied eight goals, and assists on the season.
NEXT UP: The Flyers are back to work on Tuesday, April 27 against the New Jersey Devils in Newark, NJ with puck drop at 7 PM EST and can be seen on NBC Sports Philadelphia.
