The Florida Panthers lost to the New York Islanders in regulation play yesterday. The final score was 3 to 1.
The Panthers record is now 15-11-5 for a total of 35 points. That’s 5th place in the Atlantic Division.
The next scheduled game for the Florida Panthers is Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 7:00 pm against the Boston Bruins.
Kill’em Cats!
LIGHTNING WIN! LIGHTNING WIN! LIGHTNING WIN!
The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Boston Bruins yesterday in regulation play. the final score was 3 to 2.
The record for the Lightning improves to 16-11-3 for a total of 35 points. That’s 4th place in the Atlantic Division.
The next scheduled game for the Tampa Bay Lightning is Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 7:00 pm against the Washington Capitals.
Go Bolts Go!
by Bill Meltzer
December 12, 2019
HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED
The injury-riddled Philadelphia Flyers fell short against a very good Colorado Avalanche team, 3-1, at the Pepsi Center on Wednesday night.
Matt Calvert scored once and Mikko Rantanen tallied twice as the Avalanche put a 3-0 stranglehold on the game. Claude Giroux cut the gap to 3-1 with 5:12 remaining in the game, but Colorado closed out the game.
Carter Hart played much better than his stats (3 goals against on 28 shots) would suggest, but absorbed the loss. Pavel Francouz flirted with a shutout for nearly 55 minutes and stopped 31 of 33 shots to earn second-star honors.
Three Stars:
1st: Mikko Rantanen (2g)
2nd: Pavel Francouz (32 of 33 shots)
3rd: Nathan MacKinnon (1a)
TURNING POINT
Mikko Rantanen scoring the second goal. Especially considering he had just been denied by an unbelievable save from Carter Hart minutes earlier, Rantanen’s goal stopped the Flyers relentless charge and momentum they had built through the entire second period.
Hart’s extraordinary glove save
00:35 • December 11, 2019
MELTZER’S TAKE
* The Flyers struggling with the pace Colorado dictated in a largely lopsided first period. Thanks almost solely to Hart, Philly managed to keep the damage to a 1-0 deficit at intermission. Shots on goal were 13-8 in Colorado’s favor (shot attempts were 23-10). A failed clear by Robert Hägg and a deflected shot off the post produced a Calvert goal at 5:21.
* After Colorado had each of the last nine shots in the first period, the Flyers controlled the early portion of the middle stanza as they established a forecheck and some extended cycling to generate an 11-0 shot edge through 8:21.
* The Flyers went on to have a 17-5 shot edge (27-8 attempt edge) in the second period. Francouz came up with several tough saves, including a couple on the Couturier line. However, the save of the period belonged to Hart — a 10-bell lateral movement glove save on Rantanen off a 2-on-1 saucer pass from Nathan MacKinnon.
* In front of the net, Matt Niskanen got caught in between two Avalanche wingers; Landeskog and Rantanen. Justin Braun pursued Nazem Kadri behind the net, and the Flyers forwards were behind the play. Rantanen was wide open point blank on the right side to take a Kadri passout and make it 3-0 at 2:31 of the third period. Giroux got the goal back on a centering feed by Voracek. The Flyers were unable to draw any closer. Third period shots were 10-8 Colorado.
Giroux moves to backhand for goal
00:39 • December 11, 2019
* In general, the Couturier line was fine and Flyers in general dominated the 2nd period, but the Hayes’ line had a tough night — they were out for all 3 against — and the bottom six didn’t get much going chance-wise except for a shift here and there where there were opportunities off Colorado turnovers.
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
* Jake Voracek recorded an assist – he has points in six of his last nine games, and leads the Flyers over that nine-game span with nine points (2g-7a).
* David Kase made his NHL debut tonight… He logged 7:47 of ice time, posted two shots on goal and had two hits…
* Kase also became the sixth Flyer to make their NHL debut this season, all of which have been forwards (Twarynski, Bunnaman, Farabee, Rubtsov & Frost).
* Ivan Provorov led the Flyers with 23:47 of ice time. He had three shots on goal, six total attempts, two hits and a team-leading three blocked shots.
* The Flyers travel to Minnesota to take on the Wild on Saturday night. Puck drop is 7 p.m. on NBCSP & 97.5 The Fanatic.
THEY SAID IT
12/11 POSTGAME: Vigneault
02:09 • 1:32 AM
12/11 POSTGAME: Players
01:49 • 1:35 AM
The Philadelphia Flyers were defeated yesterday by the Colorado Avalanche in regulation play. The final score was 3 to 1.
The Flyers record is now 17-9-5 for a total of 39 points. That’s 4th place in the Metropolitan Division.
The next scheduled game for the Philadelphia Flyers is Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 7:00 pm against the Minnesota Wild.
Lets go Flyers!
