This is exactly what the Flyers did not need.
Coming off that raucous win over Pittsburgh Sunday in which they took a commanding 3-0 lead, all the Flyers talked about not taking their foot off the Pens’ throats.
The entire league was scoffing at Pittsburgh’s pathetic antics. Several Penguins were suspended for Game 4 last night at the Wells Fargo Center.
And the Flyers blew it.
And in the process the Flyers just might have pierced their confidence. They didn’t just lose, even after they took a 3-2 lead. They got torched. The final? 10-3 Penguins.
Both starter Ilya Bryzgalov and backup Sergei Bobrovsky managed to give up five goals a piece.
You can read our coverage by Rob Parent and Jack McCaffery here.
It says here that this is no time to panic. The Flyers need to win one more game; the Pens must reel off three straight. But it was just a few years ago that the Flyers did just that in stunning the Bruins.
The Flyers would do well not to go belly-up again Friday night. Do so and it’s suddenly anybody’s series.
First they will need to find a goalie who can stop the puck.
It was not the best of nights in Philly sports.
In case you missed it, the Phillies squandered a 10-inning shutout by Cliff Lee and lost in 11 to the Giants. A Laynce Nix error led to the winning run. Jim Thome missed an opportunity to give the Phils the lead with a runner on third in the 10th when Charlie Manuel allowed him to face a left-handed reliever and Thome struck out.
I stand by what I said before. It’s nowhere near time to panic about the Flyers. The Phillies? That’s another story.
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