10-1.
That' pretty much all you need to know about the Flyers two games at the Wells Fargo Center against the Penguins this week in their Stanley Cup opening round playoff series.
The Penguins scored 10 goals, the Flyers just 1.
Sidney Crosby is once again owning the Flyers; Claude Giroux is once again almost invisible.
Giroux had a great regular season, responding to those who thought he might have lost a step. But he will be haunted once again by this playoff performance and the notion that truly great players take their game to another level once the playoff starts.
Crosby would be Exhibit A.
He has now scored five goals in this series. That would be four more than the Flyers scored in their two home games.
The Flyers have been blown out in all three losses, while posting a spectacular win in Game 2 in Pittsburgh after being thoroughly outclassed in the opener.
Yes, goaltending has been an issue. Isn't it always with the Flyers?
But this is more likely a case of a young team learning the hard way that playoff hockey is whole different animal.
And the Penguins are just a flat-out better team.
The Orange and Black now find themselves in a very familiar spot. Check out our lead columnist Jack McCaffery's take on the series here.
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