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The Flyers made several line changes at Tuesday’s practice, including a new-look top line, but Sean Couturier left the ice with a noticeable limp after a collision with Radko Gudas, giving the Flyers a concern entering Game 4.
The Lehigh Valley Phantoms closed out the regular season with a pair of wins after clinching the Atlantic Division earlier in the week. They will face the Providence Bruins in the first round of the Calder Cup Playoffs.
Relive moments from Game 3 through the camera lens of photographer Kate Frese. Check out her Frese Frame gallery here.
Following the Game 2 win for the Flyers, Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan noted the game was lost for his team through special teams. Game 3 was certainly decided by special teams as well, this time in favor of the Penguins.
The Flyers completely unraveled in the last two periods with a lack of discipline and, at times, awareness, allowing the Penguins to put on a similar display to Game 1. With a 5-1 defeat in Game 3, the Flyers now trail in the series, 2-1.
The win in Game 2 was the Flyers first over the Penguins this season, and it was a crucial one to just give them some form of life in the series. Now the Flyers return home to a building that is sure to be full of life.
The Philadelphia Flyers proved Game 1 didn’t define them with a sometimes solid, other times hectic 5-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 2 to tie the series at one.
The Philadelphia Flyers were taken behind the woodshed by the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 1, but they can still get a crucial road split with a rebound effort tonight in Game 2.
It’s a series, so one game doesn’t make a series. But this one was certainly telling. There’s no way to truly know if this was a sign of things to come in the series until Game 2 on Friday, but much like the four regular-season meetings between these two teams, one team was clearly superior.
In a night of total domination for Pittsburgh, the Flyers were embarrassed in a 7-0 loss in Game 1 in Pittsburgh.
