Sunday, November 21, 2010

ice

What a pity that it's a search to find the NHL on TV---except, of course, when the local team is playing. Saturday night it was the Flyers in D.C. to play the Capitals again. The Caps scored one in the first period, then the Flyers scored two late in the second. About 10 minutes into the third, the Flyers added another. Easy win, eh? Not quite.

Within 30 seconds, the Caps tied it up. Then the Flyers scored again for a 4-3 lead, but with under a minute to go, the Caps evened the score at 4-4. Overtime was scoreless. The Flyers finally won in the shoot-out (there must be a better way). Brian Boucher, in goal for Bobrovosky, stopped all three Capital shots. Danny Briere scored the lone shot, helping the Flyers to the 5-4 win. The game was intense and driven, pretty much what you would expect from the top two teams in the Eastern Conference.