In their additional meeting, the Flyers will attending to breeze a five-game home accident band to the Penguins on Saturday night.
Philadelphia (2-1-1), which is 1-1-0 on its season-high five-game homestand, is advancing off a 3-2 accident to Tampa Bay on Thursday. Nikolay Zherdev denticulate his 100th career ambition and Danny Briere added his third in four contests.
Philadelphia, which was third in the NHL in power-play allotment aftermost division at 21.5 percent, was 0 for 4 with the man advantage, and 1 for 17 in 2010-11.
“Not abundant abutment on the puck, not abundant movement with the puck, not abundant coercion in our footfall and not abundant advance at the net,” drillmaster Peter Laviolette told the team’s official website. While the Flyers are attractive to aces up some added wins during the aboriginal homestand, they’ve alone bristles beeline at Wells Fargo Center adjoin the Penguins, including three aftermost season.
Philadelphia opened the division with a 3-2 win on Oct. 7 in Pittsburgh at the fresh Consol Energy Center, area the teams will accommodated afresh Oct. 29.
“Those amateur … it’s a lot easier to get up for,” Briere said. “(You) don’t charge a lot of cocky action back you comedy the Penguins. The animosity there, the abhorrence amid the two teams, they’re consistently fun and acute to play.”
The atmosphere in Philadelphia abstracts to be decidedly acute with Bold 1 of the NL championship alternation amid the Phillies and San Francisco Giants actuality played after that night at adjacent Citizens Bank Ballpark.
“I was ailing of answering questions about the aboriginal win here, so that will be a relief,” said Alex Goligoski, who denticulate the bold champ on the ability play. “It’s nice. It’s aloof abatement to assuredly win one.”
Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin assisted on Goligoski’s tally. Visiting Philadelphia ability help. It’s there area Malkin has a six-game point streak, which includes three goals, and Crosby has eight assists and 11 credibility in his aftermost eight games. Watch Live Online Give it a try >>>
