Flyers can't solve Quick
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Flyers can't solve Quick
With the puck spinning on its edge like a quarter on a table, sitting in the sacred blue paint in front of an unknowing Jonathan Quick, Danny Briere tried to take a stab at it.
Before Briere’s stick could touch the puck, he was denied by Quick’s glove and the play was whistled dead.
Pushed by a Kings defenseman, Briere bounced against the end boards and looked up to the rafters and smiled. That was all he could do. The Flyers were exasperated and exhausted.
Quick kept the Flyers at bay for a full 60 minutes, shutting out the league’s highest-scoring offense as Drew Doughty scored the game’s only goal to give Los Angeles a 1-0 win at the Wells Fargo Center on Sunday afternoon.
Quick stopped all 38 of the Flyers’ shots. It was the fifth time this season the Flyers have been shutout.
The Flyers’ power play squandered three opportunities, including a span in the second period that saw the Kings take two different bench minors for too-many-men on the ice. With a 5-on-3 advantage for just 20 seconds, Jeff Carter lost a faceoff to the right of Quick that sent the puck the length of the ice and killed any of the Flyers’ gained momentum.
Even with the loss, the Flyers maintained their three point lead in the Eastern Conference as Pittsburgh fell to the Rangers at Madison Square Garden earlier in the afternoon.
Los Angeles, under former Flyers coaches Terry Murray and John Stevens, climbed back into the 8th and final playoff spot in the West, despite being in last place in the Pacific division. No division has ever had all 5 teams make the playoffs in one season.
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Laviolette is an idiot!!!! Nice lines. Three centers playing together and the ONE goal scored was a result of two centers not picking up the D coming in from the point. Nice work with the lines you clown!— 67Flyer- They lost becasue Laviolette is an idiot! Nice lines, playing Carter with Richards has NEVER worked. Those two centers didn't cover the D-man coming down from the point and it was the ONLY goal of the day. Nice adjustments...wasted an entire game.— 67Flyer
- Yet another embarrassing home shutout! Yet another pathetic home effort! Yet another 2 home points left on the table that they should have easily been able to pick up! Ridiculous, and inexcuseable!— flyers1313
- There was nothing embarrassing about this game. We lost a single-goal hockey game facing solid defense and stellar goaltending. Relax. — bpkrier
- I don't care if they do still have the best record in the East, I'm really getting sick and tired of these clueless home efforts!— flyers1313
- Everyone either jump off the ledge or jump off the band wagon. It was not an "effortless" game - they put 40 shots on goal and many of them quality. They are 19-8 at home and it IS something that they have the best record in the east. Quick played an outstanding game - sometimes it happens.— gob1234
- Flyers always stink in day games, known fact..... Good call on pronged, yea nhl doesn't hate us. fact is they do— fman727
- No defense...
The offense starts with good defense.. The kings were allowed to free wheel through center ice all day. If they didn't carry it in, they dumped it in.. The Flyers did not bottle it up and had to come the length of the ice almost all day. Their outlet passes were off, their hitting was non esistent. They did not create turnovers and basically skated with no enthuiasm or sense of urgency. If they played a hard fought game against a tough opponent and lost..so be it.. A no effort no show up for a 10th place team (just like theydid against the Panthers) is unexcusable.
The line changes and combinations by P.L. were not the issue, not calling one of his famous time outs to rip the team was.— dedhed - Face it - Quick was just better than the Flyguys on this day...— M60tanker
- They had 40 SOG today. I think the Kings D and especially Quick deserves a tip of the hat. You guys are too much, all wishy-washy. I love you, I hate you, I love you, I hate you.
Frank, I know this game summary is in draft/early form, but how about a blurb about that ridiculous sequence in the third where Pronger was nailed from behind from Stoll and ended up getting the only penalty? That was a huge swing, and one of the worst pieces of officiating I can recall. We can only wonder what in the world Dave Jackson and his buddy were looking at.— sklandog - why was zherdev not playing again..carter,giroux and zherdev was the only line scoring but they sit him to bring in shelly(waste of money ) and shuffle the lines with 3 centres on one line..this makes no sense at all..i like lavy but this was just stupid..— flyerfan18
- I'm glad he didn't play. At least Lavy can't put the blame on him. Zero goals from such a cast of stars? What a joke. Who's he going to bench now? One of his high-priced Canadian stars? The Flyers are starting to dip just as the playoffs approach. This team ain't taking any hardware this year. — phillyfury
- Boring game. The Kings' defense blocked our shooting and passing lanes and Quick stood on his head. I wasn't upset by our effort, but the lines were a bit surprising.— bpkrier
- What game were you watching? They had 40 shots on goal -- the Kings didn't block much. And Quick did not "stand on his head". He was very shaky, gave up plenty of rebounds, and the Flyers could not capitalize. Yes, the lines were mind boggling but give me a break. This team should have won this game easily. They mailed it in. And to the rest of you dopes that like to lecture people when they complain about "just one loss", you clearly aren't the people, like me, who spent obscene money to attend this game. So shut it. I blew enough money today to be allowed to vent, so deal with it. — UncleEddie
