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.
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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- That's a risk you took and lost. You know as well as any Flyers fan that this team can be very bipolar at times and a home game does not guarantee a win. As a fan I have a right to complain too and any goalie that stops 40 SOG deserves a win. This game could have gone either way and we fell short- not the end of the world. We could have played better but we could have played a lot worse too. If you want your money's worth then save up for a playoff game because this team is going to dominate the playoffs. Until then, go to games at your own risk or go see them in NJ or Pitt or someplace else because as of today they have a better road record than at home.
— Kanayd - @gob1234, couldt have said it better! However, the Berlin Wall may have been taken down years ago, the Kings' "D" have re-built it...gotta give it to them. Iron's Curtain's..the dude IS the Czar of Splits-Ville...Tampa next -get it together boys - Fly Guys - Vanc for cup - Flyers' in 5.— poshnspice
zherdev doesn't play because he gives up as many goals as he scores with lazy play and turnovers— primo- And you can back that up with other players' giveaways, can you? You're just regurgitating what some local scribe and other so-called pundits repeat. By the way, what has Scott Hartnell done lately? His last goal was an empty netter. Before that.... no idea. — phillyfury
- No blame. One of those games when goalie outplayed us but
1. WTF is going on with our PP. Part of the reason why we lose games.
2. Mike Richards should start playing like captain that he is.
3. Nodl has hands of stone. Why did we bench Zherdev?
— Nitroglycerin - flyers 1313: the Flyers have have won 13 out of 17. what's the problem?— bobbyd24
- Just once it would be comforting to hear another team say, "we played well enough to win, but the Flyers goalie wouldn't let us." Instead, it is always about the other team's goalie. This team reminds me of those San Jose teams that cruised through the regular season all those years with their offence. I don't recall any cup parades in San Jose. At times, it feels like the Flyers feel like the goals will come, even if they don't work for them.— Hexy4GM
I thought the Flyers played pretty well today, competed, finished checks, and maybe they deserved a better result. Over the course of a season, they win some they probably should have lost, and they're going to lose a few of these, too.— Hame of Famer- Oh noes they lost 1... THEY SUCK!! ... People crack me up. Everyone loses, EVERYONE. They haven't lost more than 2 in a row all year, try cutting them some slack once in a while.— FlyersFTW
- Lethargic effort, especially on the PP. I'm glad I didn't waste my money going to this game. I've already seen one SO vs. Boston. I want to hear the horn and chant.— krammar
- Yes it was a frustrating loss, but it wasn't like the Flyers had only 15 shots for the game. They had 40 and the Kings goalie had all of the answers today. Don't panic, it was just a commercial that said the Flyers had a perfect season.— BobbyD
- No idea what Laviolette was thinking. Please God don't tell me that another Andy Reid is beginning to take shape. Gimmick plays in football, and gimmick lines in hockey DO NOT WORK!!! EVER!! Especially in a playoff atmosphere. There was no reason for Peter to mess with something that has been working incredible this season for the Flyers.— studiocity96
- No idea what Laviolette was thinking. Please God don't tell me that another Andy Reid is beginning to take shape. Gimmick plays in football, and gimmick lines in hockey DO NOT WORK!!! EVER!! Especially in a playoff atmosphere. There was no reason for Peter to mess with something that has been working incredible this season for the Flyers.— studiocity96
- i dont mind coach mixin up the lines every once in a while.its nice to have a few options come playoff time.as far as the effort goes , they played hard but got no bounces.its not like we got problems scoring goals.lets call it a one off.on the bright side bobs looked pretty solid and we all know the only real question on this team as always is goaltending.— lovelyleinolumps
- His name is Jonny Quick and he's the reason you lost. You guys played well enough to pound any other team in the East but because of the East Coast Bias you couldn't (or wouldn't) take Quick or the Kings seriously. Outside of L.A. he's still a well-kept secret. Quick should have been an All-Star this year but that mistake will soon be rectified. A "quick" check of the history books sez this is the first Kings shutout of the Flyers since Rogie Vachon did it to you in 1973 at the old spectrum. Right now Quick is channeling Flyer legend--and Kings' goalie coach--Ron Hextall, so what do you expect? True, for years the Kings were patsies when they came to Philly...always good for a few laffs (and two points)--but no more.
The Spectrum is coming down tomorrow, the same way the Kings demolished you today. You'll live. There's always your weak East sisters to fatten up on for a few more months.— forumblueandgold
