Marco’s teams sure love the drama, don’t they?
Things didn’t start great, as the Bruins gave up a power play to the Flyers, and while they are a team with deep, crushing flaws, there is a lot of very talented players on it. Travis Sanheim being one of them. This is noteworthy primarily because the Bruins apparently missed him as he glided effectively unmarked into the slot and potted home the opening goal. 1-0 Flyers.
Then, Boston slowly tried to claw their way back into the game, putting a number of achingly long sequences of attempting chance after chance on net, until they finally broke through at the last second with Johnny Beecher taking a puck right away from Alex Bump, and then tucking it neatly behind Sam Ersson! 1-1 Everybody!
As that was the literal last second of the period, we move on to the 2nd!
Things looked like they were gonna stay better as the B’s got an early power play, and Dalton Bancroft got a couple of really nice looks; eventually slamming the puck home on the rebound of his own shot! 2-1 Bruins!
Then things got a little squirrely. The Bruins attempted to leave their own zone and failed, and the Flyers moved the puck down towards the net. Michkov popped the puck up and over DiPietro’s head, and Nikita Grebenkin batted it home to tie the game again. 2-2 Everybody.
Then, the Flyers got another Power Play. Trevor Zegras is on the Flyers.
Don’t do that! 3-2 Flyers.
Mercifully, the Bruins did get things evened up before the end of the period, with Dalton Bancroft and Georgii Merkulov going on a quick break from a stretch pass to power to the net and even things up! 3-3 Everybody!
Great pass by Frederic Brunet on this one. Just caught the Flyers asleep at the wheel.
No further scoring, and we head to the final frame.
The Bruins held their own for a good portion of this period, which frustrated Philly to no end, and it finally paid off as another stretch pass got to Jeffrey Viel, who was able to get it around a Flyers defender, power to the net, get Sam Ersson to flop down, and he would score the game-winner in spectacular fashion!
B’s take the rest of the weekend off, and then get right back to it with a game on Monday evening against the Flyers at TD Garden. That game starts at 7pm EST.
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