Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Flyers take series!


Turns out the Flyers goalie roulette was better than Sabres goalie Ryan Miller.

In a do-or-die game seven, Miller found himself in a similar situation all of the Flyers have been this series - being pulled in the middle of a game.

Brian Boucher was sharp for the Flyers, allowing two meaningless goals in a 5-2 dominating win (side note - that is the exact score I predicted).

Miller looked every bit as good as he did when he posted shut outs in games one and four for much of the first period.  The Flyers peppered him with chance after chance.  But it was not until a Braydon Coburn shot he flicked at the net squeeked by Miller with 19 seconds remaining in the period that the flood gates opened.

Goals by Danny Briere and James Van Riemsdyk in the second period quickly put the game well in favor of the Flyers.

Ville Leino ripped a shot over the shoulder of Miller early in the third to send the Sabres goalie to the bench.

See ya Ryan Miller.  And take your trash talk and whining with you.

After game six, Miller said that Flyers captain Mike Richards "got away with mass murder" on a check he received a two minute minor penalty.

The only mass murdering done this game was on whichever goal Miller was guarding.  Or should I say, trying to guard.

Backup goalie Jhonas Enroth did not fare much better.

Flyers agitator Dan Carcillo scored a goal on him.

Even though Miller had two shut outs in the series, turns out the Flyers actually ended up with better goaltending. 

Most importantly, Boucher had four wins to Miller's three.

And with that, goodbye Buffalo.  Time to move on Philadelphia.

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