Jeremy Swayman atoned for some shaky moments within the second interval with some huge stops within the third interval and extra time that included a Philadelphia Flyers energy play however he couldn’t fairly end the job within the shootout.
Bobby Brink scored the lone objective within the expertise competitors to carry the Flyers to a 3-2 victory in preseason motion at TD Backyard on Monday.
Swayman acquired higher as the sport went on whereas David Pastrnak, who missed the primary few days of coaching camp with knee tendinitis, seemed so much like his outdated self within the loss. The B’s acquired objectives from Sean Kuraly and Morgan Geekie.
The primary interval was scoreless and uneventful, with the B’s outshooting the Flyers 5-3, thanks partially to the lone energy play of the interval.
The perfect scoring probability got here on a wraparound try by Pastrnak, enjoying in his first preseason recreation, however outdated good friend Daniel Vladar made a pleasant pad cease.
Simply when it seemed just like the B’s extra NHL-heavy lineup was about to claim itself within the second interval – Vladar was compelled to make a few good stops on a Bruin PP and Elias Lindholm missed the online on an ideal one-time probability off a Pastrnak cross – a puck-handling miscue led to the Flyers taking the primary lead of the sport. Swayman, enjoying his first recreation of the preseason, coughed up the puck behind the online to Bobby Brink, who acquired it to Tyson Foerster. Foerster got here out from behind the cage and fed an open Noah Cates within the slot. Cates’ fast shot beat Swayman for the 1-0 Philly lead at 13:38.
However after the B’s killed off a Pastrnak penalty, the B’s tied it up at 16:46. After Pastrnak acquired out of the field, the B’s went on the assault. Alongside the correct boards, Tanner Jeannot dropped it for Pastrnak, who then made a terrific cross into the slot for Sean Kuraly. Kuraly redirected it over Vladar’s shoulder to make it 1-1.
The B’s couldn’t take the tie recreation into the second intermission, nevertheless. With 24 seconds left within the interval, Rodrigo Abols beat Swayman on a long-distance off-wing shot, one which the goalie wanted to cease.
Swayman shrugged off the softy and several other key stops early within the third interval when the B’s took back-to-back penalties.
Then later within the interval, his save on a partial breakaway by Alexis Gendron spurred a B’s counterattack and a 2-on-1. Elias Lindholm fed Morgan Geekie, whose wrister broke via Vladar and trickled behind the netminder for the equalizer.
In OT, Swayman made some huge saves, particularly after Geekie took a penalty, to get it to the shootout. However Brink was the one goalscorer.
Beecher battling
On the morning skate, coach Marco Sturm gave kudos to John Beecher. The 2019 first-round choose remains to be in a battle to make the roster, however he helped himself with a superb bounce-back recreation on Saturday in Philadelphia after he struggled in his first recreation in New York. Not solely did he pounce on a Philly miscue to attain a objective however he performed a superb grinding, bottom-six recreation.
“He had practiced the primary three or 4 days and he had been good, however Recreation One was not his greatest most likely,” stated Sturm after the morning follow. “However I had a superb chat with him and a superb video session. He translated it into Recreation Two and was a lot better, not simply because he scored a objective but additionally he simply did the issues I needed him to do, enjoying in that function and in addition killing penalties.”
Sturm was additionally pleased with how goalie Michael DiPietro performed in nailing down the victory in Philadelphia on Saturday after not enjoying very effectively within the preseason opener towards Washington.
“It will be important that we now have three goalies,” stated Sturm. “Michael is one other man, I don’t know if he struggled however it didn’t go (the best way he needed) in Recreation One. He undoubtedly felt actually good final recreation and he gave us that feeling as effectively on the bench. He responded very effectively.”
DiPietro requires waivers to be despatched to Windfall and there’s no assure he would make it via.
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