Game 1 in the books...
The Flyers are off to a very shaky playoff start. Looks like being the no. 1 seed brought some added pressure. Lines were changed and were not same as the ones mentioned in the earlier post. Besides the 2nd line of Semin-Getzlaf-St.louis no one else showed up.
Some Garbage Performances:
- Cam Ward was yanked in the 2nd period, giving up 5 goals on 22 shots.
- Ryan Suter was a defensive liability, on the ice for 3 Washington goals
- Regular season points leader Jeff Carter lost half his draws and was pointless
What we didn't do:
- Ice time for the big guns, Not a single forward played 18 minutes
- 33/66 = 50%, We lost too many key faceoffs
- Keep our composure, we're a hard team to play against but got caught up in being too physical
What we need to do for game 2:
- Big guns have to play more, Carter, Semin etc need more ice time
- Tighten up defensively, too many lines were charged up on OF
- Win faceoffs, we're a midlevel team when it comes to faceoffs, need the puck more
- Stay away from fights and keep our star studded lineup on the ice