Game Summary:

St. Louis is one of the best puck possession teams in the NHL and they owned the league's best W/L record coming into this contest. This was a real test for our suddenly streaking Flyers. The Blues controlled large portions of this game with a brutal forecheck. In the 1st period they dominated at even strength, and in the third with a string of successive power-plays. But unlike earlier in the season, the Flyers responded with their own strong period in the 2nd and managed to trade chance for chance with one of the elite teams. This is a truly impressive win.

Forwards(Even Strength):

Head to Head Match Up:

In such an evenly played game, you shouldn't expect to see any one line author a truly dominant performance. The important thing is almost every line gave as good as it got.

Defense(Even Strength):

Kimmo is awesome, what more can I say? Streit and Grossmann held their own. MacD and Luke Schenn were the only pair to noticeably struggle. In particular, MacDonald had a rough day against the Blues forecheck. I counted half a dozen times when he was simply overpowered and pushed off the puck. He also had an ugly turnover on the PP that led to a shorthanded goal against.

Special Teams:

It was a penalty filled affair and the Flyers power-play was a wash with a goal for and a shorty against. The real story here is the Flyers PK, which survived over 10 minutes of the Blues power-play and came up huge in the 3rd period.

Overall Team Performance: C

The Flyers held their own against a tough opponent and came out with an impressive win. In this case, an average overall grade isn't such a bad thing.

Chance By Chance Summary:

Team Period Time Note Home Away State Home 1 15:04 Set Up Timonen, Chance Giroux, Result Miss 17 19 28 35 44 93 19 20 27 39 42 5v4 Away 1 13:39 Schwartz Goal 10 24 32 35 40 47 9 17 22 39 46 5v4 Away 1 9:31 Berglund 8 12 18 32 35 36 9 17 21 22 39 46 5v5 Away 1 8:45 Backes 5 14 17 35 47 93 5 9 17 22 39 42 5v5 Away 1 8:27 Steen 10 12 22 35 40 47 19 20 27 39 42 74 5v5 Away 1 6:19 Steen 19 22 28 32 35 36 20 22 27 39 42 74 5v5 Away 1 6:18 Steen 19 22 28 32 35 36 20 22 27 39 42 74 5v5 Home 1 6:05 Set Up Rinaldo, Chance Hartnell, Result Shot 8 14 19 35 36 44 20 22 27 39 42 74 5v5 Home 1 5:08 Set Up Timonen, Chance Giroux, Result Miss 17 19 28 35 44 93 9 19 21 27 39 5v4 Home 1 3:59 Set Up Timonen, Chance Lecavalier, Result Shot 17 32 35 40 44 19 20 27 39 42 4v4 Home 1 0:08 Set Up Streit, Chance Hartnell, Result Shot 19 28 32 35 47 93 5 9 17 21 39 46 5v5 Home 2 19:05 Set Up Voracek, Chance Hartnell, Result Goal 17 19 28 35 44 93 5 21 39 46 74 5v4 Away 2 15:11 Shattenkirk 5 12 18 35 44 20 22 27 39 42 74 4v5 Home 2 12:11 Set Up Voracek, Chance Hartnell, Result Miss 8 19 22 28 35 93 13 22 26 32 39 75 5v5 Home 2 6:38 Set Up B.Schenn, Chance Simmonds, Result Shot 8 10 17 32 35 40 5 26 32 39 46 75 5v5 Home 2 6:38 Set Up Simmonds, Chance B.Schenn, Result Goal 8 10 17 32 35 40 5 26 32 39 46 75 5v5 Away 2 6:03 Schwartz 8 19 28 32 35 93 9 17 19 21 27 39 5v5 Home 2 5:23 Chance Raffl, Result Miss 5 8 12 14 24 35 5 20 22 39 42 74 5v5 Away 3 18:04 Shattenkirk 5 10 24 35 47 12 22 27 29 39 42 4v5 Away 3 17:04 Schwartz 28 32 35 47 93 5 9 17 22 39 4v4 Away 3 15:58 Petriangelo 10 17 22 35 47 19 20 21 27 39 4v4 Away 3 11:01 Schwartz 5 8 14 19 35 93 9 13 20 21 39 46 5v5 Away 3 9:50 Steen 5 14 24 35 44 9 12 20 22 39 42 4v5 Away 3 9:05 Schwartz 5 18 24 35 44 9 12 20 22 26 39 4v5 Away 3 9:05 Roy 5 18 24 35 44 9 12 20 22 26 39 4v5 Away 3 9:05 Roy 5 18 24 35 44 9 12 20 22 26 39 4v5 Home 3 7:38 Set Up Voracek, Chance Coburn, Result Miss/Shot? 5 19 28 35 44 93 13 22 29 32 39 42 5v5 Home 3 4:20 Set Up Giroux, Chance Voracek, Result Goal 19 22 28 35 47 93 9 17 22 39 46 56 5v5

Shot Attempts Courtesy of Extra Skater

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