Coming into Sunday night's Eastern Conference Finals Game One against Montreal, the Flyers had a good idea what they had to do in order to beat the Canadiens: create havoc in front of Jaroslav Halak, who enters as the playoffs best goalie.
The Flyers accomplished exactly what they wanted to do as they crashed the net, and forced Halak to deal with bodies in front of him before chasing him for Carey Price during Philadelphia's 6-0 beating of the Canadiens.
Halak was yanked after allowing three goals in the first half of the second period, and finished giving up four goals on 14 shots as it's the third time this postseason he's been replaced mid-game by Price.
It was also important for the Flyers to set the pace in the first 10 minutes on the opening period coming off an emotional ...
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Philadelphia Flyers Create Havoc in Front of Halak, Take Game One
Posted: 17th May 2010 by Tom Dougherty in NHLComments Off on Philadelphia Flyers Create Havoc in Front of Halak, Take Game One