ECQF Game 5: Flyers Win 3-0, Advance To Semifinals; Devils Go To Hell
by Ben Rothenberg on Apr 22, 2010 10:34 PM EDT
in 2010 NHL Playoffs
Email
Print
I know, I know. That headline was way too easy. But...so was this series.
Danny Briere scored the game winning goal all of 3:16 into the game, an extremely pretty French connection on a spinaround pass from Claude Giroux.
Not content to let Briere have all the fun, Giroux added two goals of his own to the scoreboard in the second period, giving the Flyers more than enough cushion to hang on for the 3-0 Game 5 win.
Claude Giroux--he's really good.
And so the Flyers win this first round series in 5, in a #7 over #2 upset that really shouldn't be considered much of a shock given how dominant the Flyers were against his New Jersey during the season. Most everyone expected the Devils to put up a better fight, and even I relented from my initial gut of Flyers in 5 during our series preview on BSH Radio. But the Devils just didn't have the fight, the grit, or the finishging ability to really make this a series. And the Flyers did. In spades.
The Flyers are playing well. Really well. Really, really really well. This could be the start of something pretty special.
Your bullet points on this final game in the Devils' 2009-10 season:
- Brian Boucher is definitely the MVP of this series. He thoroughly outplayed the most prolific goaltender of all time, Martin Brodeur. And faced with a 3-1 lead against the Devils for the second time in his career, he thoroughly exorcised any remaining demons from 2000 with an emphatic 28 save shutout. What was considered the Flyers biggest question mark going into these playoffs has become a huge exclamation point.
- We love Ian Laperriere for throwing his body at every possible shot, but it just sucks to see him get hurt after the game was already out of reach on what amounts to an extremely optional and extremely risky maneuver. Speedy recovery, please.
- Ilya Kovalchuk's career playoff record is now 1-8. Some superstar.
- The last three playoff series the Flyers have won were against the Atlantic Division champions (Devils), Northeast Division champions (Canadiens), and Southeast Division champions (Capitals).
- Aren't you glad the Flyers won that shootout against the Rangers?
If you have any inclination whatsoever to go to any of the Flyers' away games second round series, which will almost certainly be in Washington, buy those tickets ASAP. Like, tonight. Or at worst, early Friday. The Caps will almost certainly clinch tomorrow night, and once they do tickets will be almost impossible to get.
After the jump: questions answered, comment of the night, and the after party.
Questions Answered:
- Can David Laliberte not look like an AHL player tonight? He looked like an AHL player only in that he was not especially visible during an NHL game, playing only 5:32 despite allegedly being on the first line. But he was fine.
- Will Ville Leino impress those folks who have been clamoring for his return to the lineup? He, too, was fine. Unremarkable. Good enough.
- Can the Flyers cut back on the penalties? A little, but not enough. Let's hope they call the next series differently.
- Is this the last game of the Devils season? Yessir.
Comment of the Night:
Jesus Powe, can you be any more of a BAMF --JpH89
Go Flyers. Keep on going.
105 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
I still respect the Neanderthal more than cindy
But now that hes in our way he must start his summer before our boys do!
by Prometheus74 on Apr 22, 2010 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
+1, I like him way more than Cindy.
I just hope Knuble doesn’t make us look like idiots for not resigning him.
hes been doing that since the 1st game of the season!
by Prometheus74 on Apr 22, 2010 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Looked a lot worse initially.
The Daily Forehand -- SB Nation's Tennis Destination.
Broad Street Hockey.
by Ben Rothenberg on Apr 22, 2010 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Hope the Sens can win it. Seems like a waste if the Pens pull it out.
by chillicothe20 on Apr 22, 2010 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope it goes to 4 or 5 OTs and then the Sens win it.
Although, its not like anyone will witness it because all the Pens fans have gone to bed.
@Mitchman88 on Twitter
by Mitchell Green on Apr 22, 2010 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
for 99% of the pens fans they have never seen a game last so long
by Prometheus74 on Apr 22, 2010 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
heres our official propaganda poster for the next round
by Prometheus74 on Apr 22, 2010 11:14 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Haha, awesome.
The Daily Forehand -- SB Nation's Tennis Destination.
Broad Street Hockey.
by Ben Rothenberg on Apr 22, 2010 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I was so busy flipping back and forth between the Flyers game and the Draft that I am just checking the ILWT comments now……
Fischer is not a fan of NFL Draft comments on his blog.
Proudly supporting a Flyers team with "no honor."
Fischer is ripping into his commenters now?? Heh. I have not gotten that far down yet.
Proudly supporting a Flyers team with "no honor."
Never mind. I guess you were just talking about the draft.
John was at the game as well, though. I wonder if him and Travis met up again? :-p
Proudly supporting a Flyers team with "no honor."
No we did not.
Broad Street Hockey - SBN's Philadelphia Flyers blog. Got goaltending? Searching since 1987.
by Travis Hughes on Apr 23, 2010 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Just out of curiousity, how was the atmosphere there today? Stronger Flyers presence than Game 2?
Proudly supporting a Flyers team with "no honor."
Yes. Place was deathly quiet. I was sitting next to Kreider and I mentioned a few times that I didn’t even have to raise my voice to talk to him. It was pretty sad.
Broad Street Hockey - SBN's Philadelphia Flyers blog. Got goaltending? Searching since 1987.
by Travis Hughes on Apr 23, 2010 1:09 AM EDT up reply actions
What Travis said. I could talk to my friend four seats down without really shouting at all. We started some loud Let’s Go Flyers chants and our "BOOOSH"s were louder than our section got during any Devs related chants.
It was a great game to be at…if you were a Flyers fan.
Mancrushin' on Geoff since April 20
"Good night. Good hockey."
by KreiderDesigns on Apr 23, 2010 3:06 AM EDT up reply actions
From the second intermission and the entire way through the third the two girls in front of Travis and I were sharing iPod headphones and playing on their blackberrys THE WHOLE TIME. It made me mad and it made me want to laugh at them incessantly.
Mancrushin' on Geoff since April 20
"Good night. Good hockey."
by KreiderDesigns on Apr 23, 2010 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions
He is an absolute dictator. Dude has a serious power trip going.
@Mitchman88 on Twitter
by Mitchell Green on Apr 22, 2010 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Is anyone else a little freaked at seeing Jonsey and John Stevens commentating with each other?
This station is non-operational.
Still think Stevens has no place there. Not the announcer type
by JerseyDriver on Apr 22, 2010 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
He wasted enough of my time as the coach. Was saying for two years he had no system, specially behind the blue line.
by JerseyDriver on Apr 22, 2010 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions
comment of the night from INWT
The 09-10 season doesn’t end with the cup, a bang, or even a fight. Just a whimper and a chorus of "Boosh"
headline fail! Comment of the night from IN Lou We Trust
by Prometheus74 on Apr 22, 2010 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions
They are sorta yellow, aren’t they?
@Mitchman88 on Twitter
by Mitchell Green on Apr 22, 2010 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Not only will we be taking down the Soviets, but we will be fighting a battle against steroids in hockey. This is a noble fight and we are the good guys. Let’s not let our country down.
Proudly supporting a Flyers team with "no honor."
Bring on Kharlamov Ovechkin. We have Clarke Carcillo. He’ll breaking your ankles fuckin ankles.
by Snevik on Apr 23, 2010 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Don’t forget Varly and Semin are dirty f’n rooskies. I hope they die a horrible death.
by You don't have to be sweet, to be good on Apr 23, 2010 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Hey Kreider Designs if ur out there
howabout some kind of lappy shirt id love to get one of them. that man is all guts.
by MadmanSamCarcillo on Apr 23, 2010 12:33 AM EDT reply actions
It’s in the works.
Broad Street Hockey - SBN's Philadelphia Flyers blog. Got goaltending? Searching since 1987.
by Travis Hughes on Apr 23, 2010 12:47 AM EDT up reply actions
I’d pay a hundred bucks for a shirt with a pic of Lappy bleeding all over the ice with the caption: “Football is for pussies”.
by Angrycoder on Apr 23, 2010 12:48 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Great idea. I’m in favor. Mayb a little different wording tho. Something I can wear aroud my 9 year old brother.
by MadmanSamCarcillo on Apr 23, 2010 9:29 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Wow…well the Devils fans should have brought defibulators to have kept their team from flat lining. Jeez we gave them enough power plays and still nada? I mean the defense was stellar esp. Boosh Hoover, but that team looked defeated from the bits that I saw (Listened to a good chunk on the road). Does each series has one officiating crew assigned to it? It seemed that they where whistle happy the whole series. Also are there stats on these guy like baseball (yep we’re that geeky)? That said I hope we play with the officiating crew’s tendencies in mind (as much as reasonable), just cause we can’t give that many penalities minutes to Ovie and Crapitals if that’s who we play if the refs do indeed have a whistle fetish. I guess NJ has to wait to see if Koval-upchuck pays dividends next year or was he merely on board for as post season merc? How is Lappy’s face and Bett’s hand? That’s the only thing that stunk about this series: the injuries and the deciding game wasn’t at home.
Tweeted by @NHLFLyers
It’s all over!
This guy was seriously lame and I only saw him once tonight.
Mancrushin' on Geoff since April 20
"Good night. Good hockey."
“the french connection” – kicking myself for not thinking of that one.
my mancrush on the fourth liners grows. lappy’s pillow was a bag of ice last night. betts and powe continue to give up the body for the cause.
all them should be sleeping in hyperbaric chambers. on top of call girls (when they’re dead you call them hookers)
Eat what the monkey eats, then eat the monkey. -U.S. Navy survival guidance
ILWT has a pretty decent wrapup. the one sentence that really angers me is where he calls richards “the honorless captain” and carcillo “the actor”.
surprisingly, the former isn’t what is ticking me off. we know who richards is, and how he plays, and it isn’t without honor. its the latter.
carcillo doesn’t need to embellish like he does. it’s borderline embarrassing sometimes. what angers me is that a tough, scrappy player getting labled with a moniker by outsiders that might be true.
Eat what the monkey eats, then eat the monkey. -U.S. Navy survival guidance
You know Pens fans always seemed to respond to our complaining about Crosby diving that “we’d be happy if he was on our team and still doing it to get the calls in our favor”. But I always said we wouldn’t be happy about the diving anyway, because we don’t want any of our guys doing it. I don’t want to see this crap either, and Carcillo doing it just seems to feel especially wrong.
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 23, 2010 8:08 AM EDT up reply actions
blame the refs when you call every little thing like they did in that series you got to try to draw some calls just to get the momentum back and give you PKers a break. This is what the NHL wanted this is what they will get, soccer on ice.
61 PP opportunities is 5 games for both teams combined. I am wondering if that is some kind of playoff record. Funny thing the team that took the most penalties won every game.
sorry this took awhile (in the mountains this past weekend), but i disagree with the above statement. i put the blame squarely on carcillo for his behavior, and not the way the refs are calling the games.
to redirect the blame onto the refs absolves danny of this reprehensive behavior, and takes credit away from players who are avoiding said tendencies and are playing the game as it should. every player is responsible for the choices they make on the ice.
but then again, maybe im being too harsh. i also don’t see fit to blame society for the crackhead who kept trying to break into my house. i’m weird like that.
Eat what the monkey eats, then eat the monkey. -U.S. Navy survival guidance
I’m with you, but sometimes calls go against Danny when he’s not even doing the wrong thing. He can just be finishing a check or something, but because he has a reputation of being a dickhead, he gets the call against him.
I understand that’s his fault too, but he’s gotten much better. It’s like blaming the former crackhead who’s been through rehab and turned their life around for being a crackhead.
Broad Street Hockey - SBN's Philadelphia Flyers blog. Got goaltending? Searching since 1987.
by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2010 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I effing hate that argument from Pens people. I don’t want any divers on my team, I don’t want any actors. The Flyers could have about 35 more PPs per year if they took dives but they don’t, that’s why I love them. Do I get a little angry at say Lappy or Kimmo sometimes because they can take a highstick to the face and not move and the refs miss the penalty? Sure, but I respect the hell out of them. I can’t respect people that take dives.
Mancrushin' on Geoff since April 20
"Good night. Good hockey."
by KreiderDesigns on Apr 23, 2010 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions
So I missed the entire game last night, I caught a little on the late night replay but I didn’t get home from work til 1 am (I was supposed to get home at 5pm). I wish I’d seen Boosh get the shutout, since I was rooting for him for so long this season. The next series is going to interesting, for sure.
Doesn’t your work know its against the law to keep a Flyers fan away from a game.
by darkside3744 on Apr 23, 2010 8:37 AM EDT up reply actions
And Colleges should know that its against the law for students to show up for night class when there is a Flyers game.
@Mitchman88 on Twitter
by Mitchell Green on Apr 23, 2010 8:45 AM EDT up reply actions
You should have called off work and come with us!!
Mancrushin' on Geoff since April 20
"Good night. Good hockey."
by KreiderDesigns on Apr 23, 2010 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m glad the boys are going to get a little rest before they have to face the buzz saw.
Managing Editor - HockeyOutsiders.com
by HockeyOutsiders on Apr 23, 2010 8:49 AM EDT reply actions
It's all about Lappy
Did you guys hear Lappy interviewed post-game. He was pretty shaken up he couldn’t see out of his right eye while he was down on the ice. He thought for a minute that it might be missing, it scared the shit out of him. He said he is going to go start wearing a shield this was his last warning and that he wanted to see his kids grow up. That was one of the most honest interviews from a warrior admitting he was scared. Lappy is the man a truly inspiring player everyone was going down to block shots out there at the end under a minute to go with a 3 goal lead. You have to love playoff hockey.
Can’t wait for the Devils eulogy, hopefully Travis get’s to write it. He can talk about the “honorless captain” winning, he can talk about actor Dan Carcillo sticking a stake into the hearts of the devils, he can talk about never seeing Ilya in a Devils jersey again and of course my favorite, the fact that Marty has to wait another year to record that 100th playoff win.
Managing Editor - HockeyOutsiders.com
by HockeyOutsiders on Apr 23, 2010 10:04 AM EDT reply actions
He does get to write it.
Man-crushin' on Boucher since 1999
Broad Street Hockey - Makin' it look mean since 1967.
by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 23, 2010 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Awesome, I can’t wait.
Managing Editor - HockeyOutsiders.com
by HockeyOutsiders on Apr 23, 2010 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Seconded. I have high hopes. Brodeur is toast. I wonder how the Devils fans that have been so arrogant about him for the past 15 years are feeling now. Deep inside they have to know it’s over. They need a partial-rebuild before they are going to contend again. Suckers. And my God how did that Kovalchuk trade backfire. I love it.
I hate listening to people's dreams. It is like flipping through a stack of photographs. If I'm not in any of them and nobody is having sex, I just don't care.
No pressure, guys!
We have Ben’s wit behind it as well, so I think it should be good.
Broad Street Hockey - SBN's Philadelphia Flyers blog. Got goaltending? Searching since 1987.
by Travis Hughes on Apr 23, 2010 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Dear Brian Boucher,
I am sorry I ever doubted you, thank you for everything youve done.
Love,
Me
p.s. Keep it going!
Haha, nice. I think a certain somebody else that writes for this site might want to write something similar to this….I won’t name names, but the name will be in my post. You know, someone who might not have thought that something like this would happen.
Mancrushin' on Geoff since April 20
"Good night. Good hockey."
by KreiderDesigns on Apr 23, 2010 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
Related FanPosts on Broad Street Hockey
Related FanShots on Broad Street Hockey
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recommended FanPosts
Recent FanPosts
SBNation.com Recent Stories
In Association With
Latest Puck Daddy - NHL from Yahoo! Sports
- Kings vs. Coyotes Game 5; Pierre McGuire on Tortorella/DeBoer argument (Playoff Puck Previews)
- Behold, the incredible playoff beards of Radko Gudas and AHL’s Norfolk Admirals
- Coyotes vs. the road warriors: Can Phoenix end LA Kings’ road domination?
- Coyotes, Kings Game 5 preview; Claude Giroux has fun; PK Subban on the ladies (Puck Headlines)
- Stanley Cup Final schedule released; Game 1 on May 30, Game 7 would be June 13
Latest stories and headlines from NHL.com
- Tokarski, Admirals blank IceCaps 4-0; Norfolk wins AHL's Eastern Conference
- Norfolk advances to Calder Cup Finals
- Oilers president Lowe says vacant coaching job not discussed with Sutter
- Eastern Conference champ to host Game 1 of Stanley Cup final on May 30
- Rangers, Devils brush away rhetoric, prepare for crucial Game 5 in East finals
