I don't think I would go as far as saying they dominated the game. I think they carried the play.
- MJL

I would. They were by far the team with more time in the opponents end and had double the scoring chances after that first period. Brodeur made a lot of big saves in that game.

Briere centering Voracek and Jvr was a great line today.
Wellwood was all over the ice, very effective player for the Flyers.
2 pretty strong games in a row for Gusty, nice to see.
Read had a tough first shift and never recovered, I bet he will bounce back in game two.
Kimmo was taking some short shifts out there, he is a warrior but I worry about him.
Lavi's time out was followed by a Devil's goal, that was weird.
Kovalchuk is not very effective playing with through his injury.

I would. They were by far the team with more time in the opponents end and had double the scoring chances.
- stveshdy

Outshot them 30-11 too. They were definitely the better team.

Hopefully they'll carry the play over into Tuesday. I want to see a strong 60 minute effort.

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Briere centering Voracek and Jvr was a great line today.
Wellwood was all over the ice, very effective player for the Flyers.
2 pretty strong games in a row for Gusty, nice to see.
Read had a tough first shift and never recovered, I bet he will bounce back in game two.
Kimmo was taking some short shifts out there, he is a warrior but I worry about him.
Lavi's time out was followed by a Devil's goal, that was weird.
Kovalchuk is not very effective playing with through his injury.
- Marc D

We don't really know if Kovy is injured.

I would. They were by far the team with more time in the opponents end and had double the scoring chances.
- stveshdy

It went to OT. And neither team had more then a 1 goal lead. If you dominate the game, it doesn't go to OT. If if Bryzgalov makes the save on the Sykora goal, it's still a one goal win. I didn't see any domination out there.

Briere centering Voracek and Jvr was a great line today.
Wellwood was all over the ice, very effective player for the Flyers.
2 pretty strong games in a row for Gusty, nice to see.
Read had a tough first shift and never recovered, I bet he will bounce back in game two.
Kimmo was taking some short shifts out there, he is a warrior but I worry about him.
Lavi's time out was followed by a Devil's goal, that was weird.
Kovalchuk is not very effective playing with through his injury.
- Marc D

Wellwood is an amazing find by the flyers oh wow does he ramp his game up

We don't really know if Kovy is injured.
- LordStanley88

I think we know.

We don't really know if Kovy is injured.
- LordStanley88

He's clearly not 100%. His skating is not good.

Outshot them 30-11 too. They were definitely the better team.

Hopefully they'll carry the play over into Tuesday. I want to see a strong 60 minute effort.
- LordStanley88

I have little doubt that the Flyers are by far the better team.

It went to OT. And neither team had more then a 1 goal lead. If you dominate the game, it doesn't go to OT. If if Bryzgalov makes the save on the Sykora goal, it's still a one goal win. I didn't see any domination out there.
- MJL

You can dominate a game and still never have more than a goal lead in a playoff game. Brodeur was fantastic in net today.

It was certainly VERY minimal.
- LordStanley88

Very minimal lost them the game, in that case, it isn't minimal.

He's clearly not 100%. His skating is not good.
- MJL

Agreed, but it's still not a certain fact. It's certainly possible that he's just playing poorly.

Regardless, he remains a threat on the PP even if he is labored.

Very minimal lost them the game, in that case, it isn't minimal.
- _Zippy_

only playing 20 minutes cost the Devils the game

Very minimal lost them the game, in that case, it isn't minimal.
- _Zippy_

Meaning that there's no chance in hell that ever gets called, even if the rules were changed. That's my point.

You can dominate a game and still never have more than a goal lead in a playoff game.
- stveshdy

Not in my opinion you can't. I know what domination looks like. And that wasn't it. They outplayed the Devils in the 2nd half of the game. But they did not dominate.

We don't really know if Kovy is injured.
- LordStanley88

He's definitely injured, unless he just completely caved in, and I highly doubt the latter. Even when it looks like he tries to skate his ass off, he just isn't 100 percent at all.

Not in my opinion you can't. I know what domination looks like. And that wasn't it. They outplayed the Devils in the 2nd half of the game. But they did not dominate.
- MJL

Semantics here...

Meaning that there's no chance in hell that ever gets called, even if the rules were changed. That's my point.
- LordStanley88

The way the rule is interpreted for the most folks, yeah, but the way the rule is written could say otherwise....

Agreed, but it's still not a certain fact. It's certainly possible that he's just playing poorly.

Regardless, he remains a threat on the PP even if he is labored.
- LordStanley88

Sure he's still a threat. But it's pretty evident there is something wrong with him. He lacks any explosiveness.

Semantics here...
- LordStanley88

It's not semantics.

Not in my opinion you can't. I know what domination looks like. And that wasn't it. They outplayed the Devils in the 2nd half of the game. But they did not dominate.
- MJL

poopty/Terrible, Fantastic/Amazing....

Not in my opinion you can't. I know what domination looks like. And that wasn't it. They outplayed the Devils in the 2nd half of the game. But they did not dominate.
- MJL

Well your opinion on dominating a game is different then mine. Cause im my eyes they owned the Devils from the second period on. Brodeur is the only reason the game was even close. The Flyers had more control and ice time spent in the opponents end of the ice and the scoring chances were not close after that first period. Bryzgalov made some nice saves in the first but he really didnt have to do much after that and even then he struggled by letting in a stoppable shot.

The way the rule is interpreted for the most folks, yeah, but the way the rule is written could say otherwise....
- _Zippy_

How could you say otherwise?

The way the rule is interpreted for the most folks, yeah, but the way the rule is written could say otherwise....
- _Zippy_

Again, if interpreted differently, the goal would still stand because the refs aren't going off a goal in OT of the playoffs due to MINIMAL contact with the goalie. I didn't even know JVR touched Brodeur until I saw the replay.