In one of the most impressive showings of the season so far, the Flyers downed the New York Islanders today 7-0 at the Nassau Coliseum. Claude Giroux took responsibility over the weekend and told the Flyers that the production needed to pick up starting with himself. G had one of those games that we all knew he was capable of, scoring only 26 seconds into the game. When Giroux scores in the first minute of a game you just know it's going to be a good one, case and point: the shift against the Penguins last playoffs. Giroux also tacked on an extra goal and assist in the second period for good measure.
Jakub Voracek looked like a finely-tuned assist machine out there today, notching 4, a career high. Danny Briere joined the party with 2 goals and Schenn, Read and Rinaldo each also had 1 goal. Bryz had a great day too, earning his first shutout of the season by denying 19 shots. Hard to take anything negative away from the Flyers today. Hopefully this is the game that wakes them up. They manage to pass the Islanders in the standing with this win. Now there is no turning back. If they can go into Pittsburgh Wednesday and beat the Penguins they will have all the momentum of a truck going downhill with no brakes when they come back to Philly the 21st for a 5-game home stand.
On a side note, it was good to see Keith Aucoin out there on the ice today with 11 minutes for the Islanders. Back when I had season tickets for the Hershey Bears (what? I grew up out that way) he was definitely one of the 3 most exciting players to watch on the team. Even though he's getting on in years and it's already taken him this long to get to the pros at least he sort of kind of makes the Islanders worth watching.
Islanders, you may now return to your post at the bottom of the Atlantic Division.
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