Saturday, December 5, 2009

Avalanche v. Flyers - Scoring Chances #24

TmPTimeNoteCOLOpponent
COL119:00Goal822262741541418202125295v5
COL117:50
416374144553591517295v5
PHI114:55
1622273741551314202527295v5
COL114:30Goal81026274154517192029485v5
COL110:04
510163741551820212528295v5
PHI18:47
5810264154317192948775v5
PHI15:10
102225394155313142527295v5
PHI11:48
92225273941313142729775v5
COL11:05
4582641541719202529485v5
COL10:45
82226274154517182944485v5
PHI10:35Goal82226274154515182944485v5
PHI219:35
822262741541719202529485v5
PHI219:32Goal822262741541719202529485v5
COL218:21
59102340411821282944775v5
COL217:38
5910234041915202529425v5
COL213:59Goal4253741445559152942445v5
COL213:06
82226274154313172529485v5
PHI212:34
5910234041313142729775v5
PHI212:32
59102340411314272944775v5
PHI212:21
5910234041518212829445v5
COL210:56Goal82226274154317192948775v5
PHI29:32
510253941541820212528335v5
COL27:17
101637414455313142733775v5
COL27:15
101637414455313142733775v5
COL25:54
51623274041517283344
5v4
COL25:53
51623274041517283344
5v4
COL24:45Goal4103739415439152528335v5
COL316:50
49234041443591328335v5
COL313:37
41627374155319273348775v5
PHI311:31
91023274041513171825335v5
COL310:42
45162340411420273377
5v4
PHI38:45Goal592541445535131933485v5
PHI38:23
4162737394135192733485v5
PHI37:52
910232740411415202533425v5
PHI37:19
52326404144314212528335v5
PHI34:41Goal58104155
35171933484v5
PHI31:03
5910162341517182033
5v4


#PlayerEVPPSH
4J. LILES18:39614:19100:0000
5B. CLARK15:38473:34310:5301
8W. WOLSKI15:58644:54000:3401
9M. DUCHENE14:12373:01010:0000
10K. CUMISKEY18:36781:52010:3401
16D. TUCKER11:44524:09310:0000
22S. HANNAN8:28460:00000:4600
23M. HEJDUK15:27364:05310:0000
25C. STEWART7:40140:00000:0000
26P. STASTNY15:57654:40000:1900
27K. QUINCEY21:02685:12201:4800
28D. KOCI2:26000:05000:0000
37R. O'REILLY12:28720:04001:2700
39T. GALIARDI11:08140:27001:2900
40M. SVATOS10:31362:41300:0000
41C. ANDERSON48:4816168:50312:2201
44R. WILSON15:13520:35000:4300
54D. JONES15:42754:32000:2100
55C. MCLEOD11:57630:00000:3401


PeriodTotalsEVPP5v3 PPSH5v3 SH
1656500000000
21068620000000
3372511000100
4000000000000
Totals1918161631000100

Another game, another blown lead. Again the Avalanche jumped out to a two-goal lead only to squander it as the game went on. Fortunately for the Avalanche this game had a different ending than their last two as the Avs came back to score three more goals and then sat back in the third (which, according to the Avs broadcast team is something they're being coached not to do... yeah... I don't believe that for a second) as the Flyers tried to press for a tie.

The game featured another penalty by David Koci, though this time the opposition didn't capitalize. It also featured some pretty extensive running of the goalie throughout the game, something the officials didn't do much to discourage. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't this be the point of having a guy like Koci in the lineup? Isn't he there to prevent the opposition from doing this? Joe Sacco just watched Koci take another penalty in his two and a half minutes of ice time and watched the opposing team ignore Koci's presence on the bench as they ran Anderson time after time. And yet I feel confident in saying that Koci will dress again for the next game. Utter foolishness.

Going back to the conversation with BeachNSnowGirl that I talked about in the last post, she mentioned there that she didn't see any problem with Liles as she watched this game. And I'm inclined to agree! This was probably his best game of the season at even strength. Sometimes it's funny how things work out.

The confrontation between Ian Laperriere and Cody McLeod was downright amusing. Laperriere really wanted to fight him for one reason or another and McLeod just resolutely refused with an "oh come on Lappy" expression on his face the whole time. It was hard to tell if it was the smug Maltby "oh come on" or genuinely heartfelt appreciation. Probably a bit of both.

For the Flyers, their bench was interesting. They have two big money defenders in Pronger and Timonen and it seems clear that the guy they're leaning on is Pronger. He played more minutes and he was assigned to the Stastny-Wolski paring throughout the evening. Timonen, meanwhile, played fewer minutes and drew the very much less challenging Duchene-Hejduk pairing. Now, both of these guys are great players but it seems to me that it will be difficult for the Flyers to keep their top four together going forward since Braydon Coburn will be demanding a raise. At this stage I'd imagine plan A is to move Matt Carle who's been paired with Pronger. But if the Flyers were forced to choose between Pronger and Timonen going forward, I'd bet they take Pronger.

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