Blue Jackets goaltender Mathieu Garon improved his record to 2-0-0 after beating the Flyers tonight in Columbus. Kyle Wilson and Derek Brassard each scored as Garon stopped 28 of the 29 shots he saw in the win. The Flyers record falls to 3-4-1, after losing thier 4th in the last 5 games.
Ville Leino scored the only Flyers goal, on a tap in from infront. That was his 2nd of the season. The Flyers Powerplay was 0/2, while Columbus's was 1/5.
Brian Boucher saw his second straight start in net, however this one was very different from his start on Saturday. Boucher was spectacular stopping 23 of 25. The Flyers offense was the difference, they scored 5 goals on Saturday versus the Leafs, but tonight could only fight out 1 versus Garon.
Another cold night for Richards and Carter. These two have been around the net this season but only have a combined 3 goals. Carter's 2 goals came against the Avs in the Flyers home opener and Richards goal came versus the Leafs this past Saturday.
Laviolette spole after the game saying, "there's no energy" (unneeded quotations). This has been the storyline for this team so far. Aside from the season opener and the Leafs game, the Flyers have looked uninspired. It's time for someone to step up and put some life into this group.
This was the first and only meeting for the Flyers and Blue Jackets this season, meaning the Flyers lost the season series.
Tomorrow the Flyers head home to play Buffalo. Sergei Bobrovsky will get the start in net after sitting out the past two. The Flyers finished the preseason with 2 games versus the Sabres, they won one 3-1 and lost one 9-3.
Game is at 7:30 coverage can be seen on Versus.
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