Flyers: History Made with First 3-on-3 OT

Antti Niemi recorded his 33rd career shutout and assisted on two goals in his Dallas debut, as the Stars beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 on Thursday night in the season opener for both.

Last year’s Tampa Bay Lightning run to the Stanley Cup Final invigorated the community.

Later in the second, at 16:38, the Flyers’ Medvedev was called for an unusual illegal stick penalty, resulting in another man-advantage for Tampa Bay.

For the second-straight Opening Night, the Lightning won by a 3-2 score in overtime, the game-winning goal coming from a defenseman.

Fabbri, the Blues’ first pick in the 2014 draft, converted a behind-the-back pass from center Jori Lehtera at 9:29 of the period to break a 1-1 tie. Here’s a glimpse of the action between the Flyers and Lightning last night in overtime. The rebound squirted to Schenn on the left side, and he put it past Bishop to give the Flyers their first lead.

The Flyers fell to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Overtime to mark the start of the Hakstol era, but it was a point that many Philadelphia Flyers fans were more than happy take. Why?

“Lunacy for 2:17”, Lightning coach Jon Cooper added. So, tonight this storied franchise begins its attack on the road against the defending Eastern Conference Champion Tampa Bay Lightning at 7:30 PM on Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia.

About six months ago, Dave Hakstol’s goal was to end the season in Tampa, Fla. Chief among them was the 3-on-3 overtime.

“How to describe it?” The Lightning also needs to address a power play that floundered under George Gwozdecky, the former assistant coach who was let go over the summer.

The overtime featured several scoring opportunities, including a penalty shot for Flyers forward Scott Laughton, who was denied by the left pad of Lightning goalie Ben Bishop at 1:27. “But I think we’ll get more points on it than on the shootouts the last few years”.

The Flyers were outshot 5-3 in overtime and Mason’s left leg kept the game going twice after breakdowns in front of the net.

Last season, the Philadelphia Flyers ranked 21st in the NHL with 212 goals scored; a dropoff of 21 goals and 13 spots in the league rankings. Seven of his teams at North Dakota reached the NCAA Frozen Four.

“Personally, for me, I don’t like to ride a roller coaster too much with the emotions”, Garrison said. I thought we had a lot of the play, forced their hand quite a bit. “I guess it’s the adaptation period but everything is going to be great”. “I’m excited to see everybody go out and work hard to play their role and do their job and do it with confidence”. The Flyers played well and so did the Lightning. The additional three lines had Captain, Steve Stamkos, centering for Brenden Callahan and Jonathan Drouin, Tyler Johnson centering a line with Ondrej Palat and Nikita Kucherov and Vladislav Namestnikov between big Dan Boyle and J.T. Brown.

PREDATORS 2, HURRICANES 1 (at Nashville) – Craig Smith had a power-play goal as Nashville scored twice in the first period and then held off Carolina in the season opener for both.

About two minutes later, Schenn jammed in a power-play rebound to give the Flyers a 2-1 lead.