Flyers Fans Chant ‘She Said No’ At Patrick Kane

Neuvirth stunned last year’s Stanley Cup Champions with several acrobatic saves. “It’s been a true team effort, the whole system”. Neuvirth made 30 saves.

Steve Mason will probably be back in time for the Flyers’ next game. “I was able to see [the Blackhawks’] season opener and banner-raising ceremony”.

Claude Giroux summed up what all of Philadelphia loves the most about Michal Neuvirth. “You saw in Tampa, I thought for the first game, it was a really fast game”. “He’s stepped in and done a hell of a job for us, so kudos for him”.

The Blackhawks beat the Flyers in the 2010 Stanley Cup final and clinched with a Game 6 win in Philly. He spent most of the next eight seasons with Philadelphia, for which he played another 519 games.

“Control what we can control”, coach Dave Hakstol said. And maybe, just maybe, his self-described “number one team” might just be a little better than we all anticipated. They had three infractions in the final period -VandeVelde for holding the stick, Ryan White for slashing and Radko Gudas for delay of game. “If we run into each other, we’ll have the chance to say hello”. “Everyone is buying into the way we have to play”.

The Flyers limited Chicago to six shots in the first period and, after a few anxious moments early in the second period, took over the majority of the middle frame and brought a 2-0 lead to the second intermission. Brayden Schenn drew the secondary assist on Gagner’s first goal as a Flyer.

Giroux doubled the Flyers’ lead by netting his first goal of the season at 16:21 in the second.

“You know you have the wall behind you”, Bellemare said of the 6-foot, 209-pound goaltender. “Good goaltending, extra efforts on the penalty kill, finishing a power-play goal and just a lot of second efforts all over the ice”.

The Blackhawks committed five penalties in the first two periods in what was an uncharacteristically sloppy display by Joel Quenneville’s men. “Avoiding the penalty box is a good thing, and we’ve been doing a great job with that”.

Right winger Patrick Kane was cooled off after tallying three goals and three assists in the Blackhawks’ first three games this season. “Whether you’re in a 7-1 loss to Florida or scoring a couple goals, if I can stay even-keeled and just worry about the next game, I’ll be successful”.

But in between those two goals was a game-turning play. “Stepped up and he was on”.

Timonen, 40, will be honored by the Flyers on Wednesday prior to the game against the Blackhawks (8 p.m. ET; NBCSN).

Finally, a Wayne Simmonds shot handcuffed Crawford, and Matt Read flew into pinball the rebound home with 2:29 left to play, essentially taking the fight out of the champs.

According to oddsmakers from online sports book BetDSI, the Blackhawks are -144 money line favorites versus the Flyers, who have odds of +130 to pull off the upset tonight. Blackhawks RW Kyle Baun and D David Rundblad were healthy scratches.