PHILADELPHIA – The Boston Bruins came to Philadelphia looking to get back on track.
But after taking a 2-1 lead in the second period on goals from Loui Eriksson and Kevan Miller, the Bruins were unable to get any more offense and the Flyers rallied for a 3-2 win.
Wayne Simmonds started rally I third period for Flyers – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
“We need to start burying some chances,” Bruins coach Claude Julien said. “We’re looking at every little mistake as a big mistake, and if you’re burying chances, those mistakes can sometimes be overlooked. … I think with the chances that we had, we should have scored more than just two goals.”
Wayne Simmonds and Mark Streit scored 1:22 apart in the third to erase the deficit and send the Flyers to their fourth straight win.
“Possibly two or three months ago, this game maybe would have ended on a different note,” Streit said. “I think we’ve improved a lot in the last little while. We just keep playing. We don’t lose faith. We keep working hard, we stick with the game plan and it pays off eventually.”
Jakub Voracek opened the scoring in the first period to give the Flyers an early 1-0 lead.
“Everything is becoming second nature to us,” Simmonds said. “The systems — offensive, neutral zone, defensive zone — we’re just going out there and we’re not thinking too much; we’re just playing hockey. It’s good. It’s working well and we’re having success doing it.”
The Bruins are now 2-7-1 in their last ten games and there is no sign of a turn-around.
“You’ve got to be finding some positives in the games,” Bruins captain Zdeno Chara said. “At the same time, you have to be honest and you have to correct the mistakes that we repeatedly do.”
The Flyers trail the Bruins by just two points for a wild card spot.
“I thought in the second period we had some really good chances,” Eriksson said. “It felt like we got the momentum a little bit. It’s too bad; a couple mistakes and it ended up not being OK. It’s a tough one. … I think we’ve been playing pretty good, but we just find a way to lose games right now, and that can’t happen in the situation we are in right now.”
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