PHILADELPHIA – The Flyers’ win streak ended at nine games on Tuesday when Tuukka Rask made 36 saves in a 2-0 win for the Boston Bruins.
Sean Couturier #14 of the Philadelphia Flyers screens Tuukka Rask #40 of the Boston Bruins
“It’s one of those things you almost need 100 points to make the (Stanley Cup) Playoffs,” Rask said. “The League’s tighter than ever and we’re just trying to get a head start early in the season and keep that momentum going the whole year, and we’ve accomplished that this year. Now we finish strong.”
Matt Grzelcyk and Patrice Bergeron were the Boston strikers.
“For two periods I felt we were the better team on the ice,” Flyers head coach Alain Vigneault said. “We had some good opportunities to take a lead, couldn’t get anything past [Rask]. That goal that they got on their power play at the end of the second period seemed like it gave them confidence and momentum because in the third period they were the better team.”
A rebounded shots sail past a sliding Jake DeBrusk #74 of the Boston Bruins as Ivan Provorov #9 of the Philadelphia Flyers move in for the puck.
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Carter Hart made 27 saves in the loss.
“I liked our game,” the Flyers’ Matt Niskanen said. “I’d rather win, but we just went on a heck of a run, played pretty good hockey tonight. You can see how tight it’s going to be when you play only good teams in about a month here. So it was a good test for us.”
Charlie McAvoy #73 of the Boston Bruins and Nate Thompson #44 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Scott Laughton #21 of the Philadelphia Flyers helps defend his goal by stepping in front of Brad Marchand #63 of the Boston Bruins
A shot by Matt Grzelcyk #48 of the Boston Bruins scores against Carter Hart #79 of the Philadelphia Flyers in the second period.
Goalie Carter Hart #79 of the Philadelphia Flyers, Jake DeBrusk #74 of the Boston Bruins, Travis Sanheim #6 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Travis Sanheim #6 of the Philadelphia Flyers and Jake DeBrusk #74 of the Boston Bruins
Philadelphia Flyers Goalie Carter Hart #79, Ondrej Kase #28 of the Boston Bruins Justin Braun #61 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Sean Couturier #14 of the Philadelphia Flyers and Tuukka Rask #40 of the Boston Bruins
Charlie Coyle #13 of the Boston Bruins and Sean Couturier #14 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Charlie McAvoy #73 of the Boston Bruins Sean, Couturier #14 of the Philadelphia Flyers and Zdeno Chara #33 of the Boston Bruins
Nicolas Aube-Kubel #62 of the Philadelphia Flyers fights for position against Connor Clifton #75 in front of Goalie Tuukka Rask #40 of the Boston Bruins
Jeremy Lauzon #79 of the Boston Bruins battles for the puck against Tyler Pitlick #18 of the Philadelphia Flyers
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