The Philadelphia Flyers’ Carter Hart made 34 saves to get a 4-1 win on Sunday over the Boston Bruins in a round robin game for seeding in the Eastern Conference.
“I know I’ve been here a short time, but he doesn’t look 21 to me,” Nate Thompson said . “He’s pretty poised, even off the ice. He carries himself well beyond his years. He’s a true pro. He reminds me a little bit of a goalie I used to play with in Montreal (Carey Price). He’s our backbone and he was really good tonight for us.”
The Flyers used a three-goal second period to give them space from the Bruins.
Chris Wagner scored the lone Boston goal.
“I think that we all realize we can do better,” the Bruins’ Zdeno Chara said. “It goes to simplifying certain plays, just managing the puck and making better decisions with the puck. I’m sure it’s something that we want to improve going forward, so we need to realize this time when everybody’s fresh and feeling good about their game, we just need to play a more simple game.”
Michael Raffl and Nate Thompson got the Flyers going with goals in the first and second periods for a 2-0 lead.
Philippe Myers scored eight minutes after Wagner cut the deficit to 1-2 for the Bruins.
“I think just the first shift after a goal scored, no matter if we’re scoring or they score, that first shift right after is really huge,” Hart said. “For us to retaliate like that with [Myers] sniping a goal there, that’s huge. And that really kind of kills any momentum that they have when they score.”
Scott Laughton made it 4-1 with a marker early in the third period for the game’s final goal.
The Flyers face the Washington Capitals next.
“We obviously talked about needing to do a job against that top line, making sure that we were in the right position when we didn’t have the puck,” Flyers head coach Alain Vigneault said. “And when we did have the puck, we needed to make sure that we made the high-percentage plays not to feed any transition, any opportunity, for that skill line to get themselves going. … For the most part, we did a really good job against that line.”
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Jaroslav Halak made 25 saves in the loss.
“We expect and hope that [Rask] will be back in the net Wednesday,” Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said. “Let’s see if he’s on the ice (for practice) tomorrow. … Obviously, he’s an important part of our team. My understanding is he is feeling better.”
Next up for the Bruins are the Tampa Bay Lightning.
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