PHILADELPHIA – How much a moderately exciting thing can one arena take?
Well, On Saturday night, the fans in Philadelphia were witness to an 11-round shootout between the Flyers and the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs.
Oskar Lindblom #23 and Sean Couturier #14 of the Philadelphia Flyers celebrate teammateTravis Sanheim goal in the third period.
It wasn’t like everyone was scoring. The Leafs ended with the win on two goals in the 11 rounds to the Flyers one.
“We’ve got a pretty good list, and then as time went on, you’re starting to wonder where you’re going, for sure,” Toronto coach Mike Babcock said of the shootout. “Obviously, some guys do a lot of real good things and in shootouts weren’t as good. Other guys came through for us. It was good for [Johnsson] and good for our team.”
Andreas Johnsson mercifully ended the Skills competition.
Frederik Andersen made 37 saves through extra time and then stopped 10 more shots in the shootout.
Ivan Provorov, Claude Giroux and Travis Sanheim scored for the Flyers.
“Overall, we played real well in the second and third,” Philadelphia coach Alain Vigneault said. “We had a power play in overtime where we had a couple of good looks, and 11 shooters later we came up a point short, a goal short.”
Kasperi Kapanen, Jason Spezza scored, and Mitchell Marner forced the extra session late.
“We talk every day about how he (Andersen) keeps our team grounded. He keeps us in games a lot of times. It was a huge shootout performance from him, and this all happens because of his saves,” Marner said.
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Brian Elliott made 23 saves through extra time; he made nine saves in the skills portion of the evening.
“I think we’ve got enough guys in here that have been around the block that know that know no matter how it ended that it’s a big point. Those add up at the end of the year. We’ll regroup here, get a little rest, and come back next game here,” Elliott said.
Travis Konecny #11 of the Philadelphia Flyers scores during the shootout against Frederik Andersen #31 of the Toronto Maple Leafs
Philadelphia Flyers Goalie Brian Elliott #37, William Nylander #88 of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Shayne Gostisbehere #53 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Jason Spezza #19 of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Matt Niskanen #15 of the Philadelphia Flyers crash the boards.
Brian Elliott #37 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Frederik Andersen #31 of the Toronto Maple Leafs
Philadelphia Flyers Goalie Brian Elliott #37, Trevor Moore #42 of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Matt Niskanen #15 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Joel Farabee #49 of the Philadelphia Flyers carries the puck against Frederik Andersen #31 of the Toronto Maple Leafs
Tyler Pitlick #18 of the Philadelphia Flyers checks Travis Dermott #23 of the Toronto Maple Leafs
Brian Elliott #37 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Matt Niskanen #15 and Brian Elliott #37 of the Philadelphia Flyers and Andreas Johnsson #18 of the Toronto Maple Leafs
Frederik Andersen #31 of the Toronto Maple Leafs and James van Riemsdyk #25 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Jakub Voracek #93 celebrates the goal by Ivan Provorov #9 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Kasperi Kapanen #24 of the Toronto Maple Leafs scores on Brian Elliott #37 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Kasperi Kapanen #24 of the Toronto Maple Leafs scores on Brian Elliott #37 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Justin Holl #3 of the Toronto Maple Leafs checked by Tyler Pitlick #18 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Martin Marincin #52 of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Carsen Twarynski #81 of the Philadelphia Flyers battle for position
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