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Sean Couturier gutted out 3 goals, 5 points, was +2, with 3 hits and a blocked shot in the series finale. All done incredibly while playing with a torn MCL.
Last weeks poll:
How do you call the Flyers / Penguins series?
Penguins in 6 25.81% (16 votes)
Penguins in 5 24.19% (15 votes)
Flyers in 7 24.19% (15 votes)
Flyers in 6 19.35% (12 votes)
Penguins in 7 6.45% (4 votes)
Total Votes: 62
Lets home for a game 7
Penguins roar back to oust Flyers from the playoffs with 5 unanswered goals 8-5
Valerie passes the time before going to college at Abington Senior High school and working at Senor Salsa when she can.
Penguins 8 Flyers 5
At the end of the day, the Penguins just have too much fire power. They Penguins pounced on Flyers mis-plays, giveaways, and mental mistakes to nudge past the Flyers in 6 games.
The Flyers built a 4-2 lead , but two late, quick goals in the second, then 3 early third period goals put the game out of reach.
The Flyers got 3 goals from Couturier, who is emerging as a force. He finished the game with 5 points.
Andrew MacDonald and Scott Laughton scored the Flyers other two goals.
The win for the Penguins ties a franchise record with 9 straight playoff series wins. The Flyers two series wins came in Pittsburgh.
The series may create a blueprint for other teams to beat the Flyers as they out-hit the Penguins. They registered 37 hits in game 4, 48 in game 5 and 37 in game six.
Sean Couturier finished with 9 points in the series, 6 better than the next closest Flyer, he scored the game winner in both Flyers wins. Consider that he missed a game and played the last two with a torn MCL.
Michal Neuvirth may have played his last games as a Flyer, but while healthy he sure was a big game player.
Radko Gudas had a solid game and a solid playoff series against the Penguins. On Sunday Gudas finished even, with 6 hits and a blocked shot.
