Cristobel Huet v. Martin Biron
After maybe their best game of the season, the Flyers return home to the Wachovia Center to try and keep up the momentum gained from their game two victory. In the first period, the penalty kill was tremendous, and they used Washington's aggressiveness against them when they created several rushes up ice, two of which were capitalized on. They tightened up the defense without conservatively sitting back, and Martin Biron played great.
He'll need to keep up his great play tonight. He stood on his head Sunday afternoon and stole the game, but maybe he won't have to be quite that good.
The biggest problem that being on the road presents to Washington is the Flyers now getting last line change. Before, Washington could try and get Ovechkin out against the Modry/Kukkonen pair, which they somehow didn't actually take advantage of. Now, Philadelphia will be able to make sure Timonen and Coburn get out on the ice against his line every time there's a stoppage of play.
Getting contributions from every line was very important in game two. It wasn't necessarily scoring, but every player played a role and helped the team to their 2-0 victory. Obviously two different lines scored the goals, and the two other lines each generated scoring chances and played well defensively. Briere and Prospal helped form a dangerous power play that was very close to scoring several times. Jim Dowd and Sami Kapanen each played strong defense to protect the shutout. If everyone contributes in some way, there might not be a deeper team.
Bill Meltzer has lines and scratches. Will Derian Hatcher play?
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