Madferret
11-25-05, 3:52 PM
Forsberg hurt in Flyers win
Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) - Peter Forsberg scored two goals and added an assist before sitting out the third period with a right groin strain as the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Boston Bruins 5-3 on Friday.
Simon Gagne had a goal and two assists and Antero Niittymaki made 25 saves as the Flyers sent the Bruins to their seventh loss in eight games, and fourth consecutive at home.
Forsberg scored the winner with 6:54 left in the second period, putting home the rebound of Gagne's shot. The Flyers said Forsberg is day-to-day.
Gagne gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead with 3:49 to play in the first period with his team-leading 21st goal. Forsberg dug the puck out from behind the net and passed in front to former Bruin Mike Knuble. Knuble slid the puck across the crease to an uncovered Gagne on the far post.
The Flyers made it 2-0 on a bizarre power-play goal 4:15 into the second. Bruins defenceman Hal Gill and Forsberg fought for the puck behind the net. Gill fired the puck off the boards in an attempt to clear it, but it flew up in the air and over the net, hit goalie Andrew Raycroft, and fell into the net. Eric Desjardins was credited with the goal.
After the Flyers took a 2-0 lead, the Bruins scored three goals in just over four minutes to take a 3-2 lead. Eric Nickulas scored the first with 14:18 to play in the period, beating a defender then firing into the net as he tripped over Niittymaki's pads.
Joe Thornton tied the game when he broke in alone and beat Niittymaki on the glove side three minutes later. Jiri Slegr gave the Bruins the lead when he fired a shot through traffic that beat Niittymaki glove side again, just 1:09 after Thornton's goal.
Forsberg scored his first goal on the power play with 8:56 to play in the second. Michal Handzus scored an empty-net goal in the final minute.
NOTES: The Bruins recalled LW Eric Healey from their AHL affiliate in Providence. Healey, from nearby Hull, played in his first NHL game after eight years in the minors. He took RW Glen Murray's spot on the roster. Murray, with a team-leading 12 goals, sat out with a slight groin strain and is listed day to day . . . D Kevin Dallman and RW Colton Orr were also scratches for the Bruins. C Patrick Sharp was a scratch for the Flyers . . . Flyers LW Donald Brashear took a puck just above his left eye late in the second period that required stitches. He sat out the third period . . . The Bruins have dominated the Flyers in Boston, with a 46-18-12 advantage in the series prior to Friday's game.
I have never seen so many groin injuries in an NHL season like this one so far.
All that lock-out boinking me thinks..:laughing:
Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) - Peter Forsberg scored two goals and added an assist before sitting out the third period with a right groin strain as the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Boston Bruins 5-3 on Friday.
Simon Gagne had a goal and two assists and Antero Niittymaki made 25 saves as the Flyers sent the Bruins to their seventh loss in eight games, and fourth consecutive at home.
Forsberg scored the winner with 6:54 left in the second period, putting home the rebound of Gagne's shot. The Flyers said Forsberg is day-to-day.
Gagne gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead with 3:49 to play in the first period with his team-leading 21st goal. Forsberg dug the puck out from behind the net and passed in front to former Bruin Mike Knuble. Knuble slid the puck across the crease to an uncovered Gagne on the far post.
The Flyers made it 2-0 on a bizarre power-play goal 4:15 into the second. Bruins defenceman Hal Gill and Forsberg fought for the puck behind the net. Gill fired the puck off the boards in an attempt to clear it, but it flew up in the air and over the net, hit goalie Andrew Raycroft, and fell into the net. Eric Desjardins was credited with the goal.
After the Flyers took a 2-0 lead, the Bruins scored three goals in just over four minutes to take a 3-2 lead. Eric Nickulas scored the first with 14:18 to play in the period, beating a defender then firing into the net as he tripped over Niittymaki's pads.
Joe Thornton tied the game when he broke in alone and beat Niittymaki on the glove side three minutes later. Jiri Slegr gave the Bruins the lead when he fired a shot through traffic that beat Niittymaki glove side again, just 1:09 after Thornton's goal.
Forsberg scored his first goal on the power play with 8:56 to play in the second. Michal Handzus scored an empty-net goal in the final minute.
NOTES: The Bruins recalled LW Eric Healey from their AHL affiliate in Providence. Healey, from nearby Hull, played in his first NHL game after eight years in the minors. He took RW Glen Murray's spot on the roster. Murray, with a team-leading 12 goals, sat out with a slight groin strain and is listed day to day . . . D Kevin Dallman and RW Colton Orr were also scratches for the Bruins. C Patrick Sharp was a scratch for the Flyers . . . Flyers LW Donald Brashear took a puck just above his left eye late in the second period that required stitches. He sat out the third period . . . The Bruins have dominated the Flyers in Boston, with a 46-18-12 advantage in the series prior to Friday's game.
I have never seen so many groin injuries in an NHL season like this one so far.
All that lock-out boinking me thinks..:laughing: