Last night was...suspenseful! A fittingly physical battle from two division rivals playing on back-to-back nights, it looked like the Flyers might pull away when they got their go-ahead goal as Claude Giroux escaped Zdeno Chara’s age bracket and Scott Mayfield’s last-ditch dive.
But Mayfield helped save the day with one of his rare-but-timely rushes down the right wing, with Casey Cizikas arriving in perfect time and optimal body positioning. Overtime was shockingly entertaining, then both goalies stopped everything in the shootout until Oliver Wahlstrom said enough of this.
The Isles now have two days until the back-to-back against the Coyotes and Leafs this weekend.