The Flyers are playing their best hockey of the season, and now they're being rewarded with victories.
Morning Observations is a new feature, where we break down the previous night's game with an analytical eye.
- For the first twelve minutes of the third period, it looked like the Flyers were trying to repeat last week's game against the Nashville Predators. Get the better of play in the first two periods, take a lead, and then sit back and try to withstand constant pressure. Luckily for Philadelphia, Mark Borowiecki slowed Ottawa by taking a dumb penalty during one of the Flyers' few offensive zone shifts in the period.