Pregame:
I usually don’t start with anything in these, but the Flyers broke out Kate Smith and “God Bless America” for this one and oh man, first time I’ve had chills watching this team in a while, that was awesome.
1st Period:
The Flyers started this game off well, getting some early pressure on Henrik Lundqvist with a nice shift from the Jori Lehtera line, and a Shayne Gostisbehere one-timer. Both unfortunately were stopped by Hank, but the Flyers applied early pressure.
On a delayed penalty call, a pass down low was sent to Sean Couturier who banked the puck off of Ivan Provorov in front, just like that the Flyers have the all important first goal.