DETROIT — Flyers goaltender Petr Mrazek was asked before Tuesday night’s 5-4 shootout loss to his old team who had the advantage — the players who practiced shooting on him in practice every day for the last four seasons or the goaltender all too familiar with their repertoire.
“Every game is different,” he said. “I wouldn’t know who is going to have advantage.'”
At the end of the first period, it seemed it was advantage, goaltender.
Halfway through the second, that equation was flipped on its head. After stopping 13 Detroit shots every which way possible, Mrazek surrendered three goals in less than a four-minute span and was once again lifted in favor of Alex Lyon.