If tonight’s Red Wings - Bruins and Maple Leafs - Flyers games continue down their current paths, Thursday could stand as a night of serious regret for the Philadelphia Flyers.
It’s bad enough that the Boston Bruins are off to a strong start. As sporadically scrappy as the Toronto Maple Leafs may be, the Flyers could really kick themselves if they fail to erase what is a 3-1 deficit heading into the third period.
It probably stings a little extra that they may also look back at some gaffes on two or more of the Buds’ goals.
Arguably the worst came in the video above, but this tally wasn’t pretty for the Flyers, either:
You can see it in that video, but it’s possible that William Nylander’s goal might be in part based on a mistake by Claude Giroux ... and really all three Leafs goals present issues:
So after watching replays... Giroux made a BAD change on the first goal. Second goal wasn't a bad change... Gudas is just freaking slow.
— Anthony SanFilippo (@AntSanPhilly) April 7, 2016
The Flyers still have time to fix things, whether it means storming back tonight or hoping they get the right breaks to close things out.
A lot is on the line.#StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/BoMHxOMArq
— NBC Sports Hockey (@NBCSportsHockey) April 8, 2016