FINAL OT: 2 Ottawa @ 3 Philadelphia, 1:00PM, Saturday, January 7, 2012

Hoags wrote:Turris had more ice time than Spezza

I thought it was one of the better games they played, thought they kept up with Philly pretty well even though they have the better team.

Shame about the penalties, Philly looked very beatable at times.

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NEELY wrote:Got another point on the road they didn't really deserve, that's how you make the playoffs.

Take the point, go home, sleep in your own bed, and play the same team even harder tomorrow night.

Anderson was a rock.

I have a huge issue with you saying they didn't deserve the point. If not for the one-sided reffing they would have won that game 3-1 with an empty-netter to seal the win. 6-3 in PP opportunities is ridiculous given how the Flyers were playing. That call on Gonchar was weak to say the least, after everything else that was allowed. The goaltender interference for a forward going for a rebound in the crease is ridiculous. And I certainly hope they review the tape on the van Riemsdyk "ghost hit" and put a check-mark next to his name in the Diver's handbook.

That said, I never expected them to win both games, so I am very happy with the point. Who knows how it would have turned out in the SO, so I'm not going to blame Phillips for the lost 2nd point. But, dayum, with 12 seconds to go you don't shovel the puck to the weak side -- they had one Sen player near the crease on that side, and two Flyers along the boards. Wrong, wrong, WRONG move. I screamed "Phillips you turkey!" as soon as the puck left his stick. Worst thing was that gnome Briere gets the hat-trick on it. The little nut-digger should have been plowed into next week by someone for just trolling around our crease.

2 of those kills were OBVIOUS too many men penalties. Ottawa also got a 5 on 3. Reffing was pretty even for the most part.

Do you blame the refs every game?

I'm curious to see how there was "one-sided reefing". We scored on a 5 on 3, if you would recall.

Riprock wrote:Phillips is not the player he may have been once before, and I don't get the love for him by some here. It's funny that people were so quick to criticize a rookie defenceman for sloppy play but defend a veteran player over and over.

I can actually understand a defenceman making a turnover in the offensive zone, but when its in the defensive zone, it's much worse.

Hoags wrote:You only have to look at Phillips ice time to see how much MacLean trusts him.

Kuba had twice the ice time as Phillips.

sandysensfan wrote:We all remember that 7-2 drubbing the Flyers gave the Sens in October.

It's great too see how far they have come in 3 mos. They hung in there with an elite team.

The next 3 games should be interesting indeed.

SeawaySensFan wrote:Would have been good to injure Biere yesterday and have one less thing to deal with today.