April 14, 2013

It's a shame that neither Buffalo nor Philadelphia are in the playoff hunt as that was a doozy of a game yesterday afternoon.

The New York Islanders have finally arrived.

Every Flyer had a shot on goal against Buffalo except for Matt Read. That's strange.

I take it that Vancouver didn't like playing an afternoon game as they lost to the Avalanche. That's right. The Avalanche.

The Maple Leafs came out and buried the Canadiens in the first period and never looked back.

It was a good thing that the James Van Riemsdyk experiment at Center didn't work out, huh?

After a few weeks into the season, I never would have thought that Ovechkin would be leading the league in goals scored. Great comeback!

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Matt Read scored the game-winning goal in Philadelphia's 3-1 win Saturday.

Mike Knuble and Ruslan Fedotenko accounted for the Flyers' other two goals. Brayden Schenn, Sean Couturier, Jakub Voracek, and Bruno Gervais each registered one assist on Saturday.

Matt Read, who returned to action more than two weeks early from a ribcage injury on Thursday, was not pleased with his performance in a 5-4 loss to Pittsburgh.

"I don't think I played my best game, but it was good to get back on the ice and try to help this team get back in the winning column," Read said. Wow is that guy tough on himself. He returned from a serious injury in less than half the time doctors predicted, and in his first game back after not playing for two weeks he's upset he didn't have a bigger impact on the team. We like this kid. For the record, so does Philly coach Peter Laviolette. "It may take a game or two for Matt to get back and find his stride. He had a tough injury," Laviolette said. "It is good to see him back there."