PHILADELPHIA — The Avalanche wins 4-0 at Wells Fargo Center, where the Flyers were showered with boos in the waning minutes. Evolving .
Jarome Iginla opened the scoring in the first period when he partially whiffed at a bad-angle shot from the goal line. If the puck wasn’t sideways, it wouldn’t have slipped between goalie Michal Neuvirth’s pads and the post. Among his 596 career goals, Iginla said it was probably the second luckiest.
“That was close. Definitely one of the luckiest,” he said. “But I had one where I dumped it in and it was in line with the (circle) dot and the goalie went to play it. It had spin and went off his stick and in. So (tonight) was second luckiest. It was a great bounce for us. Tough break for them. Definitely good to get those.”
Among goalies with at least six starts, Reto Berra leads the NHL in save percentage (.952):
Matt Duchene has five goals in his last four games:
Some sights and sounds outside the visiting locker room immediately after the game:
Off to Boston, where I’m excited to spend some time with Adrian Dater and former NHL Radio host Jimmy Murphy.
