Bruins Sloppy Play Costs Them, Lose To Flyers 5-2

Let's see if I can dig into this one.

Believe it or not, the Bruins actually came out of the gate looking good. They had the better of the offensive zone time, got some shots, and more importantly played a lot more physical which is something I think they need to play better. Anyways, despite the bruins good start the Flyers would light the lamp first on a Scott Hartnell wrist shot over the glove side of Anton Khudobin after a David Krejci turnover (the first of many to come). The Bruins would respond pretty quickly, however, when Jaromir Jagr put a shot on net and the rebound was jumped on by new Bruin Wade Reddin for his first goal as a Bruin and third of the season. It was all down hill from there though. The Flyers would regain the lead on a gorgeous goal by Matt Read, one where he got his own rebound and batted the puck out of mid air and into a wide open net. 7 seconds later Chara would throw a puck from the right corner out in front of Khudobin and it would go off his stick, through his legs, and in. That would be the night for Khoudobin as he was replaced by Rask. Sloppy defense led to a breakaway by Claude Giroux and was able to beat Rask which gave the Flyers a 4-1 lead. Krejci would then put a shot top shelf to pull the Bruins back within 2. Then 13 seconds later, to kill any thought of the Bruins coming back, Simon Gagne scored to make it 5-2, and that would be it. The Bruins had 41 shots in this game and two goals, still not scoring. And, oh yeah, Thornton had a fight.

I know the standings say we are second in the East. But I'm using my eyes, and my eyes are not showing me a playoff team.

~Anthony