No First Period Lull
Luckily the Flyers were able to survive a terrible first period on Sunday in which they were out shot 15-6. Tonight the Flyers need to pick up the intensity in the opening period and come out swinging.
Reemer
JVR was the hero of the 2011 playoffs. Although the Flyers eventually lost to the Bruins, JVR took over games and showed flashes of absolute brilliance. In game 2 and in the rest of this series, JVR needs to step up and start playing with more confidence.
Better Power Play
I'm not expecting the Flyers to maintain a 50% power play through out this series, but they were just 1 for 6 in game 1 and that needs to improve.
Bryz
Bryzgalov has to continue to play well. As long as he doesn't give up any soft goals the Flyers should be fine.
Extended Possessions
Tonight the Flyers need to focus on getting and maintaining better offensive possessions. Even when they had the man advantage on Sunday they still struggled to get good long possessions in the Devils' zone.
Establish Forecheck
Marty Brodeur is a very aggressive goalie. He likes to come out of the net and play the puck out of the zone which can be extremely disruptive to the Flyers' forecheck. They dump the puck in and Marty quickly fires it out. Tonight the Flyers need to be more aggressive in establishing the forecheck. Maybe float the puck in to buy more time to get to it, or just skate a little harder to get to the puck before Marty does.
Wild Card
Somebody else has to step up tonight besides G or Briere. I would really like to see Jagr or a young guy have a big game.
The Flyers have a great opportunity to take a 2-0 series lead. I really like their chances to win tonight and I think the Flyers will be victorious winning by a final of 5-2.
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