Flyers can’t buy win on Black Friday

by Eric Schwartz

Friday November 27, 2009 

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It may be “Black Friday” but it wasn’t a day to celebrate for the Orange and Black.

After snapping a three-game losing streak on Wednesday, the Flyers stumbled at home against the Buffalo Sabres, falling 4-2.

If you were at work, or simply forgot the Flyers had a matinee, here is a brief recap of what went wrong at the Wachovia Center.

— The Sabres had been winless in their last four games and hadn’t scored more than three goals in 11. The Flyers allowed them to snap both streaks.

— The Flyers had a goal taken off the board in the first period when an early whistle kept the them from taking a 1-0 lead. The refs ruled Miller had control of a puck that was clearly loose.

— Ray Emery looked average, but didn’t do as bad as his stat line (4 goals on 25 shots) would indicate. Two of the goals he had no shot on, including the fourth of the game, a goal by Tim Connolly. The goal came in front of a crowded net when Connolly’s shot bounced off the back of Emery’s mask and into the net. Regardless, the Flyers have now dropped three straight with Emery in net.

— Right winger Ian Laperriere was hit in the face by a slap shot by Buffalo’s Jason Pominville late in the first period. He returned in the third, but it was an ugly incident to watch.

— The Flyers couldn’t solve Ryan Miller. After beating the NHL’s GA leader for five goals in the teams first meeting, the Flyers have struggled to solve him in two games since. Outside of a 30-second span late in the first period when the Flyers scored twice, they had no answer for Miller.

— The Sabres Drew Stafford was credited with the game’s first goal, but it was Matt Carle who was responsible. Carle inadvertently knocked his back-hander into his own net, giving the Sabres an early lead.

About the only good that came from the game was done when the gloves were dropped. Dan Carcillo locked up with Craig Rivet twice, getting the best of him, especially in the second encounter.

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