“I think the biggest thing with the power play is you’re just trying to create momentum, whether you score or not,” Farabee said. “Obviously nice to get the one goal early … for the first game of the year, I think it looked pretty good.”
Blueger put Vancouver ahead 2-1 at 11:25 of the second period, passing off the right boards back to defenseman Derek Forbort at the left point, then going to the net to redirect a backdoor return pass from Forbort past a stranded Ersson.
“Something we’ve been working on in practice, going high-low and beating the guy to the corner,” Forbort said. “So just kind of had a feeling he’d be there.”
York tied it 2-2 at 2:48 of the third period with a quick wrist shot that went over the glove of Lankinen and in off the post from the left face-off dot after a cross-ice pass up from Ryan Poehling below the goal line.
Tocchet praised his remaining five defensemen for how they handled extra minutes and unsettled pairings, but the Flyers…
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