Philadelphia: It’s always exciting when you get to play your first home game in front of your fans and that is what we had on Wednesday night as the Philadelphia Flyers took on the New Jersey Devils from Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia. This game was on NBCSN part of Wednesday Night Hockey & they had Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick, Eddie Olczyk and Brian Boucher on the call.
The Flyers would win this game 4-0 and Carter Hart played amazing.
Below are some of the best moments from the win.
During the 1st Period, the Flyers would play video tribute to Wayne Simmonds who signed with the Devils in the off-season, Simmonds played 8 years with the Flyers.
Ivan Provorov opens the scoring in the second period on a blast
TV call by Mike Emrick:
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Kevin Hayes scores his 1st Goal as member of the Flyers off the faceoff in the 3rd period
TV call by Mike Emrick:
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Late in the second period, Devils had 5 on 3 PowerPlay and Carter Hart would make one of the jaw dropping saves as he stopped Taylor Hall from scoring
TV call by Mike Emrick:
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Carter Hart would make 25 saves for his First Career Shutout
The Flyers now head on the road for three games at Vancouver, Calgary & Edmonton. The Flyers return home on October 19 against Dallas
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