Penguins vs. Flyers

The pre-game ceremony was all about the new Penguin arena, the game ended up being about the Flyers rookie  goalie Bobrovsky. The Penguins had the early energy and peppered the Flyers goalie with 15 shots in the first period but he held tough and got a couple lucky breaks as well. The Penguins couldn't get anything through and gave up the first 2 goals of the game and the arena to the Flyers and couldn't come back. They were able to get within 1 goal under a minute into the 3rd period but gave up a shorthanded goal about 4 minutes later which took some of the air out of the building. Even when they got the next goal you still had a feeling this would be Bobrovsky's night. Fleury did well in the Penguin's net and made some stellar saves but the Penguin's defense was overmatched by the Flyer's physicality and gave up a few too many breakaway's including the shorthander. If the Penguin's defense plays like this throughout the season then the offense will need to be getting 4 or more goals a night to give themselves a winning record.
The Flyer defense was the unit setting the tone of the game, it seemed like players were diving in front of every shot and you could tell that they were all making an effort to help their rookie goalie get comfortable early. It's only the first game and as opening night home games go the pre-game ceremonies may have done more to hurt the Penguins than give them a home edge because the Flyer's did a better job focusing their energy.