Flyers coach Peter Laviolette announced that Michael Leighton will indeed be in net as the starter for Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals tonight.Leighton was pulled after less than two periods of action after allowing 5 goals on 20 attempts in a questionable move.
The Flyers went on to lose 6-5 after Brian Boucher entered the game and allowed the game-winning goal to Tomas Kopecky, which was his 4th goal of the postseason.
The last time Leighton was pulled in this 2010 playoffs was in a 5-1 loss to Montreal in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Leighton followed that performance up with a 3-0 shutout. Leighton turned away all 17 shots he faced, but he will definitely be seeing more tonight.
The Blackhawks are a very aggressive team, a team that fired 15 shots in the 2nd period alone of Game 1 on Saturday night.
Leighton commented on his performance on Saturday night.
"I'm just going to try not to think about what happened," Leighton said.
It will be interesting to see where the Flyers energy level is tonight after being outplayed and controlled in the 3rd period of Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
Will the Flyers respond like they have this entire postseason or will they find themselves in another 2-0 series deficit remiscent of the Boston series?
Game 2 in less than two hours!
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