Flyers still in it

Game 4 can be summarized in three words: Marc-Andre Fleury.

This was a classic case of a hot goalie stealing his team a game.

The Pens goalkeeper was phenomenal, making 45 saves in Pittsburgh's 3-1 win. After a shaky performance in Game Three, Fleury was clearly the difference in sending the Penguins home with a three-games-to-one series lead. The Flyers came out hard in the first ten minutes of the game and had three power plays and plenty of quality scoring chances, in the first period, but could not crack the former No. 1 overall pick.

It figured that with all the difficulty the Flyers had scoring, Daniel Carcillo would be the one to finally find the net with just over eight minutes left in the game. Carcillo had not scored in any of his previous 22 games as a Flyer.

This game was frustrating, but what else could the Flyers have done? The effort was there. A game like this just makes the Game 2 loss even more painful since the Flyers had the game in their grasp and let it slip away.

All is not lost for the Flyers though. They've outplayed the Pens for three straight games now, but only have one win to show for it. Another strong effort Thursday and this series will be coming back to Philly for Game 6.

Go Phils

[Tuesday] night was a beautiful 11-4 victory [for the Phillies]. In my opinion it was the first complete all-around game of the season. . . . It sure is nice to watch a team perform like they're designed to.