Philadelphia had a solid first
period and then withstood a furious Detroit attack
over the final 40 minutes to now be on the verge of
the franchise's first NFHL championship, though not
the city's first. The Flyers started with Carey
Wilson's 15th playoff goal just 52 seconds after
puck drop and the Flyers were up 4-0 after 20
minutes. Lyle Odelein had 2 of those goals and John
LeClair had the other as the Flyers outshot Detroit
12-7. Over the next 40 minutes, Detroit out
shot Philadelphia 25-14, but couldn't get much past
Tom Barasso. Denis Savard and Brent Ashton scored
the Detroit goals in the 2nd period to give the
Wings a glimmer of hope. Mike Keane snuffed that
hope out with a 3rd period marker to make it a final
of 5-2. Game #5 is back in Detroit where the
Red Wings will have to do what they did to the
Colorado Rockies and start their comeback down 3-1.
Can they do it two series in a row?
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