Flyers/Pens Preview (more numbers)

You should know by now that the Penguins swept the Flyers last year - 8-0. Yep...


Philly got shutout by the Rangers on Monday, while the Penguins shutout the Devils.

Flyers- 4-0 home, 4-5 road.

Philly is getting outshot badly. They have only outshot their opponents 3 times this season.
In their last 7 games, they have been outshot by a combined 101 shots! That includes getting outshot by 20 vs NJ (win), 19 by Florida (loss), 22 by MTL (loss) and last night by 15 vs NYR (loss). Unreal.

Because of that, Martin Biron has been standing on his head every night. If it weren't for him, Philly would maybe be a .500 team.
He's seen 396 shots in only 11 games. The only 2 goalies to see more rubber this season have played in more games: Kiprusoff - 398 in 15, Vokoun - 420 in 13.

If the Pens outshoot the Flyers badly like every other team has been, and they still can't score, then something's really wrong with the Pens. But they will score. Crosby plays up for big games and every time the Penguins play the Flyers it's a huge game.

Only questions are:
1) Could Sabourin keeps it up?
2) Can any Penguins besides Sid and Geno score?
3) Is Simon Gagne over his concussion-like symptoms?
4) Can Joffrey Lupul convert some more of his shots on goal? (Lupul is 2nd on the team in SOG, but only has an 11.1 Shooting Percentage. The only other regular forward with a lower percentage is R.J. Umberger, who started the season injured.)