The worst moment for Brian Elliott Wednesday might not have been the puck that Evgeni Malkin backhanded over his shoulder or the fat rebound that Bryan Rust ricocheted off both posts and into the net. The worst moment might not have even been when he lost track of a fluttering puck from above, and it bounced off the back of his shoulder and – somehow – back into play.
No, the worst moment for Brian Elliott during the Penguins’ 7-0 thrashing of the Flyers in Game 1 of their first-round series was when former goaltender (and lightning rod) Ilya Bryzgalov, who still lives in the Philadelphia area, tweeted this out during the second period:
Ouch.