The headiness of Travis Sanheim's game, particularly lately, is just so good to see.
Demoted, his confidence shaken last season, he took his medicine without complaint, never lashed out, and worked to get better. The Flyers' only goal Tuesday was scored in a way that should be taught at practice. Rather than firing it into the cluster that so often surrounds a net these days – the Flyers had 22 shots blocked Tuesday, 27 by the Devils on Saturday – Sanheim purposefully sent it just to the side where Nolan Patrick stood, marked by an Avs defenseman.
Patrick is a master at deflecting pucks, and he was again on Monday night.