Flyers dominate Penguins (really!) in 7-2 win

Photo by Len Redkoles/NHLI via Getty ImagesKevin Hayes opens the scoring after a long stoppage and video review to confirm that Casey DeSmith didn’t, in fact, make a miraculous save — 1-0 Flyers as Hayes ends a lengthy goal drought.

Hockey is a game of inches and at the other end Alex Lyon got to this puck just in the nick of time — great effort from the Flyers’ netminder.

A two-goal lead for the Flyers? In this economy? It’s true, and courtesy of Shayne Gostisbehere and this bomb from the point on the power play with plenty of traffic in front of the Penguins’ net. It’s the Flyers’ first 2-0 lead since, what, like January?

Already armed with a 2-0 lead the Flyers pressed for more, and more…