B's Fall to Flyers in Preseason Opener

PHILADELPHIA- Despite a late tying goal from Jakub Lauko in the third period, the Bruins dropped the preseaon opener, 2-1, at Wells Fargo Center on Saturday night. Some news and notes from the exhibtion contest:

With this being the first game for both teams, it was a slow start at Wells Fargo. After a scoreless first period, the Flyers Noah Cates took advantage of a power power two minutes into the second making it 1-0 Philadelphia. The penalty was on Jakob Lauko, who was able to rebound in the third period to tie the game, 1-1, with under just over seven minutes remaining in regulation. The winger collected a puck in the slot and ripped a wrister low blocker-side on Flyers goalie Troy Grosenick.
"After the penalty I made and they scored I was like I have to get one," said Lauko. "I was happy I scored, obviously, but it would be better if we won."

The Flyers answered quickly to Lauko's markr, scoring just three minutes later to regain the lead, 2-1. The final push from the B's was impressive, as they generated chances as they tried to tie the game, an effort that head coach Jim Montgomery recognized after the game.
"I liked our push in the third period," said Montgomery, who was behind the bench for the first time with the Black & Gold. "Being from behind I thought we got on top of them we started to generate a lot more o-zone time."
Montgomery also recognized the circumstances, being just three days into camp. "Up front it was sloppy," said Montgomery. "It was for both ends, but that's what you expect after three days of camp."
The B's bench boss went on to credit blue liners Jakob Zboril (game-high 25:05 of ice time) and Jack Ahcan for impressive efforts. "Zboril and Jack Ahcan did a lot of good things," said Montgomery. "In general I liked the way our D-core played. [Kai] Wissman had some really good moments as well."

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