Flyers scouting report

So I am going to give this a try.  Time permitting, before some games, I will look at about a month's worth of highlights for opposing teams to see if I can come up with some sort of "scouting report" for the opposition.  I don't know how accurate it will be, but if it turns out to be semi-accurate, i'll continue doing it.  If it's not accurate at all, I won't waste your time (and my time!) with it.  

Anyways, watching a good deal of Flyers' highlights, I have found a majority of their goals and scoring chances come off the rush.  They are *extremely* good on 4 on 3, 3 on 3, and 3 on 2 rushes.  They pass well and switch places (criss-cross) a lot to breakdown defensive coverage.  Often times there is a late trailer that they will find to get a great shot off and either score or create a rebound chance.  The Lightning will have to be very sharp in not being mesmerized by the passing and puck carrying and make sure that everyone takes a man and make the appropriate switch in coverage when necessary.

A second major source of offense from the Flyers is shots from the points.  Meszaros in particular gets some heavy shots off (especially from the power play). They are  good at going down low, pitching the puck back up the D and then the D  is very good at *quickly* getting a shot through traffic to the net.  Resulting in either a goal or a rebound chance. 

However, the Flyers defense seem to be prone to the same kind of attack.  They collapse down low in their own zone and will leave the points wide open.  If the Lightning can get down low make a crisp pass to the point to allow our D to get a quick shot off (often times, the Lightning's D hesitate giving the opposing D precious milliseconds to get into position to block the shot), they should be able to get pucks through and go for a rebound chance.

So in the game against the Flyers, watch to see how the Flyers generate offense off the rush (probably the reason why Boucher was so adamant about playing that conservative 1-3-1 on that infamous game in Tampa) or how they pitch the puck back up the points to get a quick shot off through traffic.

Also look for the Flyers D to collapse down  low in their zone to leave the Bolts' point men open when the Lightning are on the attack.