Postgame Notes & Quotes Philadelphia Flyers 2, Colorado Avalanche 1 Wednesday, March 28, 2018 The Avalanche wrapped up its two-game season series against the Flyers, going 1-1-0. Colorado ends the 2017-18 regular season with a 19-11-2 overall record against the Eastern Conference, including an 11-4-1 mark on home ice. Andrew Hammond made his Avalanche debut, finishing with 31 saves in his first NHL contest since Feb. 7, 2017. The Avs were 2-for-2 on the penalty kill and are now 110-for-119 (92.4%) on the PK at home this season, the best home penalty kill in the league. With two home games remaining, Colorado is within reach of the NHL’s best-ever home PK percentage, 92.4%, set by the 1998-99 Boston Bruins. Matt Nieto’s second-period tally was his 24th point of the season, his highest total since he collected a career-high 27 during the 2014-15 campaign. Shayne Gostisbehere became the fourth defenseman in Flyers history to reach the 60- point threshold, joining Mark Howe (3x), Garry Galley (2x) and Behn Wilson. Claude Giroux extended his point streak to six games (1g, 9a) and registered his 93rd point of the season, matching a career high he set in 2011-12. Colorado G Andrew Hammond On His Performance: “I was able to get in a game on the weekend so I think that definitely helped. I think it took me a period to get my legs under me. The unfortunate part is I guess the game-winning goal ended up getting scored in that period but as the game went on, I settled in and started to feel better. I felt pretty good in the second and third.” On If He Had Any Pregame Jitters: “Not really. I mean, maybe I was even a little bit surprised there wasn’t. I felt pretty comfortable coming in. I felt good about my game from Saturday and I felt like I could carry that over. It was just unfortunate I couldn’t get my legs under me a little bit sooner.” Colorado C Carl Soderberg On Tonight’s Game: “They got an early lead and it’s always hard to chase. They played good defensively and [had] good goaltending.” On The Third Period: “They were sitting back a lot in the third and blocking a lot of shots and we couldn’t really get it through. We tried to get it in there, we tried to get some shots but we couldn’t finish it.” Philadelphia G Petr Mrazek On Coming In For Philadelphia G Michal Neuvirth: “It’s always tough. The game is on the line and we are up 2-1 early in the second, six or seven minutes in. Like I said before when you go in, always important are the first couple of stops. If you can make a save you can get into the game and after that I felt pretty good.” On The Win: “It feels great. The win was really important for us. Being up 2-0 in their building in the first period, it’s big because we know that in this building the first 10 minutes are critical. Playing back-to-back games too, so the first period was big for us to be leading 2-0.” Philadelphia RW Claude Giroux On The Change In Goal: “Neuvy (Philadelphia G Michal Neuvirth) was playing pretty good, not too sure what happened. But for a goalie to come in, it’s not always easy and he did a good job just battling.” On Colorado G Andrew Hammond: “He has had a couple good years in Ottawa, we were just trying to get pucks to the net and get some dirty rebounds, and we did a good job getting in front of him.” .