Flyers Left Wing Scott Hartnell Q: In the last three weeks you’ve had six games decided by overtime or a shootout.  You’re one and five.  Is that concerning? “A little bit.  I don’t think we’ve done a good job closing out games.  Playing hard for 60 minutes, when you take shifts off or half a period off you’re going to get in trouble.  That’s why we’re not getting two points every night.  We were fighting hard for that last point but you never know in these shootouts.” Q: At this time of the year when you need these points, when you say ‘taking shifts off’ how does that happen? “It’s a little concerning.  It’s collectively.  It’s not just a line or a couple guys.  You know, we’re not finishing checks, it seems like we’re not doing the forecheck, and we’re not getting the pressure that we want.  In the beginning of the year we were in groups of five out there just cycling nonstop.  It seems like we have one good shift and two off.  That’s definitely not winning hockey.  As you can tell, it lasted a while and it’s going to be a short playoff season if we don’t correct it now.” Q: Is it becoming a character trait of this team to wait until there’s a huge game or you’re behind in a game to step up

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