Long-timer Rasmus Ristolainen, new guy Luke Glendening playing key roles for 3-0 Flyers

VOORHEES, N.J. — Perhaps if he had prior playoff experience, Rasmus Ristolainen would have been a bit more aware.Instead, just 1:53 into Game 1 of the Philadelphia Flyers’ first-round series with the Pittsburgh Penguins last Saturday, Ristolainen was issued a penalty for roughing Elmer Söderblom, running him into the wall in the Flyers’ defensive zone. It wasn’t entirely Ristolainen’s fault. The raucous atmosphere at PPG Paints Arena simply made it impossible for Ristolainen to hear the linesman’s whistle signaling the play was offside a split second earlier.Advertisement