Down 3-0, Friday evening to the Bruins in Boston was similar to being down 3-0 in the series during these 2010 NHL Playoffs Eastern Conference Semifinals. Flyers fought back in both the series and Game 7 to tie 3-3, then win both the series and Game 7 4-3. History was made move over 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs, 1975 New York Islanders, even 2004 Boston Red Sox as Philadelphia became 3rd NHL team & 4Th overall in professional sports, to do it the hard way, winning a series after falling in a three games to zero hole. Flyers move on to host Montreal Canadiens who defeated Washington and Pittsburgh after trailing both series and winning on the road in a pair of Game 7, this Eastern Conference Finals series becomes a battle of destiny child(ren), move over Beyonce and company. A critical timeout was called by Flyers coach Peter Laviolette as Philadelphia trailed Boston 3-0 on a pair of power play goals and a break away goal, Flyers got a goal prior to first intermission to trim the lead to 3-1. During period 2, Philadelphia scored two goals, while Boston didn't score the remainder of the game. During the 3rd period, Bruins where called for a too many men on the ice penalty, prior to that, Flyers looked like they scored a goal, after review NHL reply in Toronto said no goal, remained tied 3-3. Simon Gagne scored late on power play to give Flyers 4-3 lead which proved to be game winner and history making goal. Goaltender Michael Leighton playing for injured Boucher made save after save to preserve the lead in the final minutes, while Flyers didn't sit back they were aggressive with the lead, unlike Boston who went cold offensively, the remainder of the game after scoring the first three goals.
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