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■When, where: Today, 3 p.m., at the Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia. ■TV, radio: NESN, WZLX (100.7). ■Goals: Scott Hartnell 22, Claude Giroux 18, Matt Read 15. ■Assists: Giroux 34, Kimmo Timonen 26, Jaromir Jagr 22. ■Goaltending: Ilya Bryzgalov (18-10-3, 2.94 GAA), Sergei Bobrovsky (10-4-1, 2.46). ■Head to head: This is the third of four meetings. The series is tied at one apiece. ■Miscellany: Read's 15 goals lead all NHL rookies . . . Giroux has 6 goals and 17 assists in his last 19 games . . . Hartnell, who has 19 assists to go with his 22 goals, is on pace to...

Martin Brodeur has taken this path to the Stanley Cup championship before. Two times he's beaten the Philadelphia Flyers in the East playoffs and gone on to hoist the Cup high over his head in celebration in the finals. One of the game's all-time greats, the veteran goaltender has a chance to do it again. Bryce Salvador, David Clarkson and Ilya Kovalchuk scored goals to lift New Jersey to a 3-1 Game 5 win over the Flyers on Tuesday night, sending the Devils into the conference championship round for the first time since 2003.

The Flyers had the stirring comeback. The Sabres will take the win — and the shot at winning the playoff series at home. Tyler Ennis scored off a rebound 5:31 into overtime last night to give Buffalo a 4-3 victory over the Flyers in Philadelphia for a 3-2 lead in the first-round series. Mike Webber set up the winner when he fired a slapper that bounced off Michael Leighton’s pad. Ennis swooped in from the right side and scored his second goal of the game. The Sabres survived after blowing a 3-0 lead and can advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals with a victory in Game 6 tomorrow in Buffalo.

PHILADELPHIA - Bryce Salvador, David Clarkson and Ilya Kovalchuk scored goals to lift New Jersey to a 3-1 Game 5 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night, sending the Devils into the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2003. Martin Brodeur was strong in goal and has the Devils back in position to win their fourth Stanley Cup. The Devils await the winner of the New York Rangers-Washington Capitals series. The Devils rebounded this season under coach Peter DeBoer after missing the playoffs for the first time since 1996 last season.

PHILADELPHIA â€" Good morning from Philadelphia, where the Bruins will face off against the Flyers this afternoon at the Wells Fargo Center. This will be the second straight week the Bruins appear in a friends-and-family game (Hi Mom!), as most viewers will no doubt be tuned to pigskins instead of pucks. Curious why NBC didn’t pick Bruins-Flyers, and an earlier faceoff, over Capitals-Penguins. The Bruins will most likely be without Andrew Ference today. Ference will have a disciplinary call with Brendan Shanahan this morning.

Ilya Bryzgalov made 28 saves to record his second shutout in three games and the Flyers beat the Florida Panthers, 5-0, Thursday night in Philadelphia for their fourth straight win. Brayden Schenn, Matt Read, Scott Hartnell, Jaromir Jagr, and Eric Wellwood scored for the Flyers. Bryzgalov has finally played like the goalie the Flyers expected when they gave him a $51 million, nine-year contract. After struggling much of the season, he is 7-2 with a 2.10 goals-against average while making 10 straight starts.

The Flyers ended years of frustration against the New Jersey Devils, knocking the defending Stanley Cup champions out of the playoffs yesterday with a 3-1 win in Philadelphia. Danny Markov scored on a long shot with 5:23 left, and the Flyers closed out their first-round series, four games to one. Markov's shot from just inside the blue line sailed past Martin Brodeur, who hardly resembled a reigning Vezina Trophy winner in the series. Alexei Zhamnov also scored for Philadelphia.

Philadelphia 0 1 1 0—2 Boston 2 0 0 0—3 Boston won shootout 3-2 First Period—1, Boston, Kelly 17 (Pouliot, Rolston), 6:23. 2, Boston, Seguin 25 (Bergeron, Marchand), 17:07. Second Period—3, Philadelphia, Read 20 (Briere, Carle), 9:16 (pp). Third Period—4, Philadelphia, Voracek 14 (Coburn, Read), 15:43. Overtime—None. Shootout—Philadelphia 2 (Read G, Giroux G, Briere NG), Boston 3 (Krejci G, Seguin G, Bergeron G). Shots on Goal—Philadelphia 7-8-12-2—29. Boston 11-8-13-1—33.

PHILADELPHIA - Yesterday afternoon, when Billy Cundiff shanked the Patriots into the Super Bowl, bellows exploded in the visiting dressing room at the Wells Fargo Center. The Bruins were howling for their New England counterparts, but they were also celebrating their 6-5 shootout win over the Flyers - one, amid a second-period meltdown, that didn't appear to be in their future. "I wasn't a very happy coach after the second period," said Claude Julien, who saw his club turn a 3-1 second-period lead into a 4-3 deficit.

Mike Knuble needed nearly 90 minutes to deliver Philadelphia's biggest goal of the playoffs. Not much of a wait considering he took 11 years to score the most thrilling one of his career. "It was by far my biggest one," Knuble said. Knuble poked in his second goal of the series 6:40 into the second OT to give the Flyers a dramatic 4-3 win over the Washington Capitals last night in Philadelphia and a 3-1 series lead. "It's an unbelievable feeling to score in this town and hear the building go nuts," Knuble said.

Dainius Zubrus scored two goals and the New Jersey Devils rallied from an early two-goal deficit and pushed the Philadelphia Flyers to the brink of elimination with a 4-2 victory in Newark Sunday night in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinal. Zubrus put New Jersey ahead 3-2 late in the second period and iced it with an empty-net goal in the final minute. Minutes after his first goal, Zubrus took a questionable hit to the head from Claude Giroux, a hit that Devils coach Peter DeBoer felt the NHL should examine before Game 5 on Tuesday night in Philadelphia.

Dainius Zubrus scored two goals and the New Jersey Devils rallied from an early two-goal deficit and pushed the Philadelphia Flyers to the brink of elimination with a 4-2 victory Sunday night in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinal. Zubrus put New Jersey ahead 3-2 late in the second period and iced it with an empty-net goal in the final minute. Minutes after his first goal, Zubrus took a questionable hit to the head from Claude Giroux, a hit that Devils coach Peter DeBoer felt the NHL should examine before Game 5 on Tuesday night in Philadelphia.

Ilya Kovalchuk watched from home as his New Jersey Devils got even with the Philadelphia Flyers without him. It wasn't easy for the offensive superstar to sit out Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, not only because his presence in the lineup makes his team that much better, but also because he has waited a long time to have an impact in the Stanley Cup playoffs. When No. 17 returned to action Thursday night for Game 3, Kovalchuk was determined to not just play but to make a difference, too. Kovalchuk set up the Devils' first goal by Patrik...

Adam Larsson and David Clarkson scored their first goals of the postseason, and the New Jersey Devils posted a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night, evening this Eastern Conference semifinals series at 1-1. Larsson and Clarkson scored consecutive goals in the third period to rally the Devils past the Flyers and make up for the absence of Ilya Kovalchuk. The Devils played without their regular-season leading scorer because of a lower body injury. Travis Zajac added a late goal to make it 3-1, and Bryce Salvador scored a late empty-netter...

PHILADELPHIA - Adam Larsson and David Clarkson each scored their first goals of the postseason, and the New Jersey Devils posted a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers Tuesday at Wells Fargo Center, evening their Eastern Conference semifinals series at 1-1. Matt Read scored 2:53 into the first period to give the Flyers hope they could jump to a commanding 2-0 series lead. Instead, the offense went into a funk and goalie Ilya Bryzgalov couldn't protect the lead. The Devils were without their regular-season leading scorer Ilya Kovalchuk because of a lower body injury, but...

Danny Briere wasted little time in making up for his misstep. Just minutes after having a goal overturned on review because he kicked it into the net, Briere scored the winner 4:36 into overtime, giving the Philadelphia Flyers a 4-3 win over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday in the opener of their Eastern Conference semifinal series. "When you look at the replay, it's kind of obvious," Briere said of the reversal. "But I needed to stop pouting and get back my focus in overtime.