• Preview
• Recap
• Bleachers

Flyers looking to get back in series, host Penguins

May 13, 2008 - 12:33 PM Pittsburgh at Philadelphia 7:30 pm EDT Eastern Conference finals Penguins lead, 2-0

PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) - The Philadelphia Flyers hope a trip back home will help them get back in their Eastern Conference final series with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Flyers certainly did not have too much success on the other side of the state as the Penguins set a franchise record by winning their seventh straight playoff home game Sunday, capitalizing on the return of Maxime Talbot.

Pittsburgh now owns a two-games-to-none lead heading into Game Three at Philadelphia.

"Obviously, we stressed it the whole playoffs. We want to play well (at home)," captain Sidney Crosby said. "Going there 2-0, that's the best position we could have been in at this point. We know it's going to get tougher from here on in. We're happy with the way we have played at home."

After missing his team's last three games due to injury, Talbot snapped a tie 8:51 into the third period as Pittsburgh skated to a 4-2 triumph over Philadelphia in Game Two.

With the teams tied at 2-2 midway into the third period, the Penguins' fourth line went to work and produced the eventual game-winning goal.

After keeping the play pinned in the offensive zone after a failed clearing attempt by rookie Steve Downie, veteran Gary Roberts collected a loose puck from behind the net and backhanded a feed to the slot where Talbot converted for his second goal of the postseason.

Captain Sidney Crosby and All-Star Marian Hossa each had a power-play goal and defenseman Sergei Gonchar had three assists for the second-seeded Penguins.

Jeff Carter scored a power-play goal and All-Star Mike Richards added a shorthanded tally for the sixth-seeded Flyers, who hold a 4-1 record in Philadelphia this postseason.

"It's frustrating, there's no difference in losing by a lot or losing by one," said Flyers goaltender Martin Biron, who finished Sunday with 34 saves. "They took care of business in their building, we're going to go home and take care of business in our building.

"It's all about desperation and urgency in our game, especially in Game Three. We've played in a Game Seven before where if you lose you go home. Game Three isn't like that, but it's as close as it's going to get. I think we played pretty good, but we can play better. There's some things in our game we've got to clean up."