Final - OT
Bruins host Flyers seeking fifth straight victory
Feb 7, 2009 - 12:43 PM Philadelphia (26-15-9) at Boston (39-8-6), 1:00 p.m. ESTBOSTON (Ticker) -- Tim Thomas continues to validate his All-Star selection.
Seeking their fifth straight victory, Thomas and the Boston Bruins host the Philadelphia Flyers in a battle of Eastern Conference foes on Saturday.
The Bruins have earned at least one point in 37 of their last 42 games, and last won five in a row when they were riding a season-high, 10-game winning streak from December 12-January 1.
Boston, which is coming off a 4-3 shootout victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday, has weathered the storm of netminder Manny Fernandez suffering from a lingering back injury.
Fernandez, who regularly rotated with Thomas as the starting netminder before being sidelined, has not played since a 6-4 win over Ottawa on January 8. Thomas has started 11 of 12 games since.
Named to his second straight All-Star Game, Thomas has surrendered a total of four tallies in his last four contests.
Meanwhile, the Flyers look to snap a two-game losing streak after suffering a 3-1 loss to Boston on Thursday.
In that contest, David Krejci and Dennis Wideman scored 35 seconds apart and Thomas made 14 of his 25 saves in the third period.
Philadelphia has netted just one goal in its two games since defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning, 6-1, on January 30.
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FINAL IN OT 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
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PHILADELPHIA 1 2 0 1 4
BOSTON 3 0 0 0 3 FINAL IN OT
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: BOS - MARC SAVARD 21 (MILAN LUCIC, MARK STUART) 3:52
PHI - (PP) SIMON GAGNE 21 (MIKE KNUBLE, CLAUDE GIROUX) 14:57
BOS - BYRON BITZ 1 (MARK STUART) 18:59
BOS - CHUCK KOBASEW
Feb 7 3:45 PM - NHL
PHILADELPHIA 4
BOSTON 3
OT: PHI - RANDY JONES 3 (UNASSISTED) 3:00
Flyers 4, Bruins 3 End of OTFeb 7 3:44 PM - NHL
END OF THE 3RD GOING INTO OT
1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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PHILADELPHIA 1 2 0 3
BOSTON 3 0 0 3 GOING INTO OT
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: BOS - MARC SAVARD 21 (MILAN LUCIC, MARK STUART) 3:52
PHI - (PP) SIMON GAGNE 21 (MIKE KNUBLE, CLAUDE GIROUX) 14:57
BOS - BYRON BITZ 1 (MARK STUART) 18:59
BOS - CHUCK KOBASEW 11 (SHANE HNIDY, PATRICE BERG
Feb 7 3:38 PM - NHL
END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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PHILADELPHIA 1 2 3
BOSTON 3 0 3 END OF THE 2ND
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: BOS - MARC SAVARD 21 (MILAN LUCIC, MARK STUART) 3:52
PHI - (PP) SIMON GAGNE 21 (MIKE KNUBLE, CLAUDE GIROUX) 14:57
BOS - BYRON BITZ 1 (MARK STUART) 18:59
BOS - CHUCK KOBASEW 11 (SHANE HNIDY, PATRICE BERGER
Feb 7 2:44 PM - NHL
PHILADELPHIA 3
BOSTON 3
2ND PRD: PHI - (PP) SCOTT HARTNELL 20 (JEFF CARTER, JOFFREY LUPUL)
6:25
Flyers 3, Bruins 3 2nd - 13:35Feb 7 2:15 PM - NHL
PHILADELPHIA 2
BOSTON 3
2ND PRD: PHI - GLEN METROPOLIT 2 (ARRON ASHAM) 2:08
Flyers 2, Bruins 3 2nd - 17:52Feb 7 2:07 PM - NHL
END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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PHILADELPHIA 1 1
BOSTON 3 3 END OF THE 1ST
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: BOS - MARC SAVARD 21 (MILAN LUCIC, ANDREW FERENCE) 3:52
PHI - (PP) SIMON GAGNE 21 (MIKE KNUBLE, CLAUDE GIROUX) 14:57
BOS - BYRON BITZ 1 (MARK STUART) 18:59
BOS - CHUCK KOBASEW 11 (DENNIS WIDEMAN, PATRICE
Feb 7 1:45 PM - NHL
PHILADELPHIA 1
BOSTON 3
1ST PRD: BOS - CHUCK KOBASEW 11 (DENNIS WIDEMAN, PATRICE BERGERON)
19:07
Flyers 1, Bruins 3 1st - 0:53Feb 7 1:45 PM - NHL
PHILADELPHIA 1
BOSTON 2
1ST PRD: BOS - BYRON BITZ 1 (MARK STUART) 18:59
Flyers 1, Bruins 2 1st - 1:01Feb 7 1:44 PM - NHL
PHILADELPHIA 1
BOSTON 1
1ST PRD: PHI - (PP) SIMON GAGNE 21 (MIKE KNUBLE, CLAUDE GIROUX) 14:57
(TWO-MAN ADVANTAGE)
Flyers 1, Bruins 1 1st - 5:03Feb 7 1:37 PM - NHL
PHILADELPHIA 0
BOSTON 1
1ST PRD: BOS - MARC SAVARD 21 (MILAN LUCIC, ANDREW FERENCE) 16:08
Flyers 0, Bruins 1 1st - 3:52Feb 7 1:15 PM
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