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BOSTON -- The Boston Bruins kept up the pressure after pouncing on the Philadelphia Flyers for two quick goals in Game 3. Boston Bruins Jerseys It's a lesson they hope will help them finish off the Flyers and avoid a repeat of last year's historic collapse. Zdeno Chara and David Krejci scored in the opening 63 seconds and the Bruins added two more goals in a 95-second span in the second period on Wednesday night to beat the Flyers 5-1 and take a 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.It's the same position Boston was in last year before losing four straight games -- and the series -- to the Flyers."We're happy tonight, but we can't get too high in the playoffs," said Patrice Bergeron, who helped set up Chara's goal just 30 seconds into the game -- his 10th assist of the postseason. "We're going to celebrate tonight, but we're going to get right back to work tomorrow and make sure we work Friday,MLB Boston Red Sox Jerseys, because Philly is not going to quit."
Tim Thomas made 37 saves for Boston, which hasn't reached the conference finals since 1992. Whoever wins this series will have home-ice advantage against the fifth-seeded Tampa Bay Lightning with a spot in the Stanley Cup finals on the line.The Lightning completed a four-game sweep of the top-seeded Washington Capitals with a 5-3 win Wednesday night.Brian Boucher stopped 16 shots for the Flyers before he was replaced with 4:46 left in the second period when Daniel Paille and Nathan Horton scored to make it 4-0. Sergei Bobrovsky made seven saves the rest of the way.Andrej Meszaros spoiled Thomas' shutout bid with 3:34 left in the middle period. The Flyers pulled the goalie with over two minutes left, but back-to-back penalties gave the Bruins a five-on-three advantage. Chara put a slap shot in with 1:22 left for Boston's first power-play goal of the playoffs.
The Bruins came back to Boston after taking the first two games in Philadelphia to steal home-ice advantage and jumped right on the Flyers.Boucher made the initial save on Boston's first charge, but the puck wound up behind the net. NHL Jerseys From China Bergeron dug it out and passed it in front to Chara, who slapped it into the net just 30 seconds in. Only 33 seconds later, with the crowd still celebrating the first goal, Horton helped set up Krejci to make it 2-0.The goals were the fastest allowed by the Flyers at the start of a playoff game in franchise history. It was the fastest a team had scored two goals to start a playoff game since the Detroit Red Wings tallied twice in 61 seconds against the Phoenix Coyotes in 1998, according to STATS LLC."It's not the start that we envisioned. You want to get off to a good start, and it didn't happen today," Boucher said. "It's my job to try to stop the puck, and after that we settled down a bit. It's 2-0 and it got away from us there late in the second. It's definitely disappointing."