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Friday May 16, 10:20 AMFlyers stay alive, force Game 5 back in PittsburghThe Philadelphia Flyers scored three goals in the first period and staved off elimination from the Eastern Conference finals with a 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night. The series goes back to Pittsburgh for Game 5 on Sunday. Only two NHL teams have recovered from an 0-3 deficit to win, the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs and the 1975 New York Islanders. Joffrey Lupul scored 8:27 in for the Flyers, and Danny Briere and Jeff Carter scored Philadelphia's second and third power-play goals of the series 7:02 apart to make it 3-0 in the first period. Martin Biron made 36 saves for the Flyers, while Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 30 shots for Pittsburgh. |
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