Tonight's Officials
Referees Steve Kozari (#40) & Stephen Walkom
(#24) Linesmen Brian Murphy (#93) & Steve Miller (#54)
Supervisor Bill McCreary
Ntl. Anthem Rene Rancourt
INJURIES –22 Man-Games Lost (105 Regular Season):
- Marc Savard: Concussion (10, LTIR)
- Steven Kampfer: Lower body (10)
2011 CSF SERIES vs. PHILADELPHIA: - The Bruins and Flyers play game 4 of their CSF series tonight …If necessary, games 5 &7 will be in Philadelphia on May 8 (3:00) and May 12 (TBD) while game 6 will be played in Boston on May 10 (TBD). - CSF 1 –Apr. 30 –The Bruins took the 1st game of this series with a 7-3 win in Philadelphia led by David Krejci’s 2-2=4 effort and 3- point games by Brad Marchand (2-1=3) and Patrice Bergeron (0-3=3). It was the most goals scored by Boston in a playoff game since a 7-1 win vs. New Jersey on May 10, 1988. - CSF 2 –May 2 –The Bruins won their 4th OT decision of the post-season to take a 3-2 win in the game and 2-0 lead in the series. The Flyers scored twice in the opening 9:31 but the Bruins evened the score by the end of the 1st period on goals by Chris Kelly and Brad Marchand. David Krejci netted his 1st career OT goal at the 14:00 mark of the extra session. The Flyers set a club record with 54 shots in the game which was the 3rd-highest shots allowed in a playoff game by the Bruins and the most since Montreal took 58 on Apr. 3, 1947. Tim Thomas made a career-high 52 saves in the win. - CSF 3 –May 4 –The Bruins scored twice in a 33-second span of the game’s first 1:03 and opened a 4-0 lead en route to a 5-1 win. Zdeno Chara (2-1=3) and David Krejci (1-2=3) paced the offense with Nathan Horton and Daniel Paille also scoring goals in the win. Krejci scored his 3rd straight GWG of this series. - This is the 24th 2nd round (QF, DF or CSF) best-of-7 series in Boston’s post-season history and they enter with a 13-10 record in this round …This is their 3rd straight CSF appearance and they lost both the 2009 (vs Carolina) and 2010 (vs Philadelphia) series in 7 games …They have lost their last 4 CSF series with their last victory in this round a 4-0 sweep of Montreal in their 1992 DF. - They enter game 4 with a 16-1 series record when leading a best-of-7 series 3-0 and they have a 12-5 record in game 4s when they are up 3-0 entering that game …They have a swept 12 best-of-7 series in their history and have a 15-2 series record when going up 3-1 in a series. - This is the 6th time the Bruins have won the 1st 2 games of a best-of-7 series on the road and they are 3-2 in those series …They won their 1970 SF vs. Chicago (4 games), 1970 F vs. St. Louis (4 games) and 1977 SF vs. Philadelphia (4 games) while losing their 1945 SF vs. Detroit (7 games) and 1994 CSF vs. New Jersey (6 games).
BRUINS vs. PHILADELPHIA, LIFETIME: - The Bruins and Flyers are playing their 6th series against each other with this CSF …The Flyers hold a 3-2 record in the 5 series played …The Flyers won the 1974 Final in 6 gms and the 1976 SF in 5 gms; the Bruins took the 1977 SF in 4 gms and the 1978 SF in 5 gms; and Philadelphia won their 2010 CSF in 7 gms. - These teams have played 30 post-season games vs. each other with the Bruins holding a 17-13 advantage and 95-85 scoring edge.
BRUINS vs. PHILADELPHIA, LIFETIME SERIES FUN FACTS: - The Bruins have now won the 1st game of all 6 of their series vs. Philadelphia …This is the 4th of 6 series in which they have won the 1st 2 games. - The Bruins and Flyers combined for 3 goals in 38 seconds at Philadelphia in game 2 of their SF series vs. the Flyers on April 26, 1977. Boston’s Mike Milbury scored at 15:01, Philadelphia’s Gary Dornhoefer answered at 15:16 and the Bruins’ Jean Ratelle finished the flurry at 15:39. It is the Bruins’ club record for fastest 3 goals in a playoff game. - The Flyers’ Reggie Leach tied an NHL record when he scored 5 goals in a 6-3 Philadelphia win over Boston on May 6, 1976. - The Flyers became just the 3rd team in NHL history to rebound from an 0-3 series deficit to win the series when they came back to take game 7 of their 2010 CSF vs. the Bruins on May 14, 2010 …When they came back from an 0-3 deficit to win game 7 by a 4-3 score, it was just the 3rd time in their playoff history that the Bruins had lost a 3-or-more goal lead in a game. - Philadelphia’s Ville Leino took just the 5th playoff penalty shot faced by a Boston goaltender with an unsuccessful attempt on Tuukka Rask in game 6 of their 2010 CSF on May 12, 2010. - Mike Richards’ 10 shots in game 2 of this series on May 2 was the 2nd-most taken by a Boston playoff opponent (Chicago’s Stan Mikita, 11 on Apr. 19, 1970)
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