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| Upshall nets winner as Flyers finish off Habs |
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05/04/2008 |
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| Montreal, QC (Best E Casino) - Scottie Upshall scored the game-winning goal with 3:04 remaining in the third period, and the Philadelphia Flyers advanced to the Eastern Conference finals with a 6-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 5 of the semifinals at the Bell Centre. R.J. Umberger celebrated his 26th birthday by continuing to feast on the Canadiens with two goals and an assist while Mike Richards added a goal and an assist for the Flyers, who advanced to the conference finals for the first time since |
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05/03/2008 |
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| Montreal, QC (Best E Casino) - Scottie Upshall scored the game-winning goal with 3:04 remaining in the third period, and the Philadelphia Flyers advanced to the Eastern Conference finals with a 6-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 5 of the semifinals at the Bell Centre. R.J. Umberger celebrated his 26th birthday by continuing to feast on the Canadiens with two goals and an assist while Mike Richards added a goal and an assist for the Flyers, who advanced to the conference finals for the first time since |
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| Umberger scores twice as Flyers finish off Habs |
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05/03/2008 |
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| Montreal, QC (Best E Casino) - Scottie Upshall scored the game-winning goal with 3:04 remaining in the third period, and the Philadelphia Flyers advanced to the Eastern Conference finals with a 6-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 5 of the semifinals at the Bell Centre. R.J. Umberger celebrated his 26th birthday by continuing to feast on the Canadiens with two goals and an assist while Mike Richards added a goal and an assist for the Flyers, who advanced to the conference finals for the first time since |
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| Briere's late tally propels Flyers to 3-1 series lead over Habs |
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04/30/2008 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (Best E Casino) - Danny Briere's power-play goal with 3:38 remaining in regulation proved to be the game-winner, as the Philadelphia Flyers doubled up the Montreal Canadiens, 4-2, in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series from the Wachovia Center. R.J. Umberger scored twice for the sixth-seeded Flyers, who hold a 3-1 lead in the series and are one win away from reaching the conference finals for the first time since 2004, when they were ousted in seven games by the eventual Stanley |
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| Habs try to even East semifinals in Philadelphia |
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04/30/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The top-seeded Montreal Canadiens will try to draw even in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals tonight, when they visit the Philadelphia Flyers for Game 4 at the Wachovia Center. The Canadiens won Game 1 in overtime, but sixth-seeded Philadelphia has taken two in a row to earn a 2-1 series advantage. The Flyers could move one step away from the Eastern Conference finals with another victory tonight. After posting a 4-2 decision in Montreal on Saturday, the Flyers returned home and |
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| Flyers' Knuble to return Wednesday |
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04/29/2008 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (Best E Casino) - Philadelphia Flyers forward Mike Knuble is expected to return to the lineup in time for Game 4 of his club's Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Montreal Canadiens. Knuble slid awkwardly while trying to block a shot late in the second period in Game 5 of the team's conference quarterfinal series against the Washington Capitals and suffered a torn hamstring. He missed the final two games of that series and the first three games of the current set. The 35-year-old wa |
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| Biron, strong second period rescue Flyers |
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04/28/2008 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (Best E Casino) - Martin Biron made 32 saves and Philadelphia scored three times in the second period as the Flyers held on for a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals at Wachovia Center. Scottie Upshall, Mike Richards and R.J. Umberger each scored a goal for the Flyers, who now hold a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. "That win tonight, to me, was a win of desperation, especially at the end there," Flyers coach John Stevens said. "We need to com |
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| Fleury shuts out Rangers as Pens take 2-0 series lead |
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04/27/2008 |
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| he Penguins finished 1-for-5 on the power play, while New York went 0-for-6...Veteran forward Gary Roberts missed his fourth straight game for Pittsburgh, sidelined with a nagging groin injury...The clubs have not met in the postseason since Pittsburgh took a five-game Eastern semifinal in 1996, and the Penguins also won two previous playoff meetings in 1989 and 1992...The last time the Rangers came back from a 2-0 playoff deficit to win a series was in 1996, taking the final four against the Montreal Canadiens. |
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| Habs host Flyers, shoot for 2-0 series' lead |
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04/26/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The top-seeded Montreal Canadiens earned a dramatic victory in the opener of the Eastern Conference semifinals and will try to extend their lead to 2-0 when they host the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 2 tonight at the Bell Centre. The Canadiens, champions of the Northeast Division, notched a 4-3 overtime triumph in Game 1, as Tom Kostopoulos scored just 48 seconds into the extra session to give the Habs a 1-0 series' edge. Montreal, which had rallied from deficits twice in the game and tied it w |
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| Kostopoulos' OT tally wins series opener for Habs |
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04/25/2008 |
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| Montreal, QC (Best E Casino) - Tom Kostopoulos scored just 48 seconds into overtime as the Montreal Canadiens grabbed a 4-3 win and the series lead over the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinals at the Bell Centre. Montreal, which had rallied from deficits twice in the game and tied it with 28.6 seconds left in regulation on Alex Kovalev's power play tally, got the winner quickly in OT. Andrei Markov kept in a clearing attempt at the left point and fired a shot on net that Martin |
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