Flyers Vs. Sabres, Game 3: Philly Holds Off Buffalo, Takes Series Lead With 4-2 Win

The Philadelphia Flyers lost home-ice advantage against the Buffalo Sabres with a Game 1 loss at home, but on Monday night at HSBC Arena, the No. 2 seed in the East grabbed that edge right back with a strong 4-2 win in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals.

Brian Boucher stepped in and provided another solid playoff performance, making 35 stops to earn the win. One stop will prove to be memorable for Sabres fans following this one, as on a 5-on-3 in the third period, his face got in the way of a point-blank shot. The puck snapped a strap on the back of Boucher’s helmet, and with the puck in Buffalo’s posession, he quickly flicked the helmet off of his head.

“I think Boosh is very calm,” O’Donnell said. “He’s been around. It takes a special kind of person to come in while we’re down 3-2, in front of 20,000 fans, during a big game. I’m not going to say a must win, but it was a big game. He kind of settled things down for us and I think that was one of the reasons why we played with a little more composure maybe in the last 45 or 50 minutes.”

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