Milan Lucic waited at the faceoff circle, his back to the goal, for a deflected puck to land. When it hit the ice, the Boston Bruins forward tapped it with his stick to settle it and then, in one motion, turned and shot. Lucic’s turnaround slap shot broke a third-period tie with 2:57 left, and Boston beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Monday night to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals. “I was trying to block the defense out and wheel and shoot,” said Lucic, who hadn’t scored in the playoffs and had just one goal since March 25. “Luckily, it found a hole. … It was more a relief than anything else. Especially when it’s a game-winner like that.” Tuukka Rask made 24 saves, and Miroslav Satan and Johnny Boychuk also scored for Boston. The No. 6 seed in the East, the Bruins inherited home-ice advantage when the conference’s top three teams were eliminated in the opening round and protected it heading into Game 3 Wednesday night in Philadelphia. http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/recap;_ylt=AggwYkJq9y2AMHI7oJo2j6d7vLYF?gid=2010050301
