GAME THREAD: NHL: BOSTON (11-10) at PHILADELPHIA (13-9)

NHL: BOSTON (11-10) at PHILADELPHIA (13-9)

<h3>Flyers look to remain hot at home against Bruins</h3>

<div class="pre">Boston (11-8-2) at Philadelphia (13-7-2) 7:00 pm EST</div>

PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) - The Philadelphia Flyers have beendifficult to beat at home so far this season, posting a 6-1-2record through nine games.


Tied atop the Atlantic Division with the New York Rangers, theFlyers host the Boston Bruins on Monday. Philadelphia reachedthe 28-point mark with a 4-3 victory at Ottawa on Saturday asDaniel Briere continued his solid season with a goal and twoassists.


R.J. Umberger, Scott Hartnell and Mike Richards also scored forthe Flyers, while goaltender Antero Niittymaki stopped 29 shots.

Briere continues to lead Philadelphia in scoring with 12 goalsand 28 points, two more than Richards.


Boston, which is 7-2-1 at home but only 4-6-1 on the road, iscoming off a 2-1 road loss on Saturday against the New YorkIslanders. That gave the Bruins a split of the home-and-homeseries with the Islanders. It was the first game of a six-gameroad trip for Boston, which had won four of five games, and alsomarked the NHL debut for center Vladimir Sobotka.


Center Marc Savard leads the Bruins in scoring with 23 points.Left wing Marco Sturm and right wing Chuck Kobasew each havenine goals for Boston. The status of left wing Milan Lucic, whosuffered a head injury in the Bruins' 2-1 victory over New Yorkon Friday, uncertain for today's game after Lucic was not withthe team for practice on Sunday.


The teams have played once this season, with Philadelphiasecuring a 2-1 victory on October 27 behind 38 saves fromgoaltender Martin Biron.

 

NHL: BOSTON at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NHL AT PHILADELPHIA
STARTING GOALIES: BOS - TUUKKA RASK
PHI - MARTIN BIRON

OFFICIALS: REF - GORD DWYER, PAUL DEVORSKI
LIN - DEREK AMELL, MARK SHEWCHYK</div>

 

NHL: BOSTON at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">BOSTON VS PHILADELPHIA - SCRATCHES

BOSTON PHILADELPHIA

B ALLEN HEALTHY J BOULERICE SUSPENDED NHL
M LUCIC HEALTHY</div>

 

NHL: BOSTON at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NHL BOSTON 0
PHILADELPHIA 0 19:55 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL UPDATE
BOSTON 0
PHILADELPHIA 0 DELAYED</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL BOSTON AT PHILADELPHIA
NOTE: THE GAME IS DELAYED IN THE FIRST PERIOD DUE TO
BROKEN GLASS REPAIR.</div>

 

NHL: BOSTON at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NHL BOSTON 0
PHILADELPHIA 0 19:14 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: BOSTON at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NHL BOSTON 0
PHILADELPHIA 0 16:00 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL BOSTON 1
PHILADELPHIA 0
1ST PRD: BOS - GLEN MURRAY 5 (MARC SAVARD) 4:06</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL BOSTON 2
PHILADELPHIA 0
1ST PRD: BOS - MARC SAVARD 5 (ZDENO CHARA) 7:34</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL BOSTON 2
PHILADELPHIA 0 8:00 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL BOSTON 2
PHILADELPHIA 0 4:00 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: BOSTON at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NHL BOSTON 2
PHILADELPHIA 0 1:00 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">------------------------
Boston 2 --2
Philadelphia 0 --0
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Boston, Glen Murray 5 (Marc Savard), 4:06.
2, Boston, Marc Savard 5 (Zdeno Chara), 7:34. Penalties: J Reich, Bos
(fighting), 2:46; B Eager, Phi (fighting), 5:46; A Alberts, Bos
(hooking), 11:27.

Shots on goal:
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Boston 12 --12
Philadelphia 9 --9
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Goalies : Boston, Tuukka Rask (9 shots, 9 saves). Philadelphia, Martin
Biron (12 shots, 10 saves). Referees: Gord Dwyer, Paul Devorski.
Linesmen: Derek Amell, Mark Shewchyk.</div>

 

NHL: BOSTON at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NHL BOSTON 2
PHILADELPHIA 0 19:55 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL BOSTON 3
PHILADELPHIA 0
2ND PRD: BOS - GLEN MURRAY 6 (MARC SAVARD) 1:43</div>

 

NHL: BOSTON at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NHL BOSTON 3
PHILADELPHIA 0 17:30 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL AT PHILADELPHIA
PHI GOALIE CHANGE
ANTERO NIITTYMAKI, 3:42 2ND PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL BOSTON 3
PHILADELPHIA 0 16:00 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL BOSTON 4
PHILADELPHIA 0
2ND PRD: BOS - GLEN METROPOLIT 5 (CHUCK KOBASEW) 7:35</div>