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Philadelphia 0 1 0--1 Boston 1 0 4--5 First Period--1, Boston, Lucic 1 (Horton, Krejci), 12:02 (pp). Penalties--Hnidy, Bos (slashing), 3:10 van Riemsdyk, Phi (hooking), 5:44 Versteeg, Phi (interference), 9:28 Marchand, Bos (diving), 9:28 Carcillo, Phi (cross-checking), 11:31 Giroux, Phi (tripping), 15:03 Hartnell, Phi (roughing), 19:52 Chara, Bos, double minor (roughing), 19:52. Second Period--2, Philadelphia, Versteeg 1 (Richards), 13:22. Penalties--Hartnell, ...

Philadelphia 0 1 0--1 Boston 1 0 4--5 First Period--1, Boston, Lucic 1 (Horton, Krejci), 12:02 (pp). Second Period--2, Philadelphia, Versteeg 1 (Richards), 13:22. Third Period--3, Boston, Boychuk 2 (Ryder), 2:42. 4, Boston, Lucic 2 (Horton), 15:03. 5, Boston, Marchand 5 (Recchi, Peverley), 18:04 (en). 6, Boston, Paille 2 (Campbell, Thornton), 19:35 (en). Shots on Goal--Philadelphia 6-7-10--23. Boston 13-7-7--27. Goalies--Philadelphia, ...

Milan Lucic scored twice, Johnny Boychuk got the go-ahead goal, and the Boston Bruins stopped any chance of another historic comeback by the Philadelphia Flyers with a 5-1 win Friday night that completed a sweep of the Eastern Conference semifinal series.

Red Sox manager Terry Francona has been ejected for arguing a balk during Boston's game against the Minnesota Twins .

Trevor Plouffe welcomed himself back to the majors with a big hit. Plouffe hit his first homer of the season and Scott Baker pitched eight strong innings for the Minnesota Twins , who capitalized on several Boston blunders in a 9-2 win over the Red Sox on Friday night.

The Bruins are in the Eastern Conference finals for the 1st time in almost 20 years...congrats.

I honestly care more about the show The Voice right now than I do that fact.

Why? Because Patrice fucking Bergeron did not return after that french douche bag Claude Girioux put a huge hit on him.

It's like finally the Bruins aren't the joke of Boston, they are one of 4 teams left standing, they are playing their best hockey in years...annnnnnnnndddddd then they lose their best player.

It's like the Hockey Gods love to kick us in the balls like thousands of times.

This is exactly what happened last year when Mike Richards broke Krejci's wrist and everything went to shit after that.

Seriously, if Bergy is out for an extended period of time, this series is over before it began.

They have no chance of winning anything without Bergeron and everything will go right back to "the Bruins are a joke" again.

It's fucking bullshit.

Patrice, please don't be hurt.

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