Boston vs Philadelphia Live NHL Picks, Odds & Preview @ NHL Hockey Odds : Boucher was in the net the last time—and one of only two times in team history—Philadelphia rallied from an 0-2 hole to win a round. He’ll get the start against Boston in Game 3 on Wednesday and the Flyers facing the same deficit.
The Flyers won four straight games against Pittsburgh in the 2000 Eastern Conference semifinals, including the classic five-overtime Game 4. In 2000, the Flyers dropped the first two at home. This year, they lost two in Boston.
“We were pretty down going to Pittsburgh, feeling pretty bad about ourselves,” Boucher said. “We had not played well the first two games. We’re at home here. That’s one of the advantages. To be honest, we could probably play a bit better.”
The Flyers were beaten, but not terribly outplayed, in their first two losses to the Bruins. The Flyers hope a return to home ice and a rowdy arena for Game 3 on Wednesday can help get them back in the series.
But it will take more than a hostile crowd and a dose of pregame nostalgia to spark the Flyers.
“It’s not that we’ve played bad, but just play with more desperation than we’ve shown the last two games,” forward Danny Briere(notes) said. “We need a little bit more of the way we played in the first round against Jersey, kind of take their will away. I think we can do a better job of that.”
Flyers coach Peter Laviolette gave the team the day off to rest. The Bruins held an optional practice in Massachusetts and most of the top players took the day off.
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