Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Marc Savard scored two goals and added two assists as the Boston Bruins downed the Philadelphia Flyers, 4-3, at TD Banknorth Garden.
Patrice Bergeron had a goal and an assist and Tim Thomas stopped 29 shots for the Bruins, who halted a three-game losing streak.
Sami Kapanen had a two-goal game and Robert Esche made 22 saves for the Flyers, who have dropped their past two games after a season-high three-game winning streak.
The Flyers took a 1-0 lead in the game when, while skating shorthanded, Kapanen moved into the Boston zone on a 2-on-1 rush, opted to shoot and beat Thomas glove side 4:11 in.
The Bruins, though, scored the next three goals and took a 3-1 lead into the locker room.
Savard got his team on the scoreboard when from behind the right side of the net he banked a shot off of an unset Esche to tie the game at the 12:28 mark.
Just 34 seconds later, Savard fought off a checker behind the net and sent a backhand pass from the left side of the goal to the right where Glen Murray roofed the puck for a 2-1 lead.
With time winding down in the frame and Boston on the power play, Paul Mara sent a pass from the high slot to the left circle where Bergeron unleashed a one-timer that went between the pads of Esche with 36.6 seconds left in the first stanza.
Philadelphia made it a one-goal game in the second period when Kapanen picked up a loose puck along the right boards, skated to the low right circle and flicked a wrister into the right corner of the net 5:17 in.
Esche kept Philadelphia in the game by making six saves in the middle frame and the Flyers headed into the final period trailing, 3-2.
The Bruins regained their two-goal advantage in the third period on the power play when a left circle shot by Mara was saved, but Savard was on the doorstep to bang in the rebound just 2:21 in.
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Patrice Bergeron had a goal and an assist and Tim Thomas stopped 29 shots for the Bruins, who halted a three-game losing streak.
Sami Kapanen had a two-goal game and Robert Esche made 22 saves for the Flyers, who have dropped their past two games after a season-high three-game winning streak.
The Flyers took a 1-0 lead in the game when, while skating shorthanded, Kapanen moved into the Boston zone on a 2-on-1 rush, opted to shoot and beat Thomas glove side 4:11 in.
The Bruins, though, scored the next three goals and took a 3-1 lead into the locker room.
Savard got his team on the scoreboard when from behind the right side of the net he banked a shot off of an unset Esche to tie the game at the 12:28 mark.
Just 34 seconds later, Savard fought off a checker behind the net and sent a backhand pass from the left side of the goal to the right where Glen Murray roofed the puck for a 2-1 lead.
With time winding down in the frame and Boston on the power play, Paul Mara sent a pass from the high slot to the left circle where Bergeron unleashed a one-timer that went between the pads of Esche with 36.6 seconds left in the first stanza.
Philadelphia made it a one-goal game in the second period when Kapanen picked up a loose puck along the right boards, skated to the low right circle and flicked a wrister into the right corner of the net 5:17 in.
Esche kept Philadelphia in the game by making six saves in the middle frame and the Flyers headed into the final period trailing, 3-2.
The Bruins regained their two-goal advantage in the third period on the power play when a left circle shot by Mara was saved, but Savard was on the doorstep to bang in the rebound just 2:21 in.
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