Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Penguins eliminate Flyers with 5-3 win in playoffs

The Pittsburgh Penguins rallied from 3-0 down to eliminate the Philadelphia Flyers with a remarkable 5-3 victory in the NHL playoffs on Saturday.

The Penguins, who beat the Flyers in the Eastern Conference finals last year, won the first-round series 4-2 and have to wait to find out who they'll play next.

Backed by a raucous crowd, Mike Knuble and Joffrey Lupul scored 51 seconds apart late in the first period and Daniel Briere had a power-play goal to put the host Flyers up 3-0.

But Ruslan Fedotenko, Mark Eaton and Penguins captain Sidney Crosby leveled the score before the end of the second period.

Sergei Gonchar ripped a slap shot …

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