Flyers Bruins Regular Season Recap

The best way to predict what will happen in the upcoming Flyers Bruins series is to look at the season series. The Bruins won the series 3-1 and the Flyers suffered some bad losses against their rivals. Here is a breakdown of the regular season match ups between the two teams game by game.

December 1, 2010 Bruins 3 Flyers 0
The season series between the Bruins and Flyers started out in Philadelphia. The Bruins jumped out to an early 2 goal lead in the first period. After a scoreless second, the Bruins tacked on an empty netter at the end to seal the 3-0 victory. Aside from the first period, Goalie Sergei Bobrovsky was solid in net. But the Flyers couldn't put one past Tim Thomas who had 41 saves on the night.

December 11, 2010 Flyers 2 Bruins 1 OT
The series shifted to Boston for the second game of the season series. Brian Boucher got the start and he came up big saving 35 of 36 shots. The Flyers got a late first period goal from JVR but Nathan Horton tied it up in midway through the second to knot things up at 1. After a scoreless 3rd, and almost scoreless overtime, Mike Richards wristed one past Tim Thomas with 3 seconds remaining. The win was a great road victory for the Flyers and tied the season series at 1.

January 13, 2011 Bruins 7 Flyers 5
In this game Brian Boucher had a rough outing stopping only 30 of the 36 shots aimed his way. It was a back and forth game that involved 5 lead changes. 7 goals were scored in the final period, 5 coming from the Bruins. After the Bruins took an early 4-3 lead in the third thanks to goals from Mark Recchi and Michael Ryder, the Flyers battled back behind Danny Briere and Sean O'Donnell to take a 5-4 lead. But the Bruins scored 3 unanswered goals including an empty netter at the end to win by a final of 7-5.

March 27, 2011 Bruins 2 Flyers 1
The most recent meeting between the two teams came in late March and the Bruins got the better of the Flyers to win the season series. Brian Boucher had a much better game stopping 34 of 36 shots. But the only offense the Flyers could manage came off a early first period goal from Kris Versteeg. Aside from that the Flyers managed just 28 shots on goal and came up short against the Bruins once again.

Although the Flyers lost the season series against the Bruins, the playoffs are a totally different season where anything can happen. The Flyers will be looking to put the season series behind them and focus their attention on defeating the Bruins in the upcoming Eastern Conference semi-finals.