Not really a fan of either team but Philly is sure winning me over with their play. Although I (along with seemingly everybody else) picked Pitt to win it all, I will happily eat crow if the Flyers are able to finish them off.

After today's game, I have zero respect for Crosby.... I used to like him, despite being on the Pens...

Lol. Hey littledoc please provide some examples of Philly trashy play in this series?

I think you may have watched a Broad Street Bullies documentary? That isn't how this squad plays.

The pens on the other hand are what you saw today assuming you even watched that disgrace today. High ck's to the throat. Sid the kid instigating and hiding or pulling Hartnell's hair from behind! WTF was that! Lmao.

This series isn't even close to over though as Universe is an absolute mess between the pipes and assuming Bylsma can get control of his guys this could go 7.

Beg to differ. That series is over.

I sure hope you are right!

LA and STL are making me happy right now

Chara and Lucic...yikes. I'm no Boston fan, but those two guys are scary as hell.

Raffi Torres needs to leave the ice on a stretcher.

Where is that chili baller telling me how dirty Philly is? 1 minute in and Malkin racks Couterier in the balls.

The Philly - Pitt series is ridiculous...4-3 Pens and it's still the 1st period!

Bryz is just brutal. Fluery's poor play has been surprising.

The B's will destroy either of these teams if they play like this in the next round.

Thank God Laviolette pulled him.

another 3 goal lead. Let's try and hold this one tonight.

what a weird ****ing game.

those last 2 PP goals were as smooth as they come.

I lived in Pittsburgh for last year so I'd like to see the Pens do well...but their play has been disappointing (both in terms of lost games and bad hits) to say the least. Hope they can at least make a series of this (and hold on to this 4 goal lead now)

Holy crap is there some new Defense Optional rule?

9-3. WOW.

What a sh$t show!

Complete cheap shot by Rinaldo.

Not able to watch the game (at work) is it going to get Rinaldo suspended?

I walked away but think he drew a major. Punched him in the face while e was defenseless on his knees. Pretty bush.

I don't think he even got a game misconduct.

he got a game misconduct.

Thx Bunk.

2 for cross check, 2 for roughing, 10 minute misconduct, game misconduct was the full call.

as a Pens fan I agree we've had some pretty cheap shots in this series, but Rinaldo is not helping the cause of flyers fans and their *****ing because that was crap.

and it's 10-3

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10-3. Good lord.

Sens and Rangers have a good one going.

I hate the pens but you are right about that being a complete dbag move.

I want to see the Senators get this one and tie the series up. Don't really care either way about who wins the series, just love seeing a 1 pushed to the limit.

and since that 1st half, Fleury has quietly made some damn good saves. Hope he can keep it up the rest of the series. Amazing what happens when a team of elite skill players and a bunch of punishers decide to stop fighting and start skating...meanwhile Philly didn't get the memo that the fighting and bull**** was done.

I was about to ***** at Cooke a lot for being his typical dumbass self, but that was pretty mediocre. Real mediocre.

JC! What the fck is Kubina doing there! Playing like that dbag Asham.

Here we go again!

Flyers are losing their composure. They can't afford to have anyone get suspended.

Pittsburgh showed their ass on Sunday. Philly is doing it today.

Neither team is made up of dirty players, but the two teams legitimately hate each other, and this is the resulting stupidity that comes out of embarrassment at the hands of the other.