PHILADELPHIABilled as a showdown between the two best teams in the East, the Bruins once again left little question as to exactly who that is.
The Bruins bested the Flyers on the scoreboard with five goals in the first two periods, and they throttled the Pronger-less Broad Street Bullies in an old-fashioned 6-0 beating at the Wells Fargo Center. With the victory the Bruins are officially the top dog in the Eastern Conference.
Rich Peverley teamed with Benoit Pouliot to score a goal just 27 seconds into the action on the very first shift of the game, and exposed a Flyers team that didnt look ready to play coming off seven wins in a row. Zdeno Chara followed by dropping the gloves with Jody Shelley and pummeling the Flyers tough guy on his very first shift of the game, and the Big Bad Bruins had made their overpowering statement.
Less than 20 seconds later Daniel Paille jumped all over carom off a Dennis Seidenberg shot two minutes later, and the Bruins were up by two goals and rolling. Zdeno Chara and Milan Lucic added power play goals to round out the scoring in the first period, and Nathan Horton capped off the Bs offensive outburst with his own power play strike in a penalty-filled affair. Seguin added a garbage goal in the third period to cap off the scoring.
While the offense was rolling, Tim Thomas was at his usual best manning the pipes with 28 saves in his fourth shutout of the season. Thomas upped his career record to 11-3-2 against the Flyers thats included some classic performances in Phillys home rink, and gave a reminder who the No. 1 goalie is in Boston.
The Bruins, of course, gave the Flyers a stark reminder on Saturday afternoon of which team is the reigning Cup champs.