On January 12, 2008, the Bruins beat the Flyers in OT. This wouldn't have gotten much play in the newspapers anyways, since the B's received little media love last year, but got even less due to the fact that the Patriots were playing the Chargers in the AFC playoffs later that night.
This game saw an already banged-up Bruins team suffer a couple of more blows, this time to two of their tougher players. Jeremy Reich was forced out of the game after taking a shot off of the foot, and Milan Lucic crashed nose-first into the dasher after checking a Philly player.
Despite being without these two for some time, the Bruins were able to take a 3-1 lead over the Flyers in this game. However, the Flyers stormed back in front of their hometown fans, and tied the game at 3-3 with 7:15 to go in the game.
The game ended up remaining scoreless through the end of regulation, but the B's wasted little time sending the Flyers packing in OT. After Marco Sturm streaked in on goalie Antero Nittymaki in a breakaway attempt, Nittymaki skated out and knocked the puck to the blue line, appearing to be out of harm's way. However, the puck landed on the stick of Aaron Ward, who fired it back on net and beat a stunned Nittymaki, who wasn't expecting the puck to arrive back so quickly.
After the goal, Ward immediately dropped his stick, saying after the game that he thought his stick may have been broken when he shot it. Had the referees known this, he would have been penalized and the goal would have been waved off.
Regardless, and maybe with a little bit of luck, the Bruins left Philly with two points, and a satisfying win against a team that became public enemy #1A (with Montreal of course being #1) last season.
Game highlights below.
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