This time it’s the Flyers with home-ice advantage. Both Philly and Boston were stretched to Game 7s in their first-round series earlier this week. The Flyers have the advantage of an extra day off after they beat Buffalo on Tuesday followed by Boston’s overtime win over Montreal on Wednesday. That was the first time in 26 tries, by the way, that the Bruins won a series after trailing 2-0. And they did so without scoring a single power-play goal in the series – that won’t work against the deep Flyers.

The big injury news hers is that of the Flyers’ Jeff Carter, who led the team with 36 goals during the season. He missed the final three games of the Buffalo series but is expected back for this series – although Game 1 is in question. The Flyers got back star defenseman Chris Pronger for the final two games vs. Buffalo after he had been out since mid-March with a broken hand so he’s fine to go.

In net, the Bruins have no questions as they will start Tim Thomas, who went 3-1 with a 1.96 GAA during the regular season vs. the Flyers. Philadelphia started three goalies in the Sabres series but is expected to go with Brian Boucher in Game 1 after he won Game 7 vs. Buffalo as the starter. He was 1-2 with 2.95 GAA vs. the Bruins in the regular season.

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