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The Flyers limped to the dressing room but -- as they have all season -- they rallied.
Philadelphia won 20 games during the season when the opponent scored first, the most in the NHL. The Flyers showcased that resiliency during the final two periods of regulation, clamping down on Crosby and NHL-leading scorer Evgeni Malkin.
Briere gave the Flyers life with a breakaway goal 6:22 into the second period, even though replays showed he was well offside on the play. He brought Philadelphia within a goal with 10:37 left in regulation with a wrist shot from a tough angle that clanged off the far post and in.
Schenn tied it just over 3 minutes later by redirecting a shot by Scott Hartnell and setting up the kind of taut finish expected in perhaps the most competitive first-round series of the playoffs.
NOTES: The Flyers are 3-1 in overtime in Pittsburgh ... The Penguins scratched D Matt Niskanen, who missed the final two games of the regular season with an upper-body injury ... The Penguins are 6-2 in series in which they have home-ice advantage during Crosby's career ... Philadelphia D Marc-Andre Bourdon left the game with an upper-body injury and is day-to-day.
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