In a physical game Sunday afternoon the Philadelphia Flyers cut the Penguins' series lead in half after a spirited effort led by rookie forward Claude Giroux.After the Rod Scuderi tied the game early in the second period, it seemed like the Penguins had all the momentum and were on their way to embarrassing Philly in their home barn.
Enter, Claude Giroux. After a juicy rebound by Marc-Andre Fleury, Daniel Briere fed Giroux and he deposited the puck into the open net to give the Flyers the lead. But it was the apparent game-winning goal that impressed all hockey fans watching game 3. Giroux forechecked deep into the Penguins zone while shorthanded. He stole the puck and then put on a clinic, shielding the puck from Kris Letang and then sliding a perfect pass through the crease by Sergei Gonchar and the goaltender Fleury before Simon Gagne banged in the winner midway through the second period.
The Flyers went on to win 5-3 and will look to tie the series at two Tuesday night on VERSUS.
* The Devils won it in OT on a Travis Zajac goal giving them a 2-1 series lead.
* The Canucks took a 3 games to none lead on St. Louis. Roberto Luongo remains the playoffs MVP to this point.
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