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Written by Brett Friedlander   
Monday, May 10, 2010 23:01
Monday's Stanley Cup playoff scores:

| Montreal 4, Pittsburgh 3 (Series tied 3-3)
| Philadelphia 4, Boston 0 (Bruins lead series 3-2)

Montreal 4, Pittsburgh 3

The Canadiens rallied from a 3-1 first-round deficit to eliminate the NHL’s best regular-season team.

Now they’re in a position come from behind to knock out the defending Stanley Cup champions.

Facing elimination for the fourth time in these playoffs, Montreal stayed alive again as Mike Cammalleri scored twice and goalie Jaroslav Halak came up big with 34 saves to lift his team to a 4-3 victory Monday.

The Canadiens can close out the series – and Pittsburgh’s Mellon Arena, which is set to be replaced next season – on Wednesday.

Sidney Crosby, who had been held without a goal since Game 5 of the Penguins’ first-round series against Ottawa, helped stake Pittsburgh to a 2-1 second-period lead with a goal and an assist. But Montreal came roaring back as Cammalleri and defenseman Jaroslav Spacek beat Penguins’ goalie Marc-Andre Fleury 2:30 apart.

Maxim Lapierre added an unassisted goal early in the third and, despite a late tally by Pittsburgh’s Bill Guerin, the short-handed Canadiens were able to hold on for the victory without injured defensemen Hal Gill and forward Andre Markov.

Game 7: at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. EDT Wednesday (CBC, RDS, Versus, FSN Pittsburgh)



Philadelphia 4, Boston 0

The Flyers might have lost goalie Brian Boucher to an injury, but thanks to backup Michael Leighton and a pair of goals by Simon Gagne, they didn’t lose the series.

Leighton came off the bench to make 14 saves and complete the first combined playoff shutout in team history as Philadelphia won its second straight game to stay alive and spoil a night on which the Bruins dedicated a statue to Hall of Famer Bobby Orr outside the TD Garden.

Boucher injured his knee when he got caught at the bottom of a goal-mouth pile up at 4:35 of the second period. The Flyers were ahead 1-0 at the time, but they added to the lead before the end of the period on goals by Scott Hartnell and Gagne.

Gagne added his second goal, unassisted, early in the third, then it was up to Leighton – who was Philadelphia’s starter until he went out with an injury of his own late in the regular season.

Only two teams in NHL history, the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs and the 1975 New York Islanders, have ever overcome a 3-0 deficit to win a best-of-seven series.

By winning Monday, the Flyers avoided elimination for the second straight game after losing the first three games of the series. They also denied the Bruins their first trip to the conference finals since 1992.

Game 6: at Philadelphia, 8 p.m. EDT Wednesday (Versus, TSN NESN, CSN Philadelphia)

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