PITTSBURGH – Once upon a time, there was the story of the goalie and two bears that had a fairytale ending for the Philadelphia Flyers.
By Gene J. Puskar, AP
Jakub Voracek celebrates his game-winning goal that gave the Flyers a 1-0 series lead over the Penguins.
With two Pittsburgh Penguins fans dressed as giant bears in the stands to mock Flyers goalie Ilya Bryzgalov's suggestion that he needed to fear "the bear in the forest," not the Penguins, Philadelphia staged a dramatic come-from-behind 4-3 overtime victory Wednesday.
Jakub Voracek scored at 2:23 of overtime to win it after Brayden Schenn had tied the game at 3 with 7:37 left in the third period by tipping in Scott Hartnell's shot.
The Flyers had erased a three-goal first-period lead to help Bryzgalov, who had 25 saves, end his personal five-game postseason losing streak that dated to 2010.
As Pittsburgh was building the 3-0 lead, some fans began chanting: "We love bears. We love bears."
Since signing a $51 million contract last summer, Bryzgalov has been more of a colorful figure than a consistent netminder. Among his famous quotations was saying during a slump that he was "lost in the woods."
During the Winter Classic, he announced he was going to be the backup goalie by saying he was going to bring his Thermos of hot tea with him to sit on the bench.
Playing his first playoff game in two years, Sidney Crosby scored Pittsburgh's first goal at 3:43 of the first on an impressive backhand shot as he was falling to the ice. The puck flew over Bryzgalov's glove.
Crosby missed last year's playoffs, and most of this season with a concussion and neck injuries.
Tyler Kennedy and Pascal Dupuis put the Penguins up 3-0, but Danny Briere scored in the second and third period to pull the Flyers to within a goal.
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