Bruins beat Flyers to clinch playoff spot
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Brad Marchand scored a power-play goal with 3:43 left in regulation to lift the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday night.
Nathan Horton also scored to help the Northeast Division-leading Bruins clinch a playoff spot.
The Eastern Conference-leading Flyers had been unbeaten in regulation in their previous nine games. They are two points ahead of Washington and Pittsburgh for the top spot.
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Kris Versteeg scored for Philadelphia.
With Flyers captain Mike Richards in the penalty box for high-sticking, Marchand stuffed a rebound off a slap shot by Dennis Seidenberg past Brian Boucher. It was Marchand's 20th goal and first in 13 games.
Tim Thomas made 27 saves for the Bruins.
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Versteeg opened the scoring early in the first with his 20th goal. His one-timer from the side of the net off a pass from Richards beat Thomas to the stickside.
The Bruins tied it on Horton's 23rd goal in the second. Just 4 seconds into a power play, Horton put in a rebound off a slap shot from the point by Tomas Kaberle.
Thomas went down to his knees to block a point-blank shot by Jeff Carter early in the third to keep it tied.
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NOTES: The Bruins are 7-0-1 in Philadelphia since March 10, 2007. ... The Flyers are 13-6-5 without D Chris Pronger this season. He's sidelined by a hand injury. ... The Bruins are 3-0-1 against the Flyers this season. They're one of only two teams with a winning overall record (90-56-27) against the Flyers. Montreal is the other. ... Thomas is 10-2-2 against Philadelphia.