There's not too many ways to sugarcoat 7 goals against. The Bruins were just better prepared. More energy, more resolve, and seemingly a better gameplan.
Although Boucher got pulled again, you can't really blame him. He wasn't beaten cleanly on any of the goals, and all the goals were rebounds and/or deflections. Honestly it reminded me a lot of last years series when the Bruins went ahead 3-0, scoring "dirty" goals and seemingly getting all the bounces. The difference today was that once the Bruins went ahead, the Flyers fell apart.
I expect Boucher will be back in for game 2.
Also the Flyers power play had a chance to keep it close, but looked pretty bad.
Either way, the Flyers really have to tighten up down low. The Bruins forwards were getting position on them all day, leading to all those deflection and rebound opportunities. There won't be as many opportunities to come back against the Bruins as there were against the Sabres, so Monday will fell a bit like do or die.
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