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The Philadelphia Flyers lead the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals 3-0 against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Historically, teams with a 3-0 series lead win 98% of the time.
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The Philadelphia Flyers have a commanding 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals series against the Pittsburgh Penguins. History leans in the Flyersâ favor. They are 10-0 in series in which they had a 3-0 lead. Across league history, teams are 209-4 in this situation.
One of the 4 teams to successfully come back from a 3-0 deficit was the 2010 Flyers against the Boston Bruins.
So sure, Philly could rely on history to guide them to a win, but they know they have to keep their foot on the gas.
â[The Penguins are] a group thatâs not going to [give up], youâre gonna have to stick a fork in them. Iâm sure there are reading clippings of teams that come back from 3-0; Iâd be doing the same thing. It can happen,â said Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet.
I wonât lie to you. Sitting in on Penguins head coach Dan Museâs media availability following Wednesdayâs game, I saw a coach who looked and sounded dejected and defeated. Heâs been entirely outcoached. But I also saw a coach who had fire and anger in him.
Muse said a lot. Sure, he put a lot of blame on the officiating. The turning point in the game was when âThey put all of the players in the box,â per Muse. âItâs the scrum there, and we get the extra penalty. *Long pause* That changed everything.â
But, he said one thing that really stuck. âWeâve got to win a game. Itâs got to be our focus. Weâll turn that page, and weâll focus on that one game, and getting this series back to Pittsburgh.â
This Penguins team wonât give up. The Flyers have to keep their foot on the gas.
The Flyers are 10-0 in playoff series when they have a 3-0 lead.
Historically, teams are 4-209 in playoff series after falling behind 3-0.
The Flyers successfully came back from a 3-0 deficit against the Boston Bruins in 2010.
The Flyers need to maintain their intensity and not ease off, despite their commanding lead.

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Rick Tocchet has used the hockey cliche a few times, saying that the 4th game is always the hardest to win. But that 4th game is hard for both teams.
âI think itâs hard on both accounts,â said Tocchet.âYouâre playing a team that you know is desperate and will do anything to win. Then the team that is up, do they get comfortable?â
The Flyers have done an excellent job of maintaining their intensity, even late in games. Even with multi-goal leads, Philly has kept the intensity high. That cannot change on Saturday.
The Flyers have the chance to put the series to bed. They punch their ticket to the next round with a win on Saturday, but it wonât come easy. The Penguins are coming, and for better or for worse, they will be angry. After Wednesdayâs loss, emotions are high in Pittsburgh.
That will play out in one of two ways. The Penguins could have their best start of the series, and really put and hold the pressure on the Flyers early on in the game. Or, they could let the emotions get in the way and make mistakes, leaving the door open for the Flyers.
The only thing Rick Tocchetâs team can do to make none of that matter is to keep that same intensity they have had in Games 1 and 2.
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