There are some games over the course of the season in which tactical play gives way to sheer emotion. Yesterday’s wildly entertaining Flyers-Bruins war of a hockey game was one such game. In a match with playoff-like intensity, the injury-depleted Flyers dug deep and showed tremendous will. Boston entered the game as the NHL’s best team at even strength with a remarkable +56 goal differential (

Excerpt from: Bill Meltzer