History will NOT Repeat Itself

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the Bruins are to advance to the Eastern Conference Semifinals. This is because of goaltending. All good teams that make deep runs into the playoffs have solid goaltending. The Bruins are solid in that area, the Flyers are not.

Check out these stats:

Game 1
Boucher (PHI): 18 saves, 5 GA, .783 SV%
Bobrovsky (PHI): 8 saves, 2 GA, .800 SV%
Thomas (BOS): 31 saves, 3 GA, .912 SV%

Game 2
Boucher (PHI): 32 saves, 3 GA, .914 SV%
Bobrovsky (PHI): 6 saves, 0 GA, 1.000 SV%
Thomas (BOS): 52 saves, 2 GA, .963 SV%

Game 3
Boucher (PHI): 16 saves, 4 GA, .800 SV%
Bobrovsky (PHI): 7 saves, 1 GA, .800 SV%
Thomas (BOS): 37 saves, 1 GA, .974 SV%

Philly is so weak on goaltending at the moment that they have a "goalie by committee," where Boucher usually starts (Bobrovsky will probably get the start tomorrow) and then when he lets in too many goals, they put in Bobrovsky. But as you can see, neither goalie is playing at the level that Thomas is playing at, which is a big part of the Bruins' success in this series. Thomas has more saves (120) than both Philly goalies combined (87) and his save percentage has been climbing despite the .912% he posted in game one.

If this trend continues for the Flyers in the crease, expect to see the Flyers on the tee in the greater Philly area.