Flyers cruise to Game 7 win

Brian Boucher stopped 26 shots and host Philadelphia advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals with a 5-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres in Game 7 of their first-round series last night.

Boucher was the Game 1 backup, won Games 2 and 6 in relief, and, when swapping goalies became the flavor of the series, was the last winner standing.

"I've had to deal with adversity a lot in my career, and somehow, I keep sticking around," he said.

Boucher made his first Game 7 start for the Flyers since the 2000 East finals vs. New Jersey. He bounced around with five other teams and is in his third stop in the Flyers' organization.

Buffalo goalie Ryan Miller was chased after the Flyers raced to a 4-0 lead.

Braydon Coburn, Danny Briere, James van Riemsdyk and Ville Leino all scored against Miller to suck the drama out of Game 7.

Canadiens 2, Bruins 1: Brian Gionta and Michael Cammalleri scored during two separate two-man advantages and host Montreal forced a deciding Game 7 tonight in Boston.

Dennis Seidenberg scored for Boston, which played more than half the game without ejected winger Milan Lucic. Lucic was given a major for boarding and a game misconduct for a hit from behind on Jaroslav Spacek.-- AP