Penguins roar back, drub Flyers

Pushed to the brink of a sweep, Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Jordan Staal pushed back with a vengeance, helping the Penguins score nine goals in the first two periods in a 10-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers Wednesday night in their opening-round playoff series.

Staal had a hat trick, Malkin scored his first two goals of the series and Crosby added one to help the Penguins cut the series deficit to 3-1. Game 5 is Friday in Pittsburgh.

Marc-Andre Fleury settled down after a shaky first period and had his best game of the series, easily outplaying counterpart Ilya Bryzgalov, who was yanked for Sergei Bobrovsky after allowing his fifth goal of the game.

The Flyers led 3-2 when the Penguins reeled off seven straight goals to win the most lopsided game of the series.

"It was a crazy game in a lot of ways," Pittsburgh coach Dan Bylsma said. "But we got a lot of big saves at key times, and we were able to turn it the other way."

Coyotes' Torres banned

Phoenix Coyotes forward Raffi Torres was suspended indefinitely for a hit that knocked Chicago's Marian Hossa out of Game 3.

Torres faces a hearing Friday with NHL officials in New York. The hearing was planned for Wednesday but was deferred at the request of the player and NHL Players' Association.

Hossa was carried off the ice on a stretcher in the first period Tuesday night after Torres hit him with his shoulder and drove him to the ice. He was briefly hospitalized. The team has not said if Hossa, who led the Blackhawks with 77 points this season, will return this season. Phoenix leads the series 2-1 with Game 4 in Chicago on tonight. -- AP