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12:30 pm EDT Sat May 1, 2010

The last time the Philadelphia Flyers met the Boston Bruins in the playoffs, it was a matchup between two physical teams—the Broad Street Bullies vs. the Big Bad Bruins.Now, 32 years later, both sides expect another hard-hitting series when their Eastern Conference semifinal starts Saturday. The team that does a better job of checking hard but staying out of the penalty box could have an edge. It all comes down to being disciplined. But if fisticuffs erupt, they could help. The teams last met in the playoffs in the 1978 Stanley Cup semifinals. Boston won the best-of-seven series 4-1, then fell to Montreal in the finals. That Bruins team had four players with at least 116 penalty minutes in the regular season. The Flyers had five with at least 119 each.

This season, Philadelphia had four players with at least 126 minutes, while the Bruins had just one with more than 100—Shawn Thornton’s 141—but hit hard during their first-round series against the Buffalo Sabres. It also will be a series of contrasting goaltenders. Boston’s Tuukka Rask is a 23-year-old playoff rookie. Philadelphia’s Brian Boucher is a 33-year-old journeyman who played in just 33 games this season and had a 9-18 record. But both have been outstanding in the playoffs with Boucher leading the NHL with a 1.59 goals-against average. The Bruins have had a four-day break. The Flyers will have had eight days between games and could be rusty. Boston also had eight days off before the second round last year and several players said they lost their playoff rhythm. They won the opener against Carolina but lost the next three games and dropped the series in seven.