The Bruins defeated the Flyers 5-4 in OT on Saturday afternoon. Making his return to the lineup after nearly 2 months following a Grade-2 concussion at the elbow of Matt Cooke, Marc Savard sniped the game-winner passed Brian Boucher.

For video of the goal, click on the picture.

It was a back-and-forth game with stellar goaltending from both sides at key moments to keep their respective teams in the game. Brian Boucher went into God-mode in the opening moments of OT when the Bruins swarmed the net and peppered Boucher with shot after shot. One could have almost foresaw Savard scoring the game-winner. It was poetic justice really. Out for two months, limited ice-time during regulation-time and then BAM! sends the Garden into jubilation with a Game One win.

Lost in all of Savard’s heroics was the fact that Marco Sturm tore his ACL and MCL in his right knee attempting to make a check during his opening shift. He will be gone for the rest of the playoffs. A healthy-scratch in Game 1, Shawn Thornton should return to the lineup. Thornton will add some more grit to the lineup, a key when playing the extremely physical Flyers.

Game 1 was a precursor for things to come; expect a long, hard-fought series out of these two long-time rivals.

Puck drops again at the Garden Monday night at 7pm.