Flyers Take 3-0 lead

Buffalo
Sabres

"I kind of had a good feeling about this one," LeClair said.

Rookie goalie Brian Boucher stopped 17 shots for his first career playoff shutout and fifth of his NHL career.

"From the second half of the season, he just got stronger and stronger as the year went on," Mark Recchi said of Boucher. "You've got to give him credit. He got up and grabbed it. The coaches had no choice but to keep putting him in."

Buffalo is now in deep trouble. Only two teams, the 1975 New York Islanders and the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs, have rallied from a 3-0 deficit in NHL playoff history.

"We've got some guys who haven't played up to par," Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said. "We're going to win as a team or lose as a team. Collectively, we haven't gotten the job done."

"By no means are we out of it," Curtis Brown said. "We're still believing we'll get our share of goals. And if we do, we'll be right back in the series."

Game 4 is on Tuesday at Buffalo.

"It's never a sure thing," Recchi said. "Obviously, we're in the driver's seat, no question, but I don't think it's ever a sure thing. If we keep playing this way, we'll make it difficult."