Slipper still fits for No. 8 Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens followed up a monumental upset by pulling off another, and now the Pittsburgh Penguins are joining the Washington Capitals in sitting out the rest of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Brian Gionta had two power-play goals, Mike Cammalleri scored his seventh goal of a series in which he upstaged Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin and the visiting Canadiens built a stunning four-goal lead before beating the Penguins 5-2 in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Wednesday night.

Montreal, about the last team anyone would have picked to beat the top-seeded Capitals, much less the reigning NHL champion Penguins, accomplished what no team has done since the current playoffs format was adopted in 1994. And that's beat the Presidents' Trophy winners and the Stanley Cup champions in successive rounds as an eighth-seeded team.

Flyers 2, Bruins 1: Michael Leighton stopped 29 shots to help streaking Philadelphia beat the visiting Bruins and force a seventh game in Boston on Friday night.

Mike Richards and Danny Briere scored for the Flyers. Milan Lucic scored for Boston.