Boston's Blake Wheeler, Miroslav Satan and Mark Recchi scored in a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers Wednesday that lifted the Bruins to a commanding 3-0 lead in the NHL's Eastern Conference semifinal series. Patrice Bergeron scored an empty-net goal for the Bruins with 1:52 left. Boston goalie Tuukka Rask allowed a quick goal at the start, but finished with 34 saves. The Bruins can complete the sweep in Game 4 in Philadelphia Friday. Arron Ashram scored after 2:32 to put Philadelphia up 1-0, but Wheeler and Satan scored 94 seconds apart in the first period to wipe out the Flyers' lead, and the Boston never looked back. The Bruins took over, even as injuries forced center David Krejci and Adam McQuaid out of the game. Krejci was leveled on a crushing hit from Philadelphia captain Mike Richards that actually led to Boston's go-ahead goal. The loose puck was corralled by Milan Lucic, who got it to Satan for his fifth goal of the postseason and a 2-1 Boston lead. The Bruins were outshot by a 2-to-1 margin most of the game. The Flyers had plenty of open looks, but they couldn't convert any rebounds against Rask. The Bruins goalie stopped all 15 shots in the second period, including two Philadelphia chances on the power play. Unlike the Flyers, Boston was able to convert at least one power-play chance. Recchi, a former Flyers star, scored his 54th career playoff goal to make it 3-1. Philadelphia has never won a series when trailing 3-0 (0-6). Only two NHL teams have recovered from such a deficit and advanced. The Bruins are 16-0 when they lead a best-of-seven series 3-0. Blackhawks 5, Canucks 2: In Vancouver, big forward Dustin Byfuglien scored a hat trick to lift Chicago over Vancouver and to a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference semifinal series. Kris Versteeg and Marian Hossa also scored, and Antti Niemi made 16 of his 31 saves in the first period as the Blackhawks picked up where they left off in Game 2 when they scored three goals in a third-period comeback win. For Vancouver, Jannik Hansen and Alex Burrows scored and Roberto Luongo made 30 saves. The Canucks will try to even the series when they host Game 4 Friday. Vancouver was 0 for 4 on the power play and allowed two goals to Chicago in six times short-handed. Byfuglien played a big role after being moved up front.
