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Michael Leighton makes one of the 22 saves he faced Sunday night against the Canadiens in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. (Getty) If anyone went around the internet or television to preview this Eastern Conference matchup between the Flyers and Habs, all the ‘experts’ came around to the same key for the Flyers to win: Get to Jaroslav Halak. Oh, did the Flyers ever take that advice to the bank. The Flyers had talked about getting in front of Halak, developing quality chances, and letting the Habs know their going to hit the net hard. “I’m a believer that the more you get at the net, the better chance you have in scoring,” head coach Peter Laviolette said.

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Flyers, Leighton demolish Halak and Habs in series opener