It was a classic playoff hockey game, loaded with 72 body checks, a dazzling game-tying goal and a heartwarming finish that would have tugged at Walt Disney’s heartstrings. The Flyers and Bruins put on quite a show for NBC on Saturday afternoon, but you’ll have to excuse the Flyers if they didn’t stick around to see Marc Savard wipe away his tears of joy after netting the game-winner in overtime. “It was great hockey out there,” Flyers captain Mike Richards said. “The overtime was exciting, back and forth, good hitting, two good teams playing hard, and I expect the next game to be the same.” The one thing the Flyers would like to take into Game 2 in Boston Monday night is the way they played in the second and third period after opening the game on their heels and falling behind 2-0. The Bruins outshot the Flyers 46-36, including 15-4 in overtime, forcing goaltender Brian Boucher to make several stops to keep the game alive. “It was a little more wide open than we would have liked,” Richards said. “You don’t want to get in the habit of trading chances.” BRUINS 5, FLYERS 4, OT Having battled back from two-goal deficits on three different occasions, the Flyers lost the opening game of the Eastern Conference Semifinals when Marc Savard celebrated his return to the Bruins lineup with the game-winner 13 minutes, 52 seconds into overtime

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