HE WAS the savior you didn't see coming, unless you put much stock in words spit out in disgust and amid utter futility.
"We got to get [in] our minds that this is a beatable hockey team," Scott Hartnell said after the Flyers were pushed to the brink in Game 3 on Tuesday night. "Right now, I think everyone is thinking these guys are way too good, they have too much skill. Screw that. We have to go out there and play Flyers hockey. We're not doing that."
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Scott Hartnell (left) battles with Penguins' Marian Hossa in third period.
