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Watch Ilya Bryzgalov rob Kris Letang with save of the year candidate (VIDEO)

Once again, it didn't take the Pittsburgh Penguins long to grab an early lead against the Philadelphia Flyers. Sidney Crosby needed just 15 seconds to give Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead with his second goal of the playoffs.

Later in the first period, with the Penguins on the power play and up 2-0, Kris Letang had a golden opportunity to extend the lead even more, but Ilya Bryzgalov recovered and made a dazzling glove save:

How game-changing was that? Huge, for a little while. Just 21 seconds later, with the Penguins still on the power play, Philadelphia took advantage of a rush and capitalized shorthanded with a goal by Max Talbot to cut the lead to 2-1.

Paul Martin would add a late goal to give Pittsburgh a 3-1 lead after one.

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