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A photographic look at Friday's NHL playoff action in Philadelphia and Anaheim

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Anaheim Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf (15) hits Nashville Predators right wing Matt Halischuk (24) into the boards in the third period during Game 5 of their NHL Western Conference quarter-final hockey playoff in Anaheim, California April 22, 2011. REUTERS/Mike BlakeMIKE BLAKE/Reuters

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Philadelphia Flyers' Nikolay Zherdev slides past Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller who stopped Zherdev's break away in the second period in Game 5 of a first-round NHL Stanley Cup playoffs hockey series, Friday, April 22, 2011, in Philadelphia. The Sabres won 4-3 taking a 3-2 lead in the best of seven series. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)Tom Mihalek/The Associated Press

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Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne blocks a shot by Anaheim Ducks right wing Teemu Selanne during the first period of Game 5 of a first-round NHL Stanley Cup playoff hockey series in Anaheim, Calif., Friday, April 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)Chris Carlson/The Associated Press

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Buffalo Sabres' Tyler Ennis, top, rolls over Philadelphia Flyers' Claude Giroux in the third period. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)Tom Mihalek/The Associated Press

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Anaheim Ducks left wing Jason Blake (L) gets the puck past Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne (35) to score in the second period. REUTERS/Mike BlakeMIKE BLAKE/Reuters

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Michael Leighton #49 of the Philadelphia Flyers takes a drink of water in the third period of Game Five of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against the Buffalo Sabres during the 2011 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Wells Fargo Center on April 22, 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

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Anaheim Ducks right wing Bobby Ryan, top, flips over Nashville Predators right wing Matt Halischuk during the first period of Game 5 of a first-round NHL Stanley Cup playoff hockey series in Anaheim, Calif., Friday, April 22, 2011. The Predators won 4-3 in overtime. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)Chris Carlson/The Associated Press

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Buffalo Sabres' Jason Pominville, left and Tyler Ennis, right, celebrate Ennnis' goal in the first period in Game 5 of a first-round NHL Stanley Cup playoffs hockey series with the Philadelphia Flyers, Friday, April 22, 2011, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)Tom Mihalek/The Associated Press

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