PHILADELPHIA -- Ivan Provorov summed up the sacrifice sometimes needed in the Stanley Cup Playoffs in one sentence.
"As long as my arm was attached to me, then I was playing," the Philadelphia Flyers defenseman said after a season-ending 8-5 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference First Round at Wells Fargo Center on Sunday.
Provorov played 20:31 despite injuring his left shoulder crashing into the boards in the third period of Game 5 on Friday.
Teammate Sean Couturier revealed Sunday that he played Games 5 and 6 with a torn MCL in his right knee. All the forward did was score the winning goal in Game 5 and have a hat trick and two assists in Game 6.
"I just tried to lay it all out there, give it all I had," said Couturier, who missed Game 4 after colliding with defenseman Radko Gudas in practice Tuesday. "It's too bad we didn't come with the results we wanted."
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