"What else can you ask for?" Penguins forward Ryan Malone said. "It's going to be a battle, it's going to be fun."

"The playoffs are always intense but it throws a little spice into it when it's Philadelphia and Pittsburgh," Penguins captain [Sidney Crosby] said. "It doesn't get any easier."

Maybe it's in his hockey DNA to dislike anything Pittsburgh, but Flyers chairman Ed Snider remains irritated the Penguins even have players such as Crosby, [Malkin] and goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. All were first-round draft picks resulting from Pittsburgh's run of last-place finishes from 2002 to '06.