From ESPN (emphasis mine):

Flyers forward Patrick Thoresen was on the fourth line four days after a puck to the groin sent him to the hospital and nearly cost him a testicle.

The play that this happened on, one of the Caps shot the puck at the goal. Now, the goaltender would probably have stopped it, but right on the doorstep was Alex Ovechkin, the regular season's best player and probable league MVP. Thoresen dropped to the ice to stop the puck - preventing it from even getting within Ovechkin's reach - and it nearly cost him a testicle.

That's what hockey is all about. Sacrifice for the team.

Also, Flyer's goaltender Martin Biron had his wife reschedule her c-section. It's playoffs! Kids can wait.

-pb