If Chara & Grzelcyk Can't Play In Game 5, Bruins May Go With 7 Defensemen
Four games into the Stanley Cup Final, the Boston blue line is starting to look like a black and blue line.
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Four games into the Stanley Cup Final, the Boston blue line is starting to look like a black and blue line.
Things are about to get wild -- W-I-L-D -- in the Stanley Cup Final. Before we go there, let's run through the leftover thoughts from the Blues' Game 4 win.
With the Stanley Cup Final tied up at two games apiece, both the Bruins and Blues are starting to take aim at the officiating in the series. But Boston head coach Bruce Cassidy will have no part in it.
If you're someone who prefers to stay on the sunny side of life, there can be some positivity found on Zdeno Chara. And one only needs to look across the Bruins' dressing room to find it.
After the Bruins lost Game 4 to allow the Blues to tie the series at 2-2, veteran forward David Backes noted his own commentary with the way the game was called.
The Blues just applied too much pressure for Boston on this net, leading to a couple of breakdowns at critical moments. The Blues capitalized, and as a result, it's a whole new series.
One of the toughest players in the NHL, Zdeno Chara does not often go down to the ice in pain. It takes quite a bit to get the Bruins captain to hit the deck.
Pivotal is an overused sports term. But it applies to Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final in a big way.
The Bruins and their fans had hopes of ensuring that the Stanley Cup would be in attendance for Thursday night's Game 5. The St. Louis Blues had other plans.
Monday night marked Coyle's 21st playoff game as a member of the Bruins, and just over 13 minutes in, he buried his ninth goal of the postseason.
Boston head coach Bruce Cassidy offered a promising update on blue liner Matt Grzelcyk.
The Blues aren't happy with the officiating in the Stanley Cup Final, but you'll hear no such beef from the Bruins. Not yet, at least.
Boston's playoff-best power play has converted on 35.9% of its opportunities and could be the first unit to finish over 30% in the postseason since the 1981 champion New York Islanders.
Officials have had no problem blowing their whistles during the Stanley Cup Final. That has St. Louis Blues head coach Craig Berube pretty perturbed.
The Blues will stick with their starting goalie despite a rocky performance in Game 3.
The Blues keep trying to mess with Tuukka Rask. It's not working. It's getting embarrassing.
Despite the visual of McAvoy limping off in pain, Bruins fans can breath a sigh of relief.
In Game 1, Torey Krug made his mark on the series with a memorable open-ice hit. In Game 3, Krug made some history that might have some more staying power.
The Bruins played their game to perfection on Saturday night, to the tune of a 7-2 victory. As a result, they now own a 2-1 lead.
The Bruins survived the fury of the opening 10 minutes on the road in a Stanley Cup Final game. Then they started punching back.
The second half of the first period didn't quite go as planned for the home team, right down to the final seconds.
America: Land of the free, home of the … St. Louis Blues fans? That is what appears to be the case, at least based on the rooting interest around the country during the Stanley Cup Final.
When the Bruins hit the ice for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final in St. Louis on Saturday night, they'll need a defenseman to step up in place of the injured Matt Grzelcyk.
Blues forward Zach Sanford may see his first action of the Stanley Cup Final in Saturday night's Game 3 in St. Louis. If he does take the ice, he'll be doing so against the team he grew up rooting for.
It's been pretty well documented that the Bruins' top line is slumping to start the Stanley Cup Final. The "Perfection Line" has looked anything but over the first two games against the St. Louis Blues.
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