It's Time To Get Excited About The Boston Bruins, The Best Team In The NHL
The Boston Bruins are the best team in hockey. It can no longer be ignored.
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The Boston Bruins are the best team in hockey. It can no longer be ignored.
Tuukka Rask stopped 31 shots in his 46th career shutout, leading the Boston Bruins to a 3-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils to win their home opener on Saturday night.
Tuukka Rask sealed Boston's 4-3 victory in Las Vegas by making a pair of big saves in the game's final seconds. The excitement was short-lived though, as Rask had to be helped off the ice.
So, with the book officially closed on the 2018-19 season and the Stanley Cup Final, it's worth looking ahead to what comes next for the Bruins, and also look back at what still stands out after some time of reflection.
The Bruins lost Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final. If you care to explore some aspects of that game, feel free to venture forward.
The bar was too high to clear for anyone, including Tuukka Rask. It remains so.
The Bruins were great throughout the playoffs ... right up until Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final.
Very quickly, a nothing play turned into an impromptu 2-on-1 in tight. The Blues capitalized, and the Bruins never really recovered.
Entering Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, the Conn Smythe Trophy was Tuukka Rask's to lose. Ryan O'Reilly stole it from him.
For the third time in four chances, the St. Louis Blues stepped onto Boston's home ice and earned a victory over the Bruins. As a result, they're now Stanley Cup champs.
A 10-year-old cancer patient has a 'radiation' mask painted to look a lot like the one Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask wears.
As it relates to Wednesday night's Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, it will the Boston Bruins who will carry a significant amount of experience when playing in such winner-take-all games.
Before moving on to Game 7, we've got to hit on some leftover thoughts from the Bruins' 5-1 win in Game 6, which kept their season alive and forced the upcoming Game 7 ... which you deserve.
On Sunday night in St. Louis, facing elimination in the Stanley Cup Final, the Boston Bruins needed Tuukka Rask to be special. The 32-year-old responded by authoring what should always be known as The Tuukka Rask Game.
The Boston Bruins are still alive. Now, the hockey world prepares for the ultimate sporting moment: Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final.
With all due respect, opinions that Noel Acciari took a dive should be reserved for idiots only. (We said with all due respect.)
The St. Louis Blues are now one win away from hoisting the Stanley Cup. And that Cup will be in their building on Sunday night.
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.
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.
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.
The Blues keep trying to mess with Tuukka Rask. It's not working. It's getting embarrassing.
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 secondary contributors are playing a primary role for the Bruins. That's nice and all, but it's not sustainable. Time for the stars to be the stars.
Game 2 was tied through 60 minutes. But then overtime happened. And the St. Louis Blues left no doubt.
