Bruins Even Cup Series With OT Win
The Bruins evened the Stanley Cup Final at 1-1 with a 2-1 overtime win over the Blackhawks.
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The Bruins evened the Stanley Cup Final at 1-1 with a 2-1 overtime win over the Blackhawks.
Boston Bruins forward Nathan Horton will play in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals against the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night, three days after he left the series opener with an injury.
As soon as a well-meant charitable effort is twisted into a Stanley Cup rallying cry, all bets are off.
The Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks have been called mirror images of each other because both teams roll four lines, have active defenses and superb goaltending.
Torey Krug is ready to make up for his costly turnover in Game 1, and it sounds like the Bruins will give him that opportunity.
What do you think about this?
In case you weren't geared up for Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final, this might help.
Chicago has dealt with enough awfulness that I feel we have more fans in this town that "get it;" "it" being, yeah, losing sucks, but I don't have to look at this as just a black and white, did they win or did they lose issue.
A fan hit in the face by a puck during Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final received a nice surprise on Friday -- well, two nice surprises.
I agree with the adage that suggests "luck is where hard work meets opportunity."
Boston Bruins forward Nathan Horton is day to day after leaving Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals because of an injury.
The Boston Bruins find themselves in a 0-1 hole after Wednesday night's triple-overtime loss to the Chicago Blackhawks in the Stanley Cup Final, but they aren't hanging their heads in defeat.
Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final wasn't all smiles for those in attendance at the United Center.
Kaspars Daugavins missed a golden opportunity for the Bruins in Game 1 against the Blackhawks, but will be ready if that chance comes again.
Worst timing ever?
Playoff hockey games in general take a long time to complete. Add in two and a half 20-minute overtime periods and you're looking at almost five hours of hockey.
But Crawford did something that all top-level goaltenders have to do. He put the last shot behind him and he moved on to the next one.
NBC Sports captured a special moment in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.
After two full overtime periods, the Blackhawks and Bruins were understandably exhausted.
The Bruins did not know they were facing the most relentless team they had seen all season when they went up against the Blackhawks.
The clock struck midnight Thursday morning at the United Center and the hockey gods decided that after 112 grueling minutes on the ice, the Bruins and the Blackhawks needed to go home.
Andrew Shaw skated off to the side and pumped his arms furiously. One shot from the right point plus two deflections was just enough to beat Tuukka Rask in the fifth-longest Stanley Cup finals game in history.
NHL Hall of Fame center Phil Esposito knows the Blackhawks and Bruins extremely well.
As expected, Brandon Bollig will be in the lineup for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Boston Bruins Wednesday night.
If these two teams are mirror images of each other, as many observers have noted, the chess game between Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville and Boston Bruins coach Claude Julien could have a decisive impact on the Stanley Cup Final.
