Today's Bruins game had everything you'd want to see in a playoff hockey game. The Bruins set the tone early with their forechecking and all around energy level. The Providence call-up, Justin Florek made the Red Wings pay
for a botched play early in the first period. Detroit goaltender, Jimmy Howard, tried to clear the puck but instead bounced it off Brendan Smith's skate. Florek took the golden opportunity and made it shine by depositing the puck into the net for the Bruins' first postseason goal. Not bad for a guy who thought he'd be preparing for the Calder Cup Playoffs.
Three minutes later, Brendan's brother Reilly would put the Bruins up 2-0 when he poked home a puck which was between Howard and the goal line. Since this goal came at the 10:35 mark in the period I was 35 seconds off on my prediction of two goals in the first ten minutes of play.
Three minutes later, Brendan's brother Reilly would put the Bruins up 2-0 when he poked home a puck which was between Howard and the goal line. Since this goal came at the 10:35 mark in the period I was 35 seconds off on my prediction of two goals in the first ten minutes of play.
While the first period was full of powerplay opportunities for both teams, it also had 3 sets of offsetting roughing penalties. The best one would have to be Brendan Smith trying to pick a fight with Chara. The Bruins 18 shots on net was double their output in the first period on Friday.
The second period had the Bruins go 3 for 3 in penalty kills. Detroit would cut the lead in half on a Luke Glendening tip in. Milan Lucic would return the 2 goal deficit to the Red Wings before they headed into the final intermission. Having looked at both teams' numbers when leading or trailing after two, I was pretty confident heading into the third.
Of course Zdeno Chara pretty much put the game out of reach when he scored his 14 career playoff goal. Chara's goal was the second successful powerplay for the Bruins.
The second period had the Bruins go 3 for 3 in penalty kills. Detroit would cut the lead in half on a Luke Glendening tip in. Milan Lucic would return the 2 goal deficit to the Red Wings before they headed into the final intermission. Having looked at both teams' numbers when leading or trailing after two, I was pretty confident heading into the third.
Of course Zdeno Chara pretty much put the game out of reach when he scored his 14 career playoff goal. Chara's goal was the second successful powerplay for the Bruins.
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