The Penguins definitely came ready to play this game more than the first two.
This game was not easy for either team to play, it was a very classic, grind it out playoff game. It was extremely defensive, not a lot of room on the ice. Nobody knows this more than Zdeno Chara, who legged out 45 minutes of ice time last night as the Bruins beat the Penguins 2-1 in Double OT and take a 3-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference Finals. Yep, 45 minutes, that lead everyone on the ice. The scoring got started very early (considering there were only 3 goals altogether in the game) when David Krejci AGAIN scored to extend his playoff leading goals even more. He scored 1:42 into the game to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead early, and just continued what has been an amazing postseason for Krejci. Krejci found the 5-hole of Tomas Vokoun and it barely bounced off a Penguins skate that may have fooled Vokoun. About halfway through the second period, the Penguins would strike back when Chris Kunitz got a pass out in front and shot it top shelf over Rask to tie it at 1-1. This game was fought very tough by both teams, which is part of the reason that that was the end of the scoring for regulation. Not without a price, though. In the third period, Gregory Campbell went down to block a Malkin shot and it hit him right in the thigh-area on his leg (where there are no pads). Campbell was clearly in pain, but with Pittsburgh had possession so it would be a 5-on-3 for the Penguins is he stayed down, with them already being on the power play, so he stayed out there basically skating on one leg and played out the rest of his shift and went straight to the dressing room. The Garden crowd began chanting "Camp-bell! Camp-bell" great moment. We now know that he broke his leg and will miss the rest of the playoffs.
The Penguins outshot the Bruins 14-4 in the third period, and it looked like they has some momentum heading into the first overtime. But once OT got underway the Bruins clearly controlled play, but, as it had been all night, Pittsburgh was very strong defensively. So one overtime would not be enough either, and we would head for a second OT. With second OT winding down (for the record I had to stop watching after the first overtime) Jagr won a puck battle along the boards and gave it to Marchand, who then passed it to Bergeron who was able to finally end the game after over 92 minutes of hockey and about 20 minutes after midnight in Boston. Boston takes a 3-0 series lead and has a chance to advance to the most important round of all, the Stanley Cup Finals. WE WANT THE CUP!
~Anthony
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