The Bruins were definitely more ready to play Game 3 than they were Game 2. Unlike Game 2, they were actually playing. In the first Stanley Cup Final game at TD Garden since 2011, things started off pretty even in the first period. That is, until Chicago went on the power play. The Bruins came close to scoring at least 3 shorthanded goals. The best chance came when Marchand took a long pass and entered the Chicago zone on a breakaway, but he would lose the puck off his stick when he tried to go to his backhand. He would show his frustration by smashing his stick off the boards in front of the Bruins bench and break it in two. In the second period, Chris Kelly got a puck along the boards and passed it to Daniel Paille, who stick-handled passed a defenseman and got a quick shot off that beat Corey Crawford glove side to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead. Later in the second, Niklas Hjalmarsson would be called for tripping and give the Bruins a power play. Then, with 10 seconds left on the penalty, Dave Bolland would also get called for tripping, this one against Johnny Boychuk. So the Bruins had 10 seconds of 5-on-3 time, and they would have to do things quickly to try and score. And, that's what they did, although it didn't count as an official 5-on-3 goal, the man coming out of the box didn't get into the play yet, so it technically still was. Jaromir Jagr got it started when he through a gorgeous pass right through the crease to Patrice Bergeron who shot it into the empty net to give the Bruins a 2-0 lead. And that was all Tuukka Rask needed as he got his first ever Stanley Cup Finals shutout and third playoff shutout overall, all this year. He stopped all 28 shots he saw. I think we are aiming towards Tuukka being the Con Smythe winner (If the Bruins win, of course). The Bruins are now two wins away from another Stanley Cup.
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~Anthony
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