The Boston Bruins defeated the Montreal Canadiens in front of an amped up TD Banknorth Garden tonight and took an early series lead.Now, how it happened was a different story. The Bruins had to score a third period goal in the latter half of the period to beat the Habs tonight. The goal couldn't have come from anyone better, as the captain, Zdeno Chara ripped a slap shot past Carey Price.
The game was physical but the gloves were not dropped. At least, not in the way of a one-on-one fight. There were a lot of circles and pushing and shoving but no throw downs in game one, as expected.
The formula for the Bruins all season came out tonight, and why not? All year long the young talent was a big key to Boston's success and they came through in a big way tonight. The Bruins goal scorers were Chara, and then the youngin's, Phil Kessel (2) and David Krejci.
The game was a back and forth affair, and Montreal had plenty of chances to win the game in the third period, however, Boston stayed strong and took the contest.
Then there was Tim Thomas who stopped 26 of 28 shots and made some traditional Tim Thomas nifties in the win. Thomas made some sprawling saves and kept the Bruins out in front for good.
The Bruins are next in action Saturday night at the Garden. The Garden will be jumping on Saturday as the Celtics will take on the Chicago Bulls on Saturday afternoon at 12:30. The Bruins of course will face off with the Habs later on, at 8:00 p.m.
What did you think of that one Boston?
1 comment:
I like you, you know what you're talking about and you actually care. Most Bruins fans I talk to only care about chirping other teams. Keep it up, I look forward to what you have to say about the rest of the series vs. Montreal and the rest of the playoffs, if ya make it that far ;)
Go Habs Go
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