The Bruins did not play a playoff game against the Tampa Bay Lightning
last night at the Garden. It only felt that way.
It was raucous to start and a little tense at the end. In between, there
was a whole lot of raw emotion and a level of courage that spring brings out in
hockey players.
David Pastrnak — David Pastrnak! — dropped the gloves with Dan Girardi
after the winger didn’t like a hit on Patrice Bergeron in the third period. He
posted a Gordie Howe hat trick. Noel Acciari threw himself in front of a pair
of slappers on a second-period power play that preserved a narrow Bruins lead.
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period, a linesman had to go into the Tampa bench to pry David Authentic Chris Chelios Jersey Backes away from
Chris Kunitz and a few more Bolts.
But in the B’s 4-2 victory over the Lightning that catapulted them into
first place in the Eastern Conference, there may not have been anyone more
emotionally engaged than their most important player — Tuukka Rask.
Once untangled, Rask went right at Conacher and fed him a few shots with
his blocker before a host of players, including Carlo and Cedric Paquette
jumped in. The B’s ended up with a power play in a 2-1 game. But more
importantly, a point was made loudly by Rask.
That kind Authentic Malcom Brown Jersey of show of
emotion has not been seen from a Bruins goalie since Tim Thomas was patrolling
the crease, and it certainly juiced the guys who are on his side.
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