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  • Stanley Cup Final Game 3 – Boston Bruins v. St. Louis Blues

    Stanley Cup Final Game 3 – Boston Bruins v. St. Louis Blues

    Boston Bruins v. St. Louis Blues

    Game 3 – Series Tied 1-1

     

    Game Recap:

    Heading into the Game 3 the St. Louis Bues come home with the momentum in the corner after taking Game 2 in boston to even the series with the Bruins. The game would start off physically, and would see the Blues start with five straight shots, but when they had the chance to take the lead while on the powerplay they failed to do so. The Bruins on the other hand would not let their opportunity be squandered as Patrice Bergeron would redirect a Torey Krug point shot past Jordan Binnington to take the 1-0 lead. That goal would open the flood gates as the Bruins would score two more this period starting with Marcus Johansson feeding Charlie Coyle a one timer to make it a two goal lead. Then Sean Kuraly would shoot one right through the five hole of Binnington to make it 3-0. However, the Blues would challenge as it seemed Joakim Nordstrom was in the Blues’s zone before the puck was, but after review it was shown that Joel Edmundson pushed the puck back into the zone thus nullifying the offsides call.

     

    Going into the second period the Bruins would strike again in the first minute of the period as David Pastrnak would collect the rebound in front of the net and backhand it past Binnington to make it 4-0. However, the Blues would finally get on the board as Ivan Barbashev would net his second of the playoffs to cut the lead to three, but the Bruins would respond again on their third powerplay as Torey Krug would shoot one past Binnington to get their four goal lead back and would force Craig Berube to put Jake Allen in net for the Blues as the Bruins lead 5-1 going into the second intermission.

     

    In the third period things would get very chippy as we would see three penalties called in the first 91 seconds. Then Zdeno Chara would take an ill advised roughing call which would lead to a Colton Parayko powerplay goal to cut the Bruins lead to three. Then late in the period Noel Acciari would score on the empty net to ice the game, but Alex Pietrangelo would take a stupid slashing penalty and the Bruins would go a perfect 4 for 4 on the powerplay when Marcus Johansson would score on the powerplay off of the one timer from Torey Krug. Boston would win the game 7-2 to take the 2-1 series lead.

     

    Lineups:

    Boston Bruins:

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — David Backes

    Marcus Johansson — Charlie Coyle — Danton Heinen

    Joakim Nordstrom — Sean Kuraly — Noel Acciari

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Torey Krug — Brandon Carlo

    John Moore — Connor Clifton

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steven Kampfer, Karson Kuhlman

    Injured: Matt Grzelcyk (upper body) Chris Wagner (upper body), Kevan Miller (lower body)

     

    St. Louis Blues:

    Jaden Schwartz — Brayden Schenn — Vladimir Tarasenko

    Sammy Blais — Ryan O’Reilly — David Perron

    Patrick Maroon — Tyler Bozak — Robby Fabbri

    Zach Sanford — Ivan Barbashev — Alexander Steen

    Carl Gunnarsson — Alex Pietrangelo

    Jay Bouwmeester — Colton Parayko

    Joel Edmundson — Robert Bortuzzo

    Jordan Binnington

    Jake Allen

    Scratched: Michael Del Zotto, Mackenzie MacEachern, Chris Thorburn , Ville Husso

    Injured: Vince Dunn (upper body), Robert Thomas (undisclosed)

    Suspended: Oskar Sundqvist

     

    First Period:

    Bruins Penalty – 1:02 – Jake DeBrusk 2 minutes for Kneeing

    Blues Penalty – 10:26 – David Perron 2 minutes for Interference

    Bruins PPG – 10:47 – Patrice Bergeron (9) from Torey Krug (12) and Jake DeBrusk (6)

    Bruins Penalty – 14:22 – Connor Clifton 2 minutes for Roughing

    Blues Penalty – 14:22 – Ivan Barbashev 2 minutes Unsportsmanlike Conduct

    Bruins Goal – 17:40 – Charlie Coyle (8) from Marcus Johansson (7) and Danton Heinen (6)

    Bruins Goal – 19:50 – Sean Kuraly (4) from Joakim Nordstrom (4)

    Blues Penalty – 19:50 – Bench (David Perron) 2 minutes for Delay of Game

     

    End of 1st – BOS – 3       STL – 0

    Shots              12                08

    Faceoffs         12                08

    Hits               16                  14

    PP                 1/1                 0/1

     

    Second Period:

    Bruins PPG – :41 – David Pastrnak (8) from Torey Krug (13) and Patrice Bergeron (6)

    Bruins Penalty – 7:37 – Charlie McAvoy 2 minutes for Slashing

    Bruins Penalty – 7:37 – Zdeno Chara 2 minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct

    Blues Penalty – 7:37 – Pat Maroon 2 minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct

    Blues Goal – 11:05 – Ivan Barbashev (3) from Zach Sanford (1) and Alexander Steen (3)

    Blues Penalty – 11:41 – Colton Parayko 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Bruins PPG – 12:12 – Torey Krug (2) from Brad Marchand (12 and Patrice Bergeron (7)

     

    End of 2nd – BOS – 5        STL – 1

    Shots               20                 18

    Faceoffs          21                 17

    Hits                 25                  27

    PP                   3/3                  0/2

     

    Third Period:

    Blues Penalty – :54 – David Perron 2 minutes for Roughing

    Bruins Penalty – :54 – Connor Clifton 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    Bruins Penalty – 1:31 – Brandon Carlo 2 minutes for Interference

    Bruins Penalty – 5:18 – Zdeno Chara 2 minutes for Roughing

    Blues PPG – 5:24 – Colton Parayko (2) from Ryan O’Reilly (13) and Tyler Bozak (7)

    Bruins Penalty – 6:04 – Jake DeBrusk 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    Bruins ENG – 18:12 – Noel Acciari (2) from Joakim Nordstrom (5)

    Blues Penalty – 18:12 – Alex Pietrangelo 2 minutes for Slashing

    Bruins PPG – 1:35 – Marcus Johansson (4) from Torey Krug (14) and Connor Clifton (3)

     

    End of 3rd – BOS – 7         STL – 2

    Shots              24                   29

    Faceoffs        30                    24

    Hits               29                     35

    PP                 4/4                    1/5

     

    Next Up:

    Game 4 – BOS Leads 2-1

     

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  • Stanley Cup Final Game 1 – St. Louis Blues v. Boston Bruins

    Stanley Cup Final Game 1 – St. Louis Blues v. Boston Bruins

    St. Louis Blues v. Boston Bruins

    Game 1

     

    Game Recap:

    The time has finally come for the Stanley Cup Final to begin and with both the Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues getting some time to lick their wounds from the past three rounds, are ready to play for the holy grail itself. To start the game both teams would get physical right out of the gate that would also feature two really good scoring opportunities for the Bruins. However, it would be the Blues after a failed powerplay that would score the first goal of the Final as Brayden Schenn would take advantage of the Blues aggressive play and wrist the puck past Tuukka Rask to make it 1-0 for the Blues. The Blues would give the Bruins two powerplay opportunities which saw Marcus Johansson come close to tying the game, only to hit the post instead. The Blues are doing a good job of breaking out of their zone and entering into the Bruins zone, while on the other side of the coin, the Bruins have been doing a good job of creating odd man rushes and creating scoring chances off of them.

     

    Heading into the second Schenn would strike again this time intercepting a poorly made pass by Charlie McAvoy, and then passing it to Vladimir Tarasenko in the slot to score his 9th of the playoffs and a 2-0 lead exactly one minute into the period. However, the Bruins would respond as Sean Kuraly would throw the puck to the net and Connor Clifton would deflect the puck into the open net to cut the deficit to one. Later in the period the Blues would shoot themselves in the foot as they gave the Bruins two more powerplay opportunities, and the second one was really dumb penalty that Oskar Sundqvist took that leads to McAvoy taking the puck in from the neutral zone and wristing it past Jordan Binnington to tie the game at two. The Blues looked sloppy and undisciplined, while the Bruins looked like they were a well oiled machine outshooting the Blues 18-3.

     

    In the third period the Bruins would continue with their dominating play, and a little over five minutes into the period it would be Sean Kuraly tucking the puck past Binnington to give the Bruins their first lead of the game at 3-2. Then with the goalie pulled late in the third, Brad Marchand would get the empty net goal to seal the deal and give the Bruins the 4-2 victory over the Blues to take the 1-0 series lead.

     

    The Blues became very undisciplined after the first period and really got away from their game after Tarasenko scored to make it 2-0. The Bruins were able to take over the game after that point and really control the tempo and score four unanswered goals to take Game 1.

     

    Lineups:

    St. Louis Blues:

    Jaden Schwartz — Brayden Schenn — Vladimir Tarasenko

    Sammy Blais — Ryan O’Reilly — David Perron

    Pat Maroon — Tyler Bozak — Robert Thomas

    Ivan Barbashev — Oskar Sundqvist — Alexander Steen

    Joel Edmundson — Alex Pietrangelo

    Jay Bouwmeester — Colton Parayko

    Carl Gunnarsson — Robert Bortuzzo

    Jordan Binnington

    Jake Allen

    Scratched: Robby Fabbri, Michael Del Zotto, Zach Sanford, Mackenzie MacEachern, Chris Thorburn, Ville Husso

    Injured: Vince Dunn (upper body)

     

    Boston Bruins:

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — David Backes

    Marcus Johansson — Charlie Coyle — Danton Heinen

    Joakim Nordstrom — Sean Kuraly — Noel Acciari

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Torey Krug — Brandon Carlo

    Matt Grzelcyk — Connor Clifton

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: John Moore, Steven Kampfer, Karson Kuhlman

    Injured: Chris Wagner (upper body), Kevan Miller (lower body)

     

    First Period:

    Bruins Penalty – 3:37 – Sean Kuraly 2 minutes for Tripping

    Blues Goal – 7:23 – Brayden Schenn (3) from Jaden Schwartz (5) and Jay Boumeester (6)

    Blues Penalty – 13:15 – David Perron 2 minutes for Tripping

    Blues Penalty – 17:45 – Robert Thomas 2 minutes for Hooking

     

    End of 1st – STL – 1       BOS – 0

    Shots              08                08

    Faceoffs         08                06

    Hits               12                  11

    PP                 0/1                 0/2

     

    Second Period:

    Blues Goal – 1:00 – Vladimir Tarasenko (9) from Brayden Schenn (6)

    Bruins Goal – 2:16 – Connor Clifton (2) from Sean Kuraly (4) and Joakim Nordstrom (3)

    Blues Penalty – 5:25 – Joel Edmundson 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Blues Penalty – 11:04 – Oskar Sundqvist 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    Bruins PPG – 12:41 – Charlie McAvoy (2) from unassisted

     

    End of 2nd – STL – 2        BOS – 2

    Shots               11                 26

    Faceoffs          19                 17

    Hits                 21                  21

    PP                   0/1                  1/4

     

    Third Period:

    Bruins Goal – 5:21 – Sean Kuraly (3) from Noel Acciari (2) and Zdeno Chara (3)

    Bruins Penalty – 6:55 – David Krejci 2 minutes for Illegal Check to the Head

    Blues Penalty – 13:28 – Sammy Blais 2 minutes for Interference

    Bruins ENG – 18:11 – Brad Marchand (8) from unassisted

     

    End of 3rd – STL – 2         BOS – 4

    Shots              19                   38

    Faceoffs        26                    31

    Hits               33                     32

    PP                 0/2                    1/5

     

    Next Up:

    Game 2 – BOS Leads 1-0

     

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  • Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Boston Bruins – Game 4 Recap

    Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Boston Bruins – Game 4 Recap

    With a commanding 3-1 lead within their grasp, the Columbus Blue Jackets could smell blood in the water. Nationwide arena was ready for a huge jackets victory to put them within a win of the Eastern Conference final. The time was now… until it wasn’t
    The Boston Bruins had other ideas.

    The Blue Jackets held the powerful line of Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak in check the past few games but Pastrnak would strike just 3:33 into the game. A beautiful cross ice feed from Charlie McAvoy would lead to a Pastrnak blast from the circle to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead. The Jackets needed to play harder against that line but the Bruins would make them pay in just a few short minutes once again.

    The power trio of Marchand, Bergeron and Pastrnak would make their prescense felt again at 7:18 of the 1st period. Marchand would streak down the wing and wire a perfect pass to a pinching Bergeron who would rip a wrister past Bobrovsky for the Bruins’ second goal of the game and second of the first period. The Blue Jackets were in dire straits early and the Bruins we’re jumping on them. The Jackets needed a spark and it came in the form of Artemi Panarin.

    At 8:46 of the 1st period, Panarin wristed a shot up and over Tuukka Rask to cut the Blue Jackets deficit in half. After going to the front of the net, a rebound would zone right in on Panarin’s stick and he would hammer the shot over Rask. The Jackets had the spark they needed and it was time to get this game under control. The Bruins would keep the Jackets in check and then drive the dagger into their hearts in the 3rd period.

    After a hard fought second period with some great action from both teams, the Bruins would strike again at 8:40 of the 3rd period. A rebound after a big shot from the point would find Sean Kuraly in front of net. Kuraly would wrist the puck past Bobrovsky and give the Bruins a huge 3-1 lead. Time was running out for the Blue Jackets? Could they dig down and find two goals to send it to overtime? Bergeron would strike again to stop any hope of a comeback.

    At 17:30 of the 3rd period, Bergeron would seal the Bruins victory with their fourth goal of the game and his second of the night. After a rocket of a shot from David Pastrnak, Bergeron would tap home the rebound of the shot for a power play goal and a 4-1 Bruins lead. The Bruins’ game four victory has tied the series at two games a piece with the series now becoming a best of three the rest of the way.

    Game Five is Saturday night in Boston. Keep it right here on Txhthockey.com for all the hockey news

  • Winter Classic Recap – 1/1/2019 – Boston Bruins v. Chicago Blackhawks

    Winter Classic Recap – 1/1/2019 – Boston Bruins v. Chicago Blackhawks

    Boston Bruins (21-14-4 46pts) v. Chicago Blackhawks (15-20-6 36pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    For the 11th Annual Winter Classic, the host Chicago Blackhawks would fall to the Boston Bruins 4-2 at the historic Notre Dame Stadium. This was a tightly contested game that showed great play in the net for both Tuukka Rask and Cam Ward, but it would be Sean Kuraly would bat in the loose puck to score the game winner for the Bruins.

     

    Lineups:

    Boston Bruins:

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson

    Danton Heinen — Sean Kuraly — Chris Wagner

    Joakim Nordstrom — Colby Cave — Noel Acciari

    Zdeno Chara — Brandon Carlo

    Torey Krug — John Moore

    Matt Grzelcyk — Kevan Miller

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steven Kampfer, Ryan Donato

    Injured: Charlie McAvoy (lower body)

    Suspended: David Backes

     

    Chicago Blackhawks:

    Brandon Saad — Jonathan Toews — Dominik Kahun

    Artem Anisimov — Dylan Strome — Patrick Kane

    Alex DeBrincat — David Kampf — Dylan Sikura

    Brendan Perlini — Marcus Kruger — John Hayden

    Duncan Keith — Erik Gustafsson

    Gustav Forsling — Brent Seabrook

    Carl Dahlstrom — Connor Murphy

    Cam Ward

    Collin Delia

    Scratched: Chris Kunitz, Andreas Martinsen

    Injured: Corey Crawford (concussion)

     

    Officials:

     

    First Period:

    Bruins Penalty – 5:52 – Brandon Carlo 2 minutes for Holding

    Blackhawks Goal – 8:30 – Brendan Perlini (5) from David Kampf (10) and Dylan Sikura (3)

    Blackhawks Penalty – 12:05 – Artem Anisimov 2 minutes for Tripping

    Bruins PPG – 12:38 – David Pastrnak (24) from Patrice Bergeron (20)

    Bruins Penalty – 17:03 – Matt Grzelcyk 2 minutes for High Sticking

     

    End of 1st – BOS – 1       CHI – 1

    Shots              14                12

    Faceoffs         08                09

    Hits               10                  10

    PP                 1/1                 0/2

     

    Analysis:

    Bruins – The Bruins had a good start to the game by generating good zone time that lead to two really good scoring chances. However, after their first penalty kill, they would still give up the first goal of the game, but they would respond by capitalizing on their lone powerplay of the period.

     

    Blackhawks – The Blackhawks played a good solid period that saw them generate chances with their powerplay opportunities, and also score the first goal of the game.

     

    Need to Do:

    Bruins – The Bruins need to continue pressing the play in the Blackhawks zone, and continue to capitalize on their powerplay opportunities.

     

    Blackhawks – The Blackhawks need to do a better job on special teams. They need to generate more traffic in front of Tuukka Rask while on the powerplay, and to lockdown their zone better and force the Bruins to shoot from outside of the slot area while on the penalty kill.

     

    Second Period:

    Bruins Penalty – 2:23 – Sean Kuraly 2 minutes for Hooking

    Blackhawks Goal – 11:24 – Dominik Kahun (5) from Erik Gustafsson (14) and Jonathan Toews (20)

    Blackhawks Penalty – 17:57 – Erik Gustafsson 2 minutes for Roughing

    Bruins PPG – 18:48 – Patrice Bergeron (13) from David Pastrnak (26) and Torey Krug (20)

    Bruins Penalty – 19:50 – Matt Grzelcyk 2 minutes for Hooking

     

    End of 2nd – BOS – 2        CHI – 2

    Shots               24                 28

    Faceoffs          18                 23

    Hits                 20                  21

    PP                   2/2                  0/3

     

    Analysis:

    Bruins – Not a good first half to the second period for the Bruins, but their special teams was a key factor in this period as they killed off another penalty, and scored on their lone powerplay opportunity to tie the game at 2 a piece.

     

    Blackhawks – The Blackhawks dominated the first half of this period generating 12 of the first 16 shots. However, they were unable to capitalize on their lone powerplay of the period, and were scored against on their lone penalty kill of the period as well, going 0 for 2 when down a man.

     

    Need to Do:

    Bruins – The Bruins need to continue with their strong penalty killing, but they need to also play much better at 5 on 5 as they are being dominated by the Blackhawks at even strength.

     

    Blackhawks – The Blackhawks need to start this period strong and make the most of this powerplay that they get to start the period with. Also the Blackhawks need to do a better job of penalty killing if they hope to win this game. Discipline is key.

     

    Third Period:

    Blackhawks Penalty – 1:03 – Patrick Kane 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Blackhawks Penalty – 1:42 – Artem Anisimov 2 minutes for Tripping

    Blackhawks Penalty – 4:56 – Gustav Forsling 2 minutes for Tripping

    Bruins Goal – 10:20 – Sean Kuraly (4) from Chris Wagner (3) and Matt Grzelcyk (10)

    Bruins ENG – 19:27 – Brad Marchand (13) from David Krejci (24)

     

    End of 3rd – BOS – 4         CHI – 2

    Shots              36                   38

    Faceoffs        29                    37

    Hits               30                     25

    PP                 2/5                    0/4

     

    Analysis:

    This  was a closer game than it should have been due to Chicago’s lack of discipline this period, but both goaltenders were spectacular. However, it would be the Bruins play overwhelming the Blackhawks to secure the victory.

     

    Next Up:

    Boston (22-14-4 48pts) v. Calgary (24-12-4 52pts)

    Chicago (15-21-6 36pts) @ NY Islanders (21-13-4 46pts)