So that is something that we talked about. Had Carolina found a way to win, they might have the Bruins already on their heels. The Bruins won the series in overtime on a goal from Nathan Horton.
And if Ritchie isn’t even going to win the board battles, what is the point of his size and strength that’s bringing to the table?Wednesday’s game was physical to be sure as a playoff opener, but it wasn’t overly nasty to the point where you need Ritchie for intimidation purposes. This thrilling win versus Montreal was the first of three Game 7s the Bruins would play in the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs.The Bruins took a 2-0 lead in the first period of this Game 7 and appeared on the verge of a blowout win, but the Canadiens struck back and tied the score in the second period.
Philly? I thought he was fantastic. April 27 will forever be an important day in the history of the Boston Bruins.It was on this date in 2011 that Boston defeated the rival Montreal Canadiens in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series, a victory that catapulted the Bruins on a historic run that ended with the franchise's first Stanley Cup championship in 39 years. Tampa? Bruins 2, Canadiens 1. Get a goal out of Charlie Coyle, third line.”In the first period, Ritchie gave up on a play along the boards and drifted away from Warren Foegele as the entire unit of Bruins defenders puck-watched rather than working to get the puck out of the zone.
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Put Karson Kuhlman in the lineup and flip Anders Bjork to the other side if need be.As for Rask, Bruce Cassidy said after Game 1 that he didn't feel Boston's goalie was overly taxed Wednesday, and that with not having to travel, it would be much easier to play a goalie on a back-to-back than in non-bubble times. Subban.
[Ondrej] Kase is another guy, first game.
The biggest decision will be who they should go with between the pipes -- Tuukka Rask in a back-to-back situation or backup goaltender Jaroslav Halak.There are good reasons to go with either one of them already up 1-0 over Carolina in the best-of-seven series.But there are other decisions to be made, and one that the Bruins should go with starting in Thursday’s Game 2 is the removal of Nick Ritchie from the lineup.Ritchie came into this postseason as a real question mark after playing little more than a handful of games for the Bruins after arriving at the trade deadline from Anaheim in exchange for Danton Heinen.In theory, the 6-foot-2, 235-pound Ritchie would provide needed physical thump to the Boston lineup and play the power forward game on the wing along with big, strong third line center Charlie Coyle.
The big absence there was Vatanen, who'd been a top pairing defensemen for them until Dougie Hamilton returned to the lineup Wednesday. Keep playing your game. The Conference Champions played a best-of-seven series for the Stanley Cup. You just battle and play. Eventually it turned into a Joel Edmundson scoring point shot from the high point that Ritchie wasn’t able to put a body in front of on its way to the net.