NHL: Boston Bruins 3 LA Kings 1 recap and analysis

The game started in a very physical way with heavy forecheck that prevented both teams to have any chances to score, around 11:30 left the Lings had 3 consecutive chances to score, the biggest on the Carter's stick but Rask made an out standing save using his quickness. The Bruins had their 1st chance with just under 10 minutes to play on the stick of Krejci who tried to redirect a Lucic's shot but it finished over the cross bar. 3:40 left on the clock Nolan wasted a good chance on a bad line change by the Bruins missing a shot from the slot. The 2nd period had a fast start by both teams and the Bruins got the 1st PP with 16:12 on the clock due to Carter's cross checking penalty. The PP resulted unsuccessful due to a very good penalty killing stand by the Kings who conceded just 2 shots on goal. After that the Kings began to execute very Well doing so they created some very good chances the biggest of them has been the Shore's one 1 on 1 vs Rask that saw a good stop by the Bruins goalie. Marchand had a good opportunity to score but he hasn't been able to shoot Well but with 2:40 left he redeem himself with a snap shot by the high slot for the 1st goal of the game. With 0:27 left Muzzin forced a PP to give his team a chance to react. The PP continued thru the beginning of the 3rd quarter but it didn't produce anything. The following 5 minutes have been Dominated by the Kings who created some chances to score but they haven't been able to capitalize them, after few boring minutes C Jordan Nolan found an unbelievable goal to tie the game but 1:36 later Boston regain the lead with a Kelly's goal who redirected high under the cross bar a Soderberg midfield shot.  LA tried to score again but they didn't and with 0:16 left Marchand closed the game out with an empty net goal.

The game should go in both way because it has been a very balanced game due to the enormous physical effort put on the field by both team, LA needs to improve so much his offense on the road where they struggle so much, Carter, Gaborik and Kopitar haven't been brilliant as they could be and they great performance by the defense (defesively but not in playmaking) and Quick resulted not enough to win in Boston. The Bruins matched up so well the physicallity of the Kings and a very inspired Marchand made all the difference on offense where he scored 2 goals. This has been a Bruins vs Kings typical game with tough forecheck, lot of hard contacts, great defense and great goaltending but i expected more by the Kings offense who is not continuous at all this season and it's weird because they have a lot of talent there that should produce a way more than now.

MY 3 stars of the game are: 3 Doughty (always great in playmaking) 2 Rask (outstanding all game long) 1 Marchand (he has been the difference in this game).