1st Period
Impressive period defensively for the Boston Bruins who didn't leave any chances to score to the Pittsburgh Penguins due to the very effective forecheck along with a very good positioning that caused so many problems to their opponents to establish the possession on the offensive zone and even on PPs they had the same issues, Boston scored the only goal of the period with a Lucic wrist shot after a very good puck movement on the offensive zone.
2nd Period
This has been a very balanced period that saw very few chances to score by both teams with both defense to continue to rule the game and the only shots of the period cam from breakaways but both goalies have been ready and they gave their contribution to let this period end without any goals.
3rd Period
The game defensive trend continued and because of that the scoring chances continued to be rare but the physicality of the game has been impressive especially for the Penguins that a lot of times have been called "soft". Pittsburgh had the best chances to tied the game in last 5 minutes of the game where Sutter put the puck in front of an empty net but Kunitz missed to shot it and when Perron went close to score with an under the bar wrist shot but Rask was ready and blocked it. The Pengs tried to play with 6 offensive players but they didn't find the net and Chara scored an empty net goal to close the game out in favor of his teams.
This game has been that kind of Boston wanted to play and this is the proof that Pittsburgh suffer this game and the Bruins' style of hockey especially Sidney Crosby. The physicality didn't leave spaces for spectacular plays on offense and suffocated the Penguins offensive move right from the beginning.
My 3 stars of the game are: 3 Greiss, 2 Lucic, 1 Rask ( shutout ).
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