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BRUINS | ||||
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| Time | Mon. 5:00 PM PST |
TV | CBC, Versus, RDS |
| Series | 2-0 Canucks |
Last Meeting |
3-2 Canucks |
| The Enemy | Stanley Cup Of Chowder, Days Of Y'Orr | Scoring Leaders |
H. Sedin: 2-19-21 Krejci: 10-8-18 |
| Canucks |
Category | Bruins |
| Won 4 |
Streak | Lost 2 |
| 5-3 |
< Road Record / Home Record > |
7-3 |
| +6 |
Goals For / Against +/- | +11 |
| 2.70 (9) |
Goals Per Game | 3.0 (6) |
| 2.40 (2) |
Goals Against Per Game | 2.45 (4) |
| 1.14 (5) |
5 On 5 GF/GA | 1.60 (1) |
| 26.5 (3) |
Power Play % |
8.6 (14) |
| 81.5 (6) |
Penalty Kill % |
80.3 (9) |
| 31.8 (9) |
Shots Per Game | 33.6 (12) |
| 33.6 (12) |
Shots Against Per Game | 31.8 (9) |
| 83.3 (3) |
Winning % When Scoring First | 88.9 (2) |
| 6-2 |
Record When Leading After 1 | 6-2 |
| 3-2 |
Record When Trailing After 1 | 3-5 |
| 8-1 |
Record When Leading After 2 | 6-1 |
| 666 (1) |
Hits | 507 (2) |
| 289 (4) |
Blocked Shots |
299 (3) |
| 49.9 (6) |
Faceoffs % | 52.6 (3) |
| 14.6 (12) |
PIM's Per Game Average |
11.6 (8) |
| NHL.com |
The look on the 2 goaltenders' faces above says it all. The Bruins finally get a power play goal and a lead against the Canucks even yet they fall in OT, abruptly. The Canucks seem to have answers to whatever the Bruins throw at them. They have a team desire/hunger that is unmatched by Boston. The Bruins were 8-0 in these playoffs when leading after 2 periods...until Game 2 happened. They were 4-0 in overtimes..until Game 2 happened. Now they can possibly take solace in the fact that they are 7-3 at home. That they only lost by 1 single goal in both games of these Finals. They could make this a series yet.
But it's not looking good for them. Only 3 2 goals scored by them in the first 2 games. They have to find a way to generate a LOT more chances past a stingy and cruel Canucks D AND they need to solve Roberto Luongo. Plus turnovers are looking to be their specialty, an un-remedied specialty that we knew about them heading into the Finals. Much more after the jump.
-Elliot Pap tweeted Sunday: Injured Canuck d-man Dan Hamhuis is on the charter to Boston. Not limping either. #vansuncanucks. Can I get a hell yes?
-Vancouver mayor BC Premier Christy Clark is going to re-ignite the Olympic cauldron for added inspiration to the Canucks at 3 PM PST on Monday (Vancouver Sun)
-Burrows' father gave him some wise words prior to Game 2 (Vancouver Sun)
-Iain MacIntyre believes in destiny. But, careful dude. We're only 2 games in.
-Look for Manny Malhotra to stay on the 4th line as AV doesn't want to break up Line 3 (wise man!)
-TSN's Bob McKenzie talks about the Canucks and Burrows and it's something you want to check out.
-Kaberle = fail (Spector, Sportsnet)
-What a terrific ovation for Manny prior to Game 2! Well done, fans! The Canucks and the Miracle Man talk about it here.
-Canucks use science to try gain advantage (Boston Herald)
PROJECTED FORWARDS DRESSED
CANUCKS
Daniel Sedin-Henrik Sedin-Alexandre Burrows
Mason Raymond-Ryan Kesler-Christopher Higgins
Raffi Torres-Maxim Lapierre-Jannik Hansen
Jeff Tambellini-Manny Malhotra-Victor Oreskovich
BRUINS
Milan Lewcheech-David Kraychee-Nathan Hoe-tonne
Brad Marchand-Patrice "Charlie bit me" Bergeron-Mark Recchi
Michael Ryder-Chris Kelly-Tyler Seguin
Daniel "Pie, eh?" Paille-Gregory "Hi daddy!" Campbell-Rich "So They Packed Up All Their Bags And They Moved To" Peverley
STARTING GOALTENDERS
Roberto Luongo
#1 / Goalie / Vancouver Canucks
6-3
217
Apr 04, 1979
Profile: Ass-kicker, critic-silencer
Tim Thomas
#30 / Goalie / Boston Bruins
5-11
201
Apr 15, 1974
Profile: Flopper, show-stopper, floor mopper
Tim Thomas
#30 / Goalie / Boston Bruins
5-11
201
Apr 15, 1974
Profile: Flopper, show-stopper, floor mopper
WHO IS HOT / COLD
CANUCKS
HOT
-Roberto Luongo. Only 6 goals against in his last 4 games. LUUUUUUUUUU!!
-Daniel Sedin: 1 goal and 5 assists in his last 4 games.
-Alexandre Burrows: 5 goals and 4 assists in his last 7.
-Sami Salo: 2 goals and 2 assists in his last 4.
COLD
-Maxim Lapierre: 1 goal and no assists in his last 12.
-Tanner Glass: 0 points in his last 28. (benched)
-Victor Oreskovich: 0 points in his last 16.
-Jeff Tambellini: 0 points in his last 29 games. (Awesome job in Game 2 though)
-Cody Hodgson: 0 points in his last 10 games with very limited ice time. (benched)
BRUINS
HOT
-David Krejci: 3 goals and 3 assists in his last 5.
COLD
INJURIES
CANUCKS
-F Mikael Samuelsson: surgery, out for playoffs.
-D Dan Hamhuis: ankle (?), day-to-day
BRUINS
-F Marc Savard: concussion, out for season
-F Trent Whitfield: achilles surgery. Sound familiar?
VIDEO
Highlights from Game 2:
A new History Will Be Made Video: History Only Takes 11 Seconds:
Party on Granville Post Game 2:
More celebrating in the streets of Vancouver (insane stuff!):
I love these clips taken from way up in the high rise buildings. The sound of the city going ape shit is so sweet:
Not as good as the original but I still laughed:
The title of this post brought to you by Metallica "For Whom The Bell Tolls:
Photo by Jeff Vinnick, Canucks.com.
I don't know who did this, but thanks to nucksandpucks for sending it to me!
