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Paille scores in OT as Bruins tie Chicago series
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June 17, 2013, Monday
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DAN Paille scored in overtime to lift the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup final on Saturday to level the best-of-seven series.
It marked the second straight game that needed overtime to find a winner after Chicago won Game 1 on Wednesday in triple-overtime.
Another tight game unfolded on Saturday and it looked like multiple overtime periods might be needed again until Paille, who also assisted on Boston's other goal, took a pass from Tyler Seguin and unleashed a wrist shot that fluttered underneath netminder Corey Crawford's outstretched glove off the far post and into the net.
The series now shifts to Boston for Game 3 tomorrow.
"I don't really remember," Seguin told reporters when asked about setting up the game-winner. "I just kind of got the puck wide and saw the weak side high and saw (Paille), put it over to him and went to the net."
With the buzz from Wednesday's Game 1 thriller still echoing through a packed United Center, the Blackhawks came out looking to deliver the early knockout punch in Game 2.
Patrick Sharp scored from a wild scramble in front of Bruins netminder Tuukka Rask to stake Chicago to a 1-0 first-period lead as the Blackhawks dominated the early play, outshooting Boston 19-4.
"I thought the first period, we just weren't there. We were on our heels," said Bruins coach Claude Julien. "They had total control of that period. Tuukka kept us in there."
After a one-sided first period by the Blackhawks that had the 'Madhouse on Madison' rocking, the momentum slowly shifted to the Bruins over the final two frames and into overtime.
The Bruins were rewarded with the equalizer in the second period when Chris Kelly banged home a rebound for his first goal of the postseason.
It marked the second straight game that needed overtime to find a winner after Chicago won Game 1 on Wednesday in triple-overtime.
Another tight game unfolded on Saturday and it looked like multiple overtime periods might be needed again until Paille, who also assisted on Boston's other goal, took a pass from Tyler Seguin and unleashed a wrist shot that fluttered underneath netminder Corey Crawford's outstretched glove off the far post and into the net.
The series now shifts to Boston for Game 3 tomorrow.
"I don't really remember," Seguin told reporters when asked about setting up the game-winner. "I just kind of got the puck wide and saw the weak side high and saw (Paille), put it over to him and went to the net."
With the buzz from Wednesday's Game 1 thriller still echoing through a packed United Center, the Blackhawks came out looking to deliver the early knockout punch in Game 2.
Patrick Sharp scored from a wild scramble in front of Bruins netminder Tuukka Rask to stake Chicago to a 1-0 first-period lead as the Blackhawks dominated the early play, outshooting Boston 19-4.
"I thought the first period, we just weren't there. We were on our heels," said Bruins coach Claude Julien. "They had total control of that period. Tuukka kept us in there."
After a one-sided first period by the Blackhawks that had the 'Madhouse on Madison' rocking, the momentum slowly shifted to the Bruins over the final two frames and into overtime.
The Bruins were rewarded with the equalizer in the second period when Chris Kelly banged home a rebound for his first goal of the postseason.
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