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Rask shuts out Blackhawks as Bruins power to 2-1 lead
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June 19, 2013, Wednesday
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BOSTON netminder Tuukka Rask collected the shutout but had to share the spotlight with teammate Dan Paille as the Bruins blanked the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 on Monday to take control of the Stanley Cup finals.
Rask has been center stage throughout the series while Paille has gone from role player to leading man after scoring the overtime winner in Game 2 and finding the Chicago net again on Monday as Boston grabbed a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.
"We're playing the best hockey of the season right now," Bruins coach Claude Julien told reporters. "That's what you've got to do to give yourself a chance to win a Stanley Cup."
While there is a lot more hockey still to be played before the Stanley Cup is hoisted, history says Bruins fans can at least start considering a parade.
The team winning Game 3 after splitting the opening two contests of a final have gone on to win the Stanley Cup 21 of 25 times.
'Three' has been the Bruins' lucky number this postseason. They are a perfect 4-0 in Game 3s, while the Blackhawks have gone 0-4.
Back on home ice after splitting the opening two contests in Chicago, Finn Rask was brilliant again in Game 3, stopping all 28 shots he faced to notch his third shutout in his last seven games.
Paille had two goals in Boston's first 17 postseason contests and has doubled his contribution over the last two.
He opened the scoring two minutes into the second on a nice individual effort before Bergeron converted a powerplay chance taking a cross-ice feed from Jaromir Jagr and hammering the puck past Corey Crawford just as the Bruins' two-man advantage was ending.
The Blackhawks' frustration boiled over in the final seconds as tempers flared and players traded punches.
Rask has been center stage throughout the series while Paille has gone from role player to leading man after scoring the overtime winner in Game 2 and finding the Chicago net again on Monday as Boston grabbed a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.
"We're playing the best hockey of the season right now," Bruins coach Claude Julien told reporters. "That's what you've got to do to give yourself a chance to win a Stanley Cup."
While there is a lot more hockey still to be played before the Stanley Cup is hoisted, history says Bruins fans can at least start considering a parade.
The team winning Game 3 after splitting the opening two contests of a final have gone on to win the Stanley Cup 21 of 25 times.
'Three' has been the Bruins' lucky number this postseason. They are a perfect 4-0 in Game 3s, while the Blackhawks have gone 0-4.
Back on home ice after splitting the opening two contests in Chicago, Finn Rask was brilliant again in Game 3, stopping all 28 shots he faced to notch his third shutout in his last seven games.
Paille had two goals in Boston's first 17 postseason contests and has doubled his contribution over the last two.
He opened the scoring two minutes into the second on a nice individual effort before Bergeron converted a powerplay chance taking a cross-ice feed from Jaromir Jagr and hammering the puck past Corey Crawford just as the Bruins' two-man advantage was ending.
The Blackhawks' frustration boiled over in the final seconds as tempers flared and players traded punches.
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