FINAL SCORE: Bruins 3, Blue Jackets 0
IN BRIEF: The Bruins handled Columbus on their home ice to wrap up this second-round series and vault Boston to the Eastern Conference Final.
HIGHLIGHTS:
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Questionable review takes away a first-period goal from the Bruins
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Suspension coming for Charlie McAvoy after elbow?
THE NET COMES FREE AFTER B'S NEARLY SCORE ON A BREAKAWAY
Absolute CHAOS. pic.twitter.com/z05t9QXuvk
— NHL on NBC (@NHLonNBCSports) May 7, 2019
FIGHT
Tuukka Rask channeling his inner Tim Thomas with Nick Foligno pic.twitter.com/noMwRRLxM6
— Evan Marinofsky (@emarinofsky) May 7, 2019
KREJCI BREAKS THE SCORELESS TIE
ICEBREAKER. @NHLBruins 🚨
— NHL on NBC (@NHLonNBCSports) May 7, 2019
Stream it here: https://t.co/YugQLbt0jn pic.twitter.com/2zd181Fnbg
MCAVOY ONLY GETS TWO MINUTES FOR A BRUTAL ELBOW
Bruins get very lucky with this only being 2 minutes.
— Evan Marinofsky (@emarinofsky) May 7, 2019
Charlie McAvoy will be getting a call from the league pic.twitter.com/dAqJVOfyHn
TUUKKA MAKES A BIG SAVE
Tuukka time. pic.twitter.com/BDCt9yCClX
— NHL on NBC (@NHLonNBCSports) May 7, 2019
JOHANSSON MAKES IT 2-0 BRUINS
🚨GOAL!🚨
— Boston Bruins on CLNS (@BruinsCLNS) May 7, 2019
Marcus Johansson extends the lead to 2! #NHLBruins 2#CBJ 0 pic.twitter.com/uYw8sJPUeY
BACKES PUSHES THE LEAD TO 3-0
🚨GOAL!🚨
— Boston Bruins on CLNS (@BruinsCLNS) May 7, 2019
David Backes extends the lead to 3! #NHLBruins 3#CBJ 0 pic.twitter.com/sPnlOvmxXe
FROM JOE HAGGERTY:
The Bruins had a goal taken off by the board by a controversial coach’s challenge. It looked like Sean Kuraly scored on a second effort play in front while Joakim Nordstrom jamming in front of the net. But Nordstrom made contact with Sergei Bobrovsky at the corner of the crease, and it looked like the Columbus goalie didn’t have enough time to recover and get back into the play. There was a bit of a shove from behind on Nordstrom by Scott Harrington as well, but it was way before he crashed into Bobrovsky and essentially took him out of the play. I thought it was the right call to take the goal off the board after watching the replay a couple of times, but I’m sure most of the B’s fans out there disagree with me. The B’s never let it rattle them and instead pushed in goals from David Krejci, Marcus Johansson and David Backes to power past Columbus.
Everybody will be talking about the Charlie McAvoy play. He drilled Josh Anderson with a high hit as he battled Zdeno Chara to carry the puck into the offensive zone. It was a shoulder check to the chest and head with Anderson going down in a heap afterward. McAvoy was lucky he only received a two minute minor for a check to the head, but he also might definitely be hearing from the Department of Player Safety about a possible suspension for a headshot.
Blue Jackets forwards Nick Foligno and Boone Jenner were really mixing it up with Tuukka Rask around the Bruins net, and trying to rattle the cage of the Bruins goalie. It’s clearly not working as he’s made 27 saves and counting through two periods without letting up a goal. I guess he wasn’t dented after all, Torts. Instead Rask stood on his head just as he’s done throughout this second-round series against Columbus and their stellar goalie, and he’s outplayed Sergei Bobrovsky at every turn in this series. Credit Rask for being as good as he’s ever been in the postseason for the Black and Gold.
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