For the second time in four years, the Chicago Blackhawks will have the opportunity to hoist the Stanley Cup in a Game 6 on the road. To reach the brink of glory, the Blackhawks had to endure a furious third period onslaught from a wounded Bruins team that lashed out with all of its strength. […]
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Knotted at two after four games, including three overtime tilts, the deadlocked Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks are set to duke it out for a spot on the brink of the ultimate goal. Tonight’s Game 5 in Chicago will be the last of the season for which the Stanley Cup will not be present, and
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For the third time in four games, the Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins needed overtime to determine a winner, but Game 4 hardly resembled the prior three. The electric action featured eleven goals, just one fewer than the total racked up in the first three games. Star netminders Tuukka Rask and Corey Crawford finally cracked, leading to a deluge of goals capped off by Brent Seabrook’s OT winner.
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Tonight the Boston Bruins have the opportunity to put themselves on the brink of their seventh title, by earning their fourth 3-1 series lead of the postseason. Of course, they were able to close out their three previous series from that position, although they needed seven games and a miracle to finish off the Maple
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The Boston Bruins returned home on Monday night, for the first time since shutting out the Penguins in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals, and although their opponents changed the result did not. Tuukka Rask pitched the third shutout in his last seven starts, to give the Bruins a crucial 2-0 Game 3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.
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Following a grueling pair of overtime battles, the Stanley Cup Finals move to Boston for Game 3 with the Blackhawks and the Bruins tied at one. With ten periods of hockey in the books, there is hardly anything to separate the two recent champions each on the hunt for another title. Bottom-six wingers Andrew Shaw
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For the second time in as many games, the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks needed extra time to decide a winner. Three nights after losing Game 1 in heartbreaking fashion, the Bruins battled back to claim a crucial road victory with Daniel Paille‘s OT goal. Tuukka Rask was marvelous once again, making 33 saves to lead
Three days after a wild Game 1 that required three overtime periods, the Bruins and Blackhawks will square off for a second time at Chicago’s United Center on Saturday night. The Blackhawks came from behind to steal the series opener with more than a little luck, and the Bruins must now prove that they can
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