I cannot stress how little anything happened in the opening frame of tonight’s contest. There were approximately 8 shots on goal, and none of them were dangerous at all. The most interesting thing that happened was maybe a power play or two but that was it.
It’s a good thing Hockey is a game that can change on a dime, because if this period set the stage for the rest of the contest? It’d be an absolute slog.
2nd Period:
Thankfully, things picked up after the first 20.
13 minutes into the period after some quality goaltending work by Jaroslav Halak, Zdeno Chara decided to put a cannon of a shot on that deflected off of a body and went right past Elliott, putting the Bruins up 1-0!