It was Blues forward David Perron who Torey Krug tangled with seconds before he skated the length of the ice and made a highlight-reel hit on Robert Thomas in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, and it was Perron who had multiple run-ins with Tuukka Rask during the Bruins’ Game 3 win.
If there is room for a singular villain’s emergence among the Bruins’ opponent, Perron appears to have passed the audition. The 31-year-old leads the Blues with six penalty minutes in the series, and though he was the team’s fourth-highest scorer in the regular season, he has not made his way onto the score sheet.