OK, let’s be honest: every Bruins fan was hoping to get retribution against the last opponent in the B’s playoff victory history? RIGHT?!?
Sure, it was still a regular season game. With piles of injuries and Tuukka’s leave, this team needed to congeal a little bit. Yesterday’s game was a step in the right direction.
A very quiet start for Boston, with Toronto getting the first bajillion shots on goal. The crowd, too, was disconnected - and, as the Globe’s Kevin Paul Dupont noted on Twitter, fans gave semi-sarcastic cheers after each save by both goalies, cheering (mocking?