The Bruins lost the Stanley Cup Final to the Blues in Game 7 Wednesday by a score of 4-1.
The Blues scored twice on only four shots in the first period and held a tight grip on that lead for the game’s final forty minutes, leaving the Bruins without many chances to capitalize. At the end of the night, it was Blues captain Alex Pietrangelo hoisting the Cup on TD Garden’s ice, not Zdeno Chara.
As the city recovers from a lost chance at another championship, here is what experts around the Bruins are saying:
Dan Shaughnessy, The Boston Globe: “Remember eight years ago when the heavy-hitting Bruins beat the finesse Canucks, 4-0, in Game 7 in Vancouver?