RALEIGH, N.C. — The Boston Bruins needed to weather a storm before finding their legs in Game 3. But the opening surge from the desperate Carolina Hurricanes collided with a brick wall between the pipes.
Tuukka Rask singlehandedly downgraded the Hurricanes surge to a tropical storm after 20 first period saves. The Bruins then went to work to help out their veteran netminder.
Walpole’s own Chris Wagner opened the floodgates with his second goal of the postseason just 1:21 into the middle stanza. Brad Marchand added his sixth of the playoffs with a power play tally 5:07 later to give the Bruins some cushion.