Game 3 Recap

Solid road game performance put in by the Bruins tonight. The Bs got on top early with a great power play goal by Dougie Hamilton who took the puck in alone and beat Howard with a heck-of-a shot. That was followed up by a goal by none other than Jordan Caron (YES, Jordan Caron!) that gave the Bruins a quick 2-0 lead in a dominant first period. For the remainder of the game, the Bruins played a great defensively and frustrated the Red Wings as the game went on.  Tuukka Rask played a big role as well coming up huge more than a couple of times in the third period including on a crucial penalty kill. Patrice Bergeron sealed the game with an empty net goal with just under two minutes left to put the icing on the cake in the third. The Bruins have taken back home ice advantage and, more importantly, have left the Red Wings with a lack of confidence in their ability to beat Rask and the Bruins defensive layers.

Game 4 Preview

After another stellar defensive outing by the Bruins I would expect Detroit to make some drastic personnel adjustments. Mike Babcock was already showing late in this game that he was willing to juggle his lines in a desperate attempt to generate offense when he moved up Nyquist to play with Datsyuk and Abdulkater. I would expect more line juggling, as well as getting Daniel Alfredsson back in the lineup for Game 4 on Thursday.  Game 4 is a must win for the Red Wings and they will be pulling out all the stops at home. I can easily see this game going to overtime in a low scoring affair. I will stick with my original prediction of Bruins in 6 so I will give this game to Detroit which would even the series heading back to Boston. Anything is possible in this series and I am looking forward to it.

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