Bruins Canucks Update

The Bruins have evened the series at 2 games a piece after beating Vancouver 4-0 Wednesday night in Boston. For the first time this series, the Bruins scored in the first period on a five-hole shot delivered by Rich Peverley, filling in for Horton on the first line. Despite outshooting the Bruins 12-6, Vancouver went into the first intermission trailing 1-0 on the scoreboard.

About midway through the second Michael Ryder made it 2-0, beating Luongo gloveside with a shot from the top of the left circle. Five minutes later Krejci took a feed at the top of the crease and put it by Luongo to make it 3-0. The final tally of the game came in the third period. With a nifty move on the right boards, Lucic beat his defender and slid a pass to the front of the net, where it went first off Luongo's blade and then bounced off of Peverley's leg and into the net.

Tyler Seguin returned to the line up after being a healthy scratch for game 3. Skating on the third line with Ryder and Kelly, Seguin notched an assist on Ryder's goal in the second.

Tim Thomas had his second-straight remarkable game, stopping all 37 shots he faced to go 77-78 on shots faced in Boston this series. Keep on reading for a summary of Game 3, and stay tuned for Game 5 Friday night in Vancouver.



Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals was played Monday night in Boston, and if you did not have a chance to catch it, you missed out on an incredibly fast-paced, grimy and intense game. When all was said and done, both teams combined for 145 PIMs and 9 goals as the Bruins delivered a strong message to their opponents from north of the border.

I think it's safe to say that viewers everywhere held their breath early in the first period when an Aaron Rome late hit left Nathan Horton on his back, staring at the Garden ceiling. Horton would be led off the ice strapped to a stretcher with a season-ending severe head injury. On Tuesday the NHL, under temporary leadership of Mike Murphy, landed a four game suspension on Rome for the hit, citing rule 48.

The B's failed to score on the ensuing 5 minute powerplay, and went into the first intermission tied 0-0. The second period was a complete different story, as the Bruins came out obviously inspired by the hit on Horton, not to mention the biting in game 1 and game 2 taunting of Bergeron. The scoring started with an Andrew Ference shot from the point that fluttered by Luongo on the powerplay. A highlight in the scoring was a shorthanded goal by Brad Marchand. Picking the puck up at his own blue line, Marchand curled through the neutral zone, delivered a self pass off the boards to enter the zone, sped by the Vancouver defense and cut across the net, delivering a backhand shot over a sprawling Luongo to make it 3-0. The Bruins were able to net 4 goals in the second, followed by four more in the third, including 2 on the PP and 2 while shorthanded (Daniel Paille had the other one).