Back to the Boston Bruins Newsfeed

Five years ago today, the Bruins punched a ticket to the Stanley Cup Final

It was a dark and stormy night. Well, inside the TD Garden it was. The Tampa Bay Lightning and the Boston Bruins were battling for a trip to the Stanley Cup Final to take on the Vancouver Canucks.

It was one of the best games ever played. And the cleanest possible box score. 1 goal, no penalties.

Montage

In case you'd forgotten. It was a hard-fought series up until this point. Plenty of hitting, scoring, and general hockey mayhem. Great stuff. In four of the previous six games, at least one team (and in one case, both!