Scoring first in a hockey game can actually pay dividends.
That novel concept escaped the Boston Bruins through the first five games of their opening-round matchup with the Carolina Hurricanes. Somehow, the Bruins managed to win a pair of home games after giving up the first goal but failed to push back against the Hurricanes during their three losses in Raleigh.
It wasn’t like they came out flat, either. The Bruins garnered some quality scoring chances against Pyotr Kochektov and Antti Raanta in the opening moments of their first five games but failed to tally that elusive first goal.