Given a chance to take a stranglehold in their second-round series against the Lightning, the Bruins came out flat and were never really able to recover, losing by a score of 4-2.
Let’s take a look at some of the more notable aspects of last night’s contest.
- This was about as flat a start as the Bruins have had all post season. While they had to have expected a Tampa surge to start the game, their inability to punch back due to a cap-gun offensive attack was borderline embarrassing. It seemed like the Bruins only crossed the Tampa blue line two or three times in the first 15 minutes of the game.