With the returns of Marcus Johansson and Torey Krug, the top-end offensive sets of forwards and defense figured to get a boost. How did it play out?
First Period
Very early, Brad Marchand almost got another lucky-bounce hop-over goal, but the deflection trickled just wide. The Rangers took a too-many-men penalty early, and the Bruins capitalized, as David Pastrnak scored from Stevenxander OStamkos’ office.
The Bruins had such a good run, Jaroslav Halak looked a little bored.