In the world of professional sports, it doesn’t long for word to get around. Show even a hint of weakness or vulnerability to certain tactics? You can be pretty sure everyone and their grandmother will be testing you.
The Boston Bruins may have exposed a chink in the Penguins’ heretofore seamless armor last night at TD Garden. Aping the Big, Bad Bruins of yore, Zdeno Chara and Co. got in the Pens’ collective grille and seemed to throw them off their game. Kept them off the scoresheet, too, as evidenced by the final score of 4-1.