NHL Conference Finals: Lightning Capitalize on Mistakes, Dominate Bruins 5-2
In the first period, Boston got 12 shots, while Tampa Bay got 10. In the third period, Tampa Bay got 11 shots, and Boston got 13.
In the first and third period, the Lightning scored five goals. Boston scored two.
Sean Bergenheim scored his eighth goal of the playoffs (he had 14 in the regular season), Dwayne Roloson saved 31 out of 33 shots, and the Tampa Bay Lightning kept an eight-game winning streak alive by beating the Boston Bruins 5-2.
Boston fired lots of long slap shots, especially in the second and third periods, knowing that those have gone by Roloson before, and setting up a better shot could result in a turnover. Were they saved?
Yes.
Roloson made saves high, low, and in the middle, he saved slap shots, wrist shots, wrap-arounds, and snaps. He got lots of help from the defense, who blocked 17 shots. The Bruins fired 50 shots, but only 33 got to the goalie.
Boston wasn't trying hard enough to shoot the puck in a space where Roloson would have to move to get it. Most of their shots went right to Roloson, and he didn't have to do anything. Still, D-Rol did make a nice leg save on Zdeno Chara in the second.
Tampa's first three goals were in a span of 85 seconds. Bergenheim drew first blood, shooting a puck that Dennis Seidenberg kicked into the left corner of the net, which was empty.
Tampa Bay won the faceoff, and Brett Clark got the puck. He skated up the right side and flipped a little back-hander at Tim Thomas. Somehow, the puck got past Thomas. It went to the right of Thomas' right arm, and Tampa had a 2-0 lead.
Teddy Purcell did the domination next. He stole a puck behind the net and took a wrap-around shot. It was saved, but Thomas couldn't cover up the puck, so Purcell poked it in. Tampa led 3-0.
Boston rookie Tyler Seguin scored late in the first, but the damage was done. In the third, a slap shot by Marc Andre-Bergeron went off Thomas' stick, off the post, and in the net.
Simon Gagne, a former Flyer, scored an empty-netter to finish off the Tampa scoring. Johnny Boychuk added a goal to Boston's side, but the game was already over.
If you count blocked shots as shots on net, Boston had 50, while Tampa Bay had just 43. Although you can't take away Roloson's performance, the defense helped a lot for Tampa Bay.
Game Facts: With the win, the Lightning now have home-ice advantage. Tampa has won eight straight games, and they are now 6-1 on the road (they won their last six on the road). Even though they had ten days of rest and were expected to come out rusty, Tampa came out of the gates blocking shots and scoring goals. Game 2 is Tuesday night in Boston.
In the first and third period, the Lightning scored five goals. Boston scored two.
Sean Bergenheim scored his eighth goal of the playoffs (he had 14 in the regular season), Dwayne Roloson saved 31 out of 33 shots, and the Tampa Bay Lightning kept an eight-game winning streak alive by beating the Boston Bruins 5-2.
Boston fired lots of long slap shots, especially in the second and third periods, knowing that those have gone by Roloson before, and setting up a better shot could result in a turnover. Were they saved?
Yes.
Roloson made saves high, low, and in the middle, he saved slap shots, wrist shots, wrap-arounds, and snaps. He got lots of help from the defense, who blocked 17 shots. The Bruins fired 50 shots, but only 33 got to the goalie.
Boston wasn't trying hard enough to shoot the puck in a space where Roloson would have to move to get it. Most of their shots went right to Roloson, and he didn't have to do anything. Still, D-Rol did make a nice leg save on Zdeno Chara in the second.
Tampa's first three goals were in a span of 85 seconds. Bergenheim drew first blood, shooting a puck that Dennis Seidenberg kicked into the left corner of the net, which was empty.
Tampa Bay won the faceoff, and Brett Clark got the puck. He skated up the right side and flipped a little back-hander at Tim Thomas. Somehow, the puck got past Thomas. It went to the right of Thomas' right arm, and Tampa had a 2-0 lead.
Teddy Purcell did the domination next. He stole a puck behind the net and took a wrap-around shot. It was saved, but Thomas couldn't cover up the puck, so Purcell poked it in. Tampa led 3-0.
Boston rookie Tyler Seguin scored late in the first, but the damage was done. In the third, a slap shot by Marc Andre-Bergeron went off Thomas' stick, off the post, and in the net.
Simon Gagne, a former Flyer, scored an empty-netter to finish off the Tampa scoring. Johnny Boychuk added a goal to Boston's side, but the game was already over.
If you count blocked shots as shots on net, Boston had 50, while Tampa Bay had just 43. Although you can't take away Roloson's performance, the defense helped a lot for Tampa Bay.
Game Facts: With the win, the Lightning now have home-ice advantage. Tampa has won eight straight games, and they are now 6-1 on the road (they won their last six on the road). Even though they had ten days of rest and were expected to come out rusty, Tampa came out of the gates blocking shots and scoring goals. Game 2 is Tuesday night in Boston.
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