Given how much the Bruins manhandled the Blue Jackets in Game 1 on Thursday, most were expecting to a slugfest in the next matchup between both clubs. Through the first 20 minutes, Game 2 lived up the promised billing, with 36 hits doled out in the period.
After that? Yeesh.
While goals from Matt Grzelcyk and David Pastrnak put Boston up, 2-1, in the opening minutes of the second, things unraveled quickly following that, as an extended stretch of play marred by poor turnovers and baffling decision-making in the O-zone allowed the Blue Jackets to capitalize — with Artemi Panarin sniping one past Rask for his second of the game to tie things up at 8:01.
The rest of regulation wasn’t kind to the Bruins, as Boston squandered a power play off of a double-minor issued to Josh Anderson at 7:37 in the second, while the B’s only managed to land 15 total shots on goal over the last 40 minutes of regulation.
Add in the few quality chances that Boston was able to generate that were quickly negated by poor passing, and you have a deadlock that eventually bled over into two periods of overtime. With 16:18 left in 2OT, Matt Duchene ended things on the power play — potting the game-winner and evening the series at 1-1.
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The Boston Bruins will continue the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs when they host the Columbus Blue Jackets for Game 2 at TD Garden. Puck drop is set for 8:00 p.m. Follow along for updates from Saturday’s game.
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PROJECTED LINES
BOSTON
Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Danton Heinen
Marcus Johansson — Charlie Coyle — Chris Wagner
Joakim Nordstrom — Sean Kuraly — Noel Acciari
Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug — Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk — Connor Clifton
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: David Backes, Karson Kuhlman, Steven Kampfer
Injured: Kevan Miller (lower body), John Moore (lower body)
COLUMBUS
Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Oliver Bjorkstrand
Ryan Dzingel — Matt Duchene — Cam Atkinson
Alexandre Texier — Nick Foligno — Josh Anderson
Riley Nash — Boone Jenner — Brandon Dubinsky
Zach Werenski — Seth Jones
Dean Kukan — David Savard
Scott Harrington — Adam Clendening
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
PREGAME NOTES
Boston’s offense as of late has been paced by its bottom six, with
Charlie Coyle
,
Marcus Johansson
,
Noel Acciari, Sean Kuraly
and
Joakim Nordstrom
tallying seven of Boston’s last eight postseason goals. Up top, the B’s desperately need to get
David Pastrnak
going, especially on the power play. While he’s been able to corral the puck at his usual spot at the left circle on the man advantage, look for him to be on the search for some backdoor passes,
because the chances have been there. Based on Saturday's line rushes, it looks as though the B's will look to jumpstart No. 88 by putting him with his regular linemates in Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand.
David Krejci
Jake DeBrusk
Danton Heinen.
Riley Nash.
Sergei Bobrovsky
Cam Atkinson
