Monday, March 23, 2009

Game 73 Recap: BRUINS 4 DEVILS 1 CLINCH THAT DIVISION

Wahoo! And the Bruins clinch the division. They're locked into a top-three spot for the playoffs, and are now 5 points ahead of the Devils (though they still have a game in hand). And the head-to-head. I've gotta say, I wouldn't mind if the Habs slipped out of 8th place. To the recap!


The Devils and Bruins are both looking pretty good for the first 15 minutes until the Devils get a too-many-men penalty about 15 minutes into the game. The Bruins are all for it, but Paul Martin is against the call. He demonstrates this by letting the puck bounce off his skate and behind Brodeur about 40 seconds into the PP to get back to 5-on-5.
GOAL!
1-0. Let's hope this isn't one of those score-first-and-then-crumple games. This is a Big Game.
The rest of the first goes by and Bruins are up 1-0. Why did the Garden get rid of that one sam adams stand and replace it with a hoegaarden and stella stand? I prefer not to get asked if I want fruit in my beer when I'm at a hockey game. Also, Stella is water. Plus they had all those "perfection" ads up right after the superbowl a year ago.

The second period starts up. A little over a minute in, Chuck Kobasew pokes a wraparound through Brodeur.
GOAL!
2-0. Chuck Kobasew is such a good player.

Refs getting worried about the Bruins playing well, so they send off Wheeler. Penalty: Killed. PK Axelsson is rocking and rolling.

Then Bobby Holik does his thing. Powerplay time! The Bruins move the puck around and around and around and Savard sees his spot. He one-times it from the bottom of the circle.
GOAL!
3-0. Up 3-nothing. Still plenty of hockey to play.

6 minutes later, Thomas loses his shutout to Andy Greene.
3-1.

About 5 minutes after that, still in the third, in between kills on Michael Ryder and Aaron Ward penalties, Lucic puts one in.
GOAL!
4-1. Solid. And about time for Lucic to get scoring.

In the third, the Bruins and Devils each kill off a penalty or two. Chara gets sent off with like 30 seconds to go because Clarkson is an agitator.


Game.

WIN!

vs. NJD: 2-1-1
Record: 46-17-10 (W 1)
Home: 25-6-6 (W 1)
L10: 4-5-1
March: 4-5-1
GO BRUINS!

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