Bruins Claw Back into Series with Overtime Win

 

Boston headed home down 2-0 in their first round playoff series to the Hartford Whalers. They were looking for any sort of a spark after being completely shut down by Don Beaupre in Game Two, and they were finally able to beat him in overtime for a 3-2 win to make this series a little more interesting.

 

Rob Blake scored his first of the playoffs to give Boston the lead. The Bruin captain has been very vocal about the belief in the room that they can come back and make some noise in these playoffs after a mightily disappointing regular season.

 

Todd Ewen evened the game up in the second, in a period that Boston deserved better but Beaupre once again was the difference not giving an inch to the Bruin attack. Boston outshot Hartford 13-9 but couldn't beat the Hartford netminder.

 

Mats Sundin gave Boston the lead once again in the third but Paul Ranheim answered two minutes later to even things up one again. Boston had some chances in the waning moments but couldn't score so off to overtime this one went.

 

In the extra frame, Hartford ran into penalty troubles, taking three consecutive minors with the last one costing them. With Freddy Olausson in the box, trade deadline acquisition Nikolai Borschevsky finally beat Beaupre on Boston's 9th shot of the overtime to give the Bruins the win and take this series to 2-1 Whalers.

 

Boston needs to keep this play up moving forward on home ice, with the ultimate goal of heading back to Hartford knotted at two games a piece.

 

GAME STARS:

 

3. Nikolai Borschevsky

2. Mats Sundin

1. Dominik Hasek

 

GAME NOTES:

 

-The Bruin PP went 1 for 6 and the PK was 2 for 2

-Borschevsky and Sundin led the way offensively with 1G 1A