Bruins blow early lead, lose pivotal game

 

Boston headed into Game Four with some hope after playing a solid in their previous outing. They started strong, but failed to hold on in a 4-3 loss.

 

In the first period, Boston was firing on all cylinders. Alex Mogilny scored early, followed up by Ziggy Palffy who scored a short handed goal 24 seconds after to give his team a two goal lead. Cory Stillman got that goal back shortly after but Shaun Van Allen scored on the powerplay to put Boston up 3-1 after the first.

 

The Bruins kept pressing in the second but it was the Canadiens that did all the scoring. Trevor Linden scored a pair 25 seconds apart in the first minute of the period to tie the game up at 3. Mike Ricci then scored 5 minutes later to put Montreal up 4-3, in what turned out to be the winning goal. Boston outshot Montreal 14-8 but were outscored 3-0 in what was not a great period for Dominik Hasek.

 

In the third, shots were even at 8, but Boston couldn't make a dent in the scoring at all. Now headed back to Boston they find themselves down 3-1 in the series and looking for answers.

 

Game 5 goes tomorrow night at the Boston Gardens. For Boston's sake lets hope that they all show up to play.

 

GAME STARS:

 

3. Alex Mogilny

2. Brian Rafalski

1. Trevor Linden

 

GAME NOTES:

 

-The Bruin PP went 1 for 3 and the PK was 4 for 4 with a short handed goal

-The Montreal first line is killing Boston; coach Guevremont needs to sort that out