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More NHL Playoffs: | | | | | TeamGradeAnalysisAThis was a clinic by the Bruins, and the game may not have even been as close as the 4-1 final score would indicate. Boston was so dominant from start to finish that the Bruins outshot Toronto by a 14-5 margin in the third period, even though they were up by three goals. Typically when teams are ahead by that many goals that late in a game they sit back in a defensive shell to protect the lead and don't generate as many shots. The Bruins just kept coming and coming and coming and overwhelmed a Toronto team that couldn't do anything offensively. Or stop anything defensively.AIt's only one game, but the looked like every bit the Stanley Cup contender they're supposed to be as Chris Howard Jersey they crushed the in Pittsburgh. They did it without and eventually , who left the game in the second period with an undisclosed injury. The Penguins looked great offensively, didn't give up many quality chances defensively, and got whatever saves they needed from AGreat win for San Jose to go on the road and wrestle home-ice advantage away from the Vancouver Canucks, becoming the first road team to win a game in the 2013 playoffs. The Sharks received another solid performance from Antti Niemi in net and got a couple of gritty, playoff-style goals from Dan Boyle and Patrick Marleau on their way to a 3-1 win. This Sharks team seems like it's a bit of a sleeping giant in these playoffs that isn't getting anywhere near enough attention.AAnd let's give out an A for an individual performance from the Sharks and veteran defenseman Dan Boyle. He scored what proved to be the game-winning goal by crashing the net midway through the third period, finished with four shots on goal, and a team-high eight shot attempts.CIt wasn't a bad game for the Canucks, but it wasn't a particularly good one, either. Roberto Luongo, making the start in place of an injured Cory Schneider, made some big saves early on but he didn't get much help from the team around him as there were some defensive breakdowns later in the game and a couple of bounces that didn't go the Canucks' way and turned into San Jose goals.DThis was ugly. The Islanders just looked completely overmatched and outmanned. was pulled before he played a period and a half, and the Islanders as a team were never a threat to generate any sort of consistent offense and challenge Marc-Andre Fleury.DIt was a similar story for Toronto in its return to the playoffs. Perhaps only worse. The harsh reality when it comes to the is that if isn't great and stopping every single shot he faces, the team just isn't very good. That was pretty clear on Wednesday night during their 4-1 lo s to the . The defense was bad, and Reimer didn't have a particularly strong game. The high point of the game came just two minutes in when scored on the power play to give Toronto an early 1-0 lead. It was all downhill from there. The puck po se sion problems that have existed all season were magnified on Wednesday as they were systematically dominated by a superior Bruins team. It also didn't help that Randy Carlyle continued to use two roster spots on and . TJ Moore Jersey |
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