Tuukka Rask shut out the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley
Cup finals on Monday night and got enough help from the Bruins' offense
to do it without another exhausting overtime.
After playing four extra periods in the first two games, the Bruins made an early night of it with second-period goals by Daniel Paille and Patrice Bergeron to win 2-0 and take a 2-1 lead in the Stanley Cup finals.
Rask stopped 28 shots for his third shutout of the 2013 playoffs.
Corey Crawford made 33 saves for the Blackhawks.
Game
4 is Wednesday night in Boston before the matchup of Original Six teams
returns to Chicago for a fifth game. The teams split the first two
games there, with the Blackhawks winning Game 1 in triple-overtime and
the Bruins stealing home-ice advantage on Paille's goal in the first OT
of the second game.
But this time the intrigue came before the opening faceoff instead of after the end of regulation.
Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara and Chicago forward Marian Hossa were both injured during warmups. But while Chara needed just some stitches after his collision with teammate Milan Lucic, Hossa was a late scratch with an unspecified injury.
Hossa, who has three game-winning goals in the playoffs this year, was tied for the team lead with 15 playoff points and was third on the Blackhawks with 17 goals during the regular season.
It was a loss the Blackhawks couldn't afford.
Not with Rask stopping everything that came his way.
After playing four extra periods in the first two games, the Bruins made an early night of it with second-period goals by Daniel Paille and Patrice Bergeron to win 2-0 and take a 2-1 lead in the Stanley Cup finals.
Rask stopped 28 shots for his third shutout of the 2013 playoffs.
Corey Crawford made 33 saves for the Blackhawks.
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But this time the intrigue came before the opening faceoff instead of after the end of regulation.
Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara and Chicago forward Marian Hossa were both injured during warmups. But while Chara needed just some stitches after his collision with teammate Milan Lucic, Hossa was a late scratch with an unspecified injury.
Hossa, who has three game-winning goals in the playoffs this year, was tied for the team lead with 15 playoff points and was third on the Blackhawks with 17 goals during the regular season.
It was a loss the Blackhawks couldn't afford.
Not with Rask stopping everything that came his way.
