GOAL SCORERS
VAN: J. Hansen (13:53 - 3rd)
BOS: A. Ference (00:11 - 2nd) , M. Recchi (PPG, 04:22 - 2nd) , B. Marchand (SHG, 11:30 - 2nd) , D. Krejci (15:47 - 2nd) , D. Paille (SHG, 11:38 - 3rd) , M. Recchi (17:39 - 3rd) , C. Kelly (18:06 - 3rd) , M. Ryder (PPG, 19:29 - 3rd)
Last night in Boston, the Bruins were looking to avoid going down 0-3 in the series by stealing a game on home ice. It was an all around even game in the first with the score being 0-0 by the end of it. But just 11 seconds into the second, Elder had the puck he tried to clear it but his stick broke and Krejci played the puck around the boards right to Ference who shot it and scored to make it 1-0 Bruins. With the Bruins on the powerplay, Recchi had the puck at the side of the net and played the puck right off of Kesler and into the net to make it 2-0 Bruins.They weren't done yet. Marchand had the puck shorthanded and brought it to the net and played the puck on his fore hand and scored to make it 3-0 Boston.
4 minutes later, Ryders shot was stopped and Krejci scored on the rebound to make it 4-0. 7 minutes into the third, Henrik Sedin gloved the puck down in front of the Bruins net and Tim Thomas through a body check to knock him down. 3 minutes later, Higgins got a breakaway and went to the backhand but was stopped by Thomas. 2 minutes later, Paille came in shorthanded and scored to make it 5-0 Bruins. 2 minutes later, Hansen scored to break the shutout bid for Thomas. Recchi scored shortly after to make it 6-1. Kelly and Ryder would add another as the Bruins beat the Canucks 8-1.
"We won by a big score tonight, but it's only a win and we're still down 2-1, and that's the way I approach it," said Bruins head coach Claude Julien.What's encouraging is that we had our issues scoring on (Roberto) Luongo, and tonight managed to find a way to score a lot of goals on him, so it's certainly good confidence-wise." In this game it looked like the travel time from Vancouver to Boston really hurt the Canucks, as they looked tired and warn out. So the Bruins took advantage by embarrassing the Canucks.
"Still 2-1 for us. Luckily, we are not playing with an aggregate score," Vancouver defenseman Kevin Bieksa said. "Next game is huge for us, and if we take care of that, we are in a great position. You don't want to lose 8-1. It's embarrassing at this time of year." Early in the first, Rome hit Horton with no puck in sight, and Horton was unconscious and was taken to the hospital and Rome got a 5 minute major and a game misconduct. Good news for Horton and the Bruins is, he's moving and awake."We talked a lot about playing for Horty," said the 43-year-old Recchi. "He's been a great teammate for us all year. It's tough to see your teammate down on the ice. We knew it was a late hit, but we're a little more concerned with his health at this point."
Game 4 will be Wednesday night on CBC and RDS.
Written By Andrew Di Pardo
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