On Sunday afternoon, the Bruins looked like a team hungry for the Stanley Cup Final while the Hurricanes looked like a team simply just happy to be in the conference final.
The Bruins won 6-2 in Game 2 to take a 2-0 series lead.
With four minutes remaining in the first period, the Bruins struck first. Marcus Johansson carried the puck from the corner and found Matt Grzelcyk who wristed one straight through Petr Mrazek to make it 1-0.
Just barely over the line is more than enough -- Grzelcyk puts the Bruins up by one pic.twitter.com/IjF0Xw7Icr
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) May 12, 2019After a Justin Williams tripping penalty, the Bruins first power play unit went to work. Just five seconds into the man-advantage, David Pastrnak fired a shot that Mrazek stopped, but Jake DeBrusk was there to put home the rebound to make it 2-0.
--GOAL--DeBrusk is back watch out Carolina! #NHLBruins- 2#TakeWarning- 0 pic.twitter.com/N4gigfVMYi
— Boston Bruins on CLNS (@BruinsCLNS) May 12, 2019In the second period, the Bruins came out with the same intensity as the first 20 minutes.
Four minutes into the second, Connor Clifton extended the lead to three.
--GOAL--Clifton gets his first career playoff goal and once again Mojo making it happen #NHLBruins- 3#TakeWarning- 0 pic.twitter.com/4hziVjsWF4
— Boston Bruins on CLNS (@BruinsCLNS) May 12, 2019With a little under four minutes remaining in the middle 20 minutes, Brad Marchand and Justin Williams had a bit of a scrum. But, Williams was the only one to go to the penalty box.
The Bruins power play quickly cashed in, as Grzelcyk got his second of the afternoon.
Matt Grzelcyk buries his second goal of the evening.Charlie Coyle does a great job clearing space in front.4-0 Bruins through 40 minutes. pic.twitter.com/MVVNenkTtG
— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) May 12, 2019Just one minute and 10 seconds into the third period, Torey Krug threw one on Mrazek. David Krejci passed it through the crease to David Backes who put it in to make it 5-0.
--GOAL--Backes makes it 5 and "we want the cup" chants have broken out in Boston #NHLBruins- 5#TakeWarning- 0 pic.twitter.com/lxVk7YAIqK
— Boston Bruins on CLNS (@BruinsCLNS) May 12, 2019The floodgates didn't close after Backes' lamp-lighter. With Bergeron coming out of the penalty box, Coyle passed one up to him. Bergeron passed it across to Danton Heinen who scored to make it 6-0.
--GOAL--This is just embarresing at this point!#NHLBruins- 6#TakeWarning- 0 pic.twitter.com/0yuGu1F7z9
— Boston Bruins on CLNS (@BruinsCLNS) May 12, 2019The Hurricanes didn't leave TD Garden without getting on the board, as Williams tipped one past Tuukka Rask. Then the Canes added another when Rask misplayed the puck and Teuvo Teravainen capitalized to cut the lead to 6-2.
The Bruins outshot the Hurrcianes 25-23 and Rask finished with 21 saves on 23 shots. Mrazek countered by letting in six goals on 25 shots.
Game 3 is Tuesday night in Raleigh, North Carolina. Puck drop is slated for 8 p.m.
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