It took 10 days but on Monday night, Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final finally took place. The Bruins came out victorious, as they beat the Blues 4-2.
After a few close calls for the Bruins, the Blues were the ones to get on the board first. With 13 minutes to play in the first, Brayden Schenn received the puck in the slot and fired one past Tuukka Rask.
The close calls for the Bruins came on opposite sides of the Schenn goal. First there was Jake DeBrusk who came oh-so-close to making it 1-0 B's.
Jake DeBrusk nearly beats Binnington on a breakaway. pic.twitter.com/3xRf24hvru
— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) May 28, 2019 And then there was Marcus Johansson pulling off some shifty moves to sift through the Blues defense and ring one off the post.Mojo has looked fantastic so far #NHLBruins pic.twitter.com/LbzkszcRU2
— Boston Bruins on CLNS (@BruinsCLNS) May 28, 2019In the second period, things didn't start out great for the Bruins.
Just one minute into the middle 20, David Pastrnak turned the puck over behind his own net, leading to Vladimir Tarasenko capitalizing to make it 2-0 Blues..
Atrocious turnover by Pastrnak and Tarasenko makes it 2-0 pic.twitter.com/g0jT3JNBq2
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) May 28, 2019But the Bruins responded just 1:16 later when Connor Clifton deflected a Sean Kuraly pass past Jordan Binnington to cut the lead in half.
Kuraly to Clifton is the Bruins' first connection of the SCF pic.twitter.com/egkIS2lNwz
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) May 28, 2019Midway through the second, Oskar Sundqvist hit Clifton from behind, sending the Bruins to the power play. That's when Charlie McAvoy decided to take over and tie the game at 2-2 off the rush.
"Fine, I'll do it myself."- Charlie McAvoy pic.twitter.com/s9JtoQNW8D
— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) May 28, 2019The Bruins shifted the tide in the second, outshooting the Blues 18-3.
In the third period, the Bruins opened the scoring when Binnington misplayed a rebound off a Zdeno Chara shot. The puck came out to Acciari who got it over to Kuraly to make it 3-2.
Sean Kuraly puts the Bruins in front!(via @NHLonNBCSports)pic.twitter.com/32NZd3Awl9
— SI NHL (@SI_NHL) May 28, 2019Marchand added an empty-netter with under two minutes to play to make it 4-2.
Physicality was aplenty on Monday night, highlighted by Torey Krug's monstrous hit in the third period. The hits were 33-32 in favor of the Blues.
Torey Krug lights up Robert Thomas. pic.twitter.com/0U3cp1m60T
— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) May 28, 2019In net, Binnington faced a plethora of rubber, stopping 34 of 37 shots while Rask didn't see much, only having to make 16 saves on 18 shots.
Game 2 is Wednesday night. Puck drop is slated for just after 8 p.m.
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