One Period in the Books

Posted by Mike Giardi April 21, 2008 at 7:56 pm

You wonder how many times the Bruins can put themselves in a hole and then climb out? They’ve done it again tonight, trailing Game 7 in Montreal, 1-0 after one period. The lone goal comes off the stick of Mike Komisarek…or should I say, Petteri Nokelianen. A sloppy defensive exchange by your two bests defensive players - Zdeno Chara and P.J. Axelsson - created a shooting lane for Komisarek. He teed one up, but it was headed glove side on Tim Thomas before being re-routed by Nokelainen. Not the spot to be in for Nokelainen, who needed to get his body in the way or get the heck out of the way.

At the other end, the B’s had a slew of chances. Glen Murray should have buried at least one of his two, poking the second just wide of the net. It was on that play that he tumbled ackwardly into the boards - neck first. Not pretty, and he’s lucky he got up from that. Whether he plays from here on out has yet to be determined.

A couple of the kids also generating bids. Phil Kessel continues to blossom on the big stage, and you can see his confidence grow. David Krejci also stood on the doorstep, but rookie Carey Price is soooo quick. He snuffed it with the pads and the puck skidded across the crease and was cleared away. If the B’s keep attacking like this, they will score at least a few tonight. But will that be enough?

You’d like to see Tim Thomas be a little more sound in his own end. He looked shaky on Begin’s breakaway, and got lucky that puck didn’t end up in the net. He also had to jump to knock a shot down with his shoulder. Unorthodox, but I suppose it got the job done.

All in all, plenty to work with heading into period 2. Take the body more, keep driving to the net and we’ll be set up for a great final 20…and perhaps more.