The Boston Bruins are moving on.<\/p>\n
The Bruins defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 to win their best of 7 Eastern Conference opening round series 4-games-to-1.<\/p>\n
The Bruins mustered all their offense during the last 5 minutes of the second period after entering the frame down 1-0.<\/p>\n
The Bruins had tons of chances throughout including a pair of breakaways but did not break through on goalie Peter Mrazek until there was 4:40 left in the second period.<\/p>\n
On the power play David Krejci picked up a deflection out front and put it home tying the game at 1.<\/p>\n
Then with second to go n the period – B’s again on the power play – Patrice Bergeron fired a puck from behind the net that ricocheted in off Mrazek’s skate and into the back of the net with 3.5 seconds to play.<\/p>\n
That’s all Boston needed. Bruins goalie Jaroslav Halak stopped 23 shots to improve to 3-0 since taking over for departed teammate Tuukka Rask.<\/p>\n
The Bruins are likely headed for a second round matchup with the Tampa Bay Lightning who closed out Columbus 4 games to 1 earlier in the day. There’s a chance Boston faces the Flyers – who are on the verge of closing out the Canadiens – but that would only happen if the Capitals come back from 3-1 down to beat the islanders. NYI are the lowest remaining seed and would face Philly should both teams advance.<\/p>\n
Play of the game<\/strong>: Zdeno Chara makes a save<\/p>\n In a one-goal game, one bounce could\u2019ve been the difference between a Game 6 on Thursday rather than sending the Hurricanes home packing.<\/p>\n Zdeno Chara literally saved another goal pic.twitter.com\/D8ssWwLppQ<\/a><\/p>\n — Evan Marinofsky (@EvanMarinofsky) August 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n