In the first four games of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals, the Boston Bruins scored five goals.
Last night at the Bell Centre, the B's used four in the third to defeat the Canadiens, 5-1, and force a Game 6. And did I mention that all five Bruins goal-scorers recorded their first tallies of the series?
Things didn't look good when Alexei Kovalev scored his second goal of the series to help Montreal grab a 1-0 lead in the first period.
The second period was the start of some bananas happenings (in the Bruins favor). 20-year-old Phil Kessel, who was a healthy scratch the first four games, tied it up with a power-play goal 7:45 into the second period.
3:30 into the third, Canadiens goalie Carey Price gave up a softie. He made a stop then blindly dropped a puck right on Glen Metropolit's stick. Metropolit shoveled it home to give Boston a 2-1 lead.
Just over two minutes later Zdeno Chara scored off a blast from the point on a power-play. Marco Sturm officially put it out of reach when he scored short-handed with four minutes and change left. He skated in 1-on-1 with a Habs defenseman and ripped a shot top shelf.
The last goal by Vladimir Sobotka (a weak low shot) was a case of Price not really paying attention. Maybe he was thinking about hitting up the Peel's Pub after the game or one of Montreal's fine strip clubs to drown his sorrow in Molson Ice and fake boobs.
Tim Thomas finished with 31 saves and made all the big stops when the Bruins were behind 1-0 and tied 1-1. He is as close to a sure-bet as you'll find currently on the Bruins roster.
So the series is coming back to Boston after all, not many expected that after the B's lost Game 4 1-0. It's hard to see the Habs losing two more but if the B's somehow win tomorrow night at the Garden, who knows?
When the camera panned around the Montreal bench in the waning moments, there were some worried faces. Perhaps, they feel a choke job coming right around the corner.
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