Source: http://bit.ly/ApEGPm - Wednesday, May 29, 2019
The Bruins got trampled in overtime and looked a step behind the entire game BOSTON - Tuukka Rask didn’t even see the game winning goal. Carl Gunnarsson ripped a slap shot from the point past Rask to give the St. Louis Blues their first Stanley Cup Final win in franchise history and even the series at one game apiece. After drilling the post late in the third period, Gunnarsson told head coach Craig Berube that he needed one more shot. It only took him one more to send the series to St. Louis all tied up. “Our game plan is to get our forwards to the net and for our defensemen to get our shots through,” said Blues defenseman Joel Edmundson. “So like I said, it couldn’t have happened to a better guy [Carl Gunnarsson]. Carl practices that shot all the time and it’s nice to see it go in.” After a delayed penalty was whistled against the Bruins, the Blues settled the puck down and set up shop with a six skater and the man advantage. The puck was jettisoned around the outside before finding Gunnarsson on the blue line, estranged from the Bruins’ forwards. Alex Pietranglo’s screen took away Rask’s eyes and Gunnarsson redeemed his prior miss. “I think it was more about the shooting lane,” said Bruce Cassidy, speaking about the game’s final play. “They passed it by us up top, they formed a high triangle. They made a good play. The breakdown to me was before that. Obviously we didn’t manage the puck well, even the shift before, we weren’t
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The Bruins got trampled in overtime and looked a step behind the entire game BOSTON - Tuukka Rask didn’t even see the game winning goal. Carl Gunnarsson ripped a slap shot from the point past Rask to give the St. Louis Blues their first Stanley Cup Final win in franchise history and even the series at one game apiece. After drilling the post late in the third period, Gunnarsson told head coach Craig Berube that he needed one more shot. It only took him one more to send the series to St. Louis all tied up. “Our game plan is to get our forwards to the net and for our defensemen to get our shots through,” said Blues defenseman Joel Edmundson. “So like I said, it couldn’t have happened to a better guy [Carl Gunnarsson]. Carl practices that shot all the time and it’s nice to see it go in.” After a delayed penalty was whistled against the Bruins, the Blues settled the puck down and set up shop with a six skater and the man advantage. The puck was jettisoned around the outside before finding Gunnarsson on the blue line, estranged from the Bruins’ forwards. Alex Pietranglo’s screen took away Rask’s eyes and Gunnarsson redeemed his prior miss. “I think it was more about the shooting lane,” said Bruce Cassidy, speaking about the game’s final play. “They passed it by us up top, they formed a high triangle. They made a good play. The breakdown to me was before that. Obviously we didn’t manage the puck well, even the shift before, we weren’t
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