Early goal and ‘Bruins hockey’ give Boston 2-0 victory

Through two games, the Boston Bruins could not get on the board first against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Game 1 saw the Lightning score three times in 85 seconds midway through the first period en route to victory. Adam Hall took 13 seconds to put Tampa up 1-0 in Game 2, but the "pond hockey" game that ensued saw the Bruins even the series. In Game 3, Boston needed all of 69 seconds to take the early lead for the first time in the series and then a defensive shutdown earned them a 2-0 shutout and a 2-1 lead in the series. The game clamped down into a tight battle after the eagerness of Victor Hedman to aid Brett Clark in defending Milan Lucic along the boards allowed David Krejci to be left wide open for the opening goal: As Guy Boucher noted postgame, the early goal was important seeing as how both teams tightened up defensively in Game 3. "If it wasn't for that [Krejci's goal], I think it would have stayed 0-0 for quite a while," said Boucher. "So y...