The Boston Bruins shut out the Pittsburgh Penguins by the score of 3-0 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final on Saturday night.
Pittsburgh was in attack mode early, forcing Tuukka Rask to make six saves less than 10 minutes into the contest. Boston struck first, though, as the leading scorer in the NHL playoffs, David Krejci, slipped the puck past the Pens’ Tomas Vokoun 8:23 into the game.
WEEI’s Michael Berger pointed out that history was on the Bruins’ side after that:
Comcast Sportsnet’s Joe Haggerty didn’t view the deflected slap shot that Vokoun let slide past him as a fluke, but potentially the start of a trend:
At the end of the first, Boston still led 1-0, but the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s Dejan Kovacevic told Pens fans to have no fear:
Pittsburgh attempted five more shots than Boston, blowing several scoring opportunities. The Pens forced Rask to make six more saves by the end of the period, bringing his total to 12 compared to six for Vokoun.
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