The Pittsburgh Penguins were an offensive juggernaut entering their Eastern Conference Final matchup with the Boston Bruins as the highest-scoring team in the 2013 NHL playoffs.
The team's offense looked to be unstoppable after it eliminated the Ottawa Senators in the second round with a 13-5 scoring advantage in the final two games of the series.
But in a stunning turn of events, the stingy Boston defense and the brilliant play of star goaltender Tuukka Rask have completely shut down one of the deepest and most talented groups of forwards that the NHL has seen in many years through the first two games of the conference finals.
Following a great Game 1 performance in which the Bruins became the first team to shut out the Penguins since Feb. 1 of 2012, Boston took the second matchup with a clinical 6-1 victory after jumping out to a quick 3-0 first-period lead.
As a result of their failure to protect home ice, the Penguins will travel to Boston down 0-2 for Wednesday's Game 3 in TD Garden, where the Bruins are 21-7-3 this year (regular season and playoffs combined).
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