ECF Game 1 recap: Tampa Bay Lightning (5) at Boston Bruins (3)
by Cassie McClellan on May 14, 2011 11:38 PM EDT
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The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Boston Bruins in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals by a score of 5-2.
Both teams had significant time off between series, but that didn't seem to make a difference. Both were on their game. At least, they were at first.
Then the Lightning scored three goals in 85 seconds in the first period. Sean Bergenheim continued his playoff goal scoring dominance by getting the first goal at 11:15 of the first (assists from Dominic Moore and Victor Hedman). Then Brett Clark scored 19 seconds later (unassisted), making it 2-0 Lightning. And finally, Teddy Purcell scored (also unassisted) to make it 3-0 at 12:40.
After that, the Bruins didn't have a chance. They appeared to be rattled, and never managed to regain their composure for long. Rookie Tyler Seguin scored 3:19 after Purcell did in the first, and that gave the Bruins some life, but in the end they weren't able to follow that up with much of anything.
When it became apparent that the Bruins weren't going to win the game, they became undisciplined and took penalties. That's definitely a good to know. Because if you can get a team to take penalties, then you get more chances to score, and it looks like getting the Bruins off balance might not be such a difficult thing to do.
Let me put it another way. Both the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals were pretty disciplined teams. That is, they didn't resort to taking unnecessary penalties when they were seriously losing. And since the Lightning were able to get past them, it might not be as difficult to get past the Bruins. ("Might" being the key word there.)
With this win, the Lightning have now won eight playoff games in a row. Dwayne Roloson also becomes the oldest goaltender since Hockey Hall of Famer Jacques Plante to do that. Plante won eight playoff games in 1969 at the age of 40.
Game 2 against Boston is on Tuesday, 17 May. Game time is at 8 pm Eastern on Versus. However, you might want to check out Game 1 between the Vancouver Canucks and the San Jose Sharks, which is tomorrow night, 15 May, also at 8 pm Eastern on Versus. Whoever wins that series may be the Lightning's next opponent, after all.
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give me one of those after three more games
right now, I’m not resting easy
by Incipient_Senescence on May 15, 2011 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Sorry I wasn’t in the GT to enjoy the win with you guys! Dogsitting has exhausted me. I am sure 8k did a fine job representing Blueshirt Banterians.
LET’S GO BOLTS.
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by John Fontana on May 15, 2011 9:59 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
To the casual fan
Don’t think this series will as easy as the boys made it look in the first period. The Bruins—and especially Tim Thomas—were not on their game.
Their PK was good, not great, last night, holding the Bolts’ PP to 1-for-4.
I was encouraged to see the zebras keep their whistles out of their mouths for once.
"[The Lightning] are uncanny. When they want to get a goal, it's like they just snap their fingers or hit a button. They just dial it up. You can see it. It's like they flip a switch. When they are down, it's just like they think, 'we know we are going to score.' I don't know what it is, it leaves [the opposition] flabbergasted." - Mike Knuble, 3 May 2011
I'll take 1-4 on PP every game
and see what that does. bigger was the 4-4 on the kill.
Yeah, the 3 goals in the first were a bit of luck – but isn’t a lot of any sport luck? And it’s not like the mistakes the Bruins made scored the goals themselves; the Lightning had to finish the job.
I’ve read some comments from Bruins fans and writers about how the layoff made them rusty, but the Bolts had 2 more days off. At this point of the season I can expect that a little timing will be off at the beginning of a game after a week off, but the time to rest/heal is more important. So the “rust from the layoff” just doesn’t fly. One team was ready, the other was not.
And I think there were some other psychological issues at play. To some extent I think the Bruins were surprised not to see the 1-3-1 in the 1st period, and the goon plays at the end did not elicit the emotional reaction they wanted. Dominick Moore’s comment of “stuff happens” is right out Guy Boucher’s textbook – react the way you need to react, not the way the other guy wants you to react.
Lucic now has 3 misconducts in the playoffs, so we can be pretty sure he is not above playing dirty. I would hope the league give serious consideration to suspending him for game 2.
But we all know – winning game 1 is relatively easy compared to winning 4 of 7. Nothing has been achieved in this series yet.
Lucic
He’s a punk, and deserves every bit of discipline—supplementary or not—he receives.
"[The Lightning] are uncanny. When they want to get a goal, it's like they just snap their fingers or hit a button. They just dial it up. You can see it. It's like they flip a switch. When they are down, it's just like they think, 'we know we are going to score.' I don't know what it is, it leaves [the opposition] flabbergasted." - Mike Knuble, 3 May 2011
gallows?
you Boston fans always want guys to get off light
by Incipient_Senescence on May 15, 2011 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m more in favor of tar and feathering (especially after I saw how it’s supposed to be done during the “John Adams” miniseries :-p ;-) )
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by John Fontana on May 15, 2011 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions
John Adams miniseries was excellent.
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on May 15, 2011 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
This.
"[The Lightning] are uncanny. When they want to get a goal, it's like they just snap their fingers or hit a button. They just dial it up. You can see it. It's like they flip a switch. When they are down, it's just like they think, 'we know we are going to score.' I don't know what it is, it leaves [the opposition] flabbergasted." - Mike Knuble, 3 May 2011
Dear Lightning
Im pretty sure now that the wings are out, you have all of detroit’s support.
from, red wings fan
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by John Fontana on May 15, 2011 10:02 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
And spread the word, too.
Win or lose, I'm proud of these guys.
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by Cassie McClellan on May 15, 2011 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
It was getting too far ahead to take seriously
but a Wings/Bolts final had storybook written all over it. Student vs Teacher, the old ties the Lightning had to D-town in the Bill Davidson years…
I lived in Ann Arbor for a couple years in the mid-90’s before moving to the Tampa area. I have s soft spot in my heart for the Red Wings. Welcome aboard for a wil ride, 209!
by tampa_edski on May 15, 2011 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Tom Wilson (former CEO of the Bolts) is now with the Ilitch Family. Even though he’s mostly known for his role with the Pistons and Palace Sports, he was instrumental in Tampa between 1999-2007.
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by John Fontana on May 15, 2011 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Very poor showing.
Tampa took it to Boston.
I fortunetly missed most of the game due to a prior commitment, and I’m glad as from my perspective there wasn’t much worth watching after that 85 second melt down.
At least Seguin seems to respond when given a chance.
Back at it on Tuesday. Hoping for better performances.
yeah, from Lecavalier, St. Louis and Stamkos
not that they played poorly…but would be nice for them to put a few biscuits in the basket.
I think, after reading a lot of comments, that the Bruins, and especially their coach, don’t think the Lightning can hang with them.
Seems pretty much what the Caps thought.
Also, please look at the caliber of teams each swept in the 2nd round. Flyers had disarray in goal, and had been fading for a month. Caps were coming into round 2 strong, having dispatched the Rags with ease. And the layoff/rust talk – please stop it. The Lightning had a longer layoff.
by tampa_edski on May 15, 2011 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow, you trying to give me lessons on how to watch the game?
Don’t believe I took anything away from Tampa’s performance.
They came ready, and Boston obviously didn’t. I never take it as a lesser effort by the winning team when the other team plays poorly. Good teams take every opportunity they grab, and the Bolts sure did it. Some of the local talk radio up here, you could tell who just started following the Bruins because they based a quick series win on the fact that the Bruins beat Tampa 3 -1 this season, but ignored the fact that Boston was attrocious against Montreal during the regular season. I do not see another 85 second melt down, though.
On to the second round discussion, I could also say that you pretty much had Washington’s playoff history going for you. They’ve been “strong in the first round” for years now. Philly had it’s issues, so I agree there. That was a sweet, sweet series win though. And this year, we did drop the first two at home to the Habs and came out on top.
I figured a split in the first two games in Boston, and I’d always prefer to take Game 2 in that situation when the team is about to go on the road.
Still saying 6 game series right now.
Unless it fits your assigned narrative.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 16, 2011 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
I agree with the 6 games left
But this was supposed to be the Caps year. We couldn’t hang with them. Too much skill…blah blah. Caps had no heart for the 2 games I saw – don’t know what they looked like for games 1 and 2…
Comparing 1st rounds, there’s a similarity. Your guys went down 0-2, the Bolts fell to 1-3. I don’t see any reason why this shouldn’t be a hard fought, long series, but I also felt that way against the Caps. They never showed up. Not sure it was a flaw in their team chenistry, or they just didn’t take Tampa Bay seriously.
I think a part of the Bruins problems last night was the bought the hype that their big D-Men would give the Lightning “fits” and did not take their oponent seriously. That’s how you meltdown giving up 3 goals in 90 seconds…
I agree
I said before the playoffs Boston would win in 6. I still believe that.
That said, I thought the Caps would win in 7.
"[The Lightning] are uncanny. When they want to get a goal, it's like they just snap their fingers or hit a button. They just dial it up. You can see it. It's like they flip a switch. When they are down, it's just like they think, 'we know we are going to score.' I don't know what it is, it leaves [the opposition] flabbergasted." - Mike Knuble, 3 May 2011
I must say I don’t get these comments I hear “dispatched the rags with ease” yeah to the casual fan u look at 5 game series u may think it was easy but if you with strong interest watched every game you would know that any of 3 losses the “rags” took could have one blown whistle or one bounce easily gone the other way and it was a hard fought series…so I don’t think its really accurate to say the rangers were dispatched of with ease despite it being a 5 game series…
by Mr. Avery to you on May 15, 2011 2:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
It’s how the story has been laid out in the media… And the fans who have heard it, and simply seen the final scores have run with the narrative. Not that it’s accurate.
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by John Fontana on May 15, 2011 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah I know during the Tampa series beninatti said it like that like they just ran thru us and I’m like dude did you not watch the games??
by Mr. Avery to you on May 15, 2011 2:48 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Beninatti's a tool.
Case closed.
"[The Lightning] are uncanny. When they want to get a goal, it's like they just snap their fingers or hit a button. They just dial it up. You can see it. It's like they flip a switch. When they are down, it's just like they think, 'we know we are going to score.' I don't know what it is, it leaves [the opposition] flabbergasted." - Mike Knuble, 3 May 2011
I wouldn't say it was a close series. You guys were living off Lundqvist playing out of his mind.
Close series go 6/7 games. Not 5. Yeah, there were some good battles, but if Lundqvist didn’t stand on his head for the 1st 4gms you guys would have been blown out on the scoreboard. You were dominated on puck possession and no offensive support killed you guys. You just can’t call a 5gm series close either, finding ways to win games is what separates the great teams from the rest.
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Datsyuk IS the best player in the nhl
in the end
4/5 game series are “easy”. 6/7 games series are “clowse”
heck, the sweep of the Caps were all cllose games, but the body of work says the Caps were swept.
and in reality they were. they didn’t capitalize (no pun) when they could have to alter the path of the series.
Good points and I do agree better teams find ways to win games and no question we were offensively challenged..I guess I’ve just always thought of gettin by with ease or looking at it in that way as just completely dominating a team…to me an overtime and double overtime that could’ve easily went the other way or never got to overtime just felt like we were much more in that series than a 5 game exit would show if you just looked at it from the outside..but I suppose its neither here nor there now anyways…just a little tingle of my pride I guess lol
by Mr. Avery to you on May 15, 2011 9:48 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Was anyone at the watch party at the Forum last night?
Planning on going Tuesday night but just wondering how early I need to get there to get pretty good parking and such.
One of our writers was there in the early going. I’ll see if he can comment here later.
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by John Fontana on May 15, 2011 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Awesome, that'd be great.
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by jackhammerslam on May 15, 2011 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not the writer
But I was there.
Crowd was good, though because of the longer daylight hours, you really couldn’t see the game projected onto the parking garage until a few minutes into the 1st.
All told, I think I prefer to watch road games at home, personally. The writer may have a better summary and a better experience, so your mileage may vary.
"[The Lightning] are uncanny. When they want to get a goal, it's like they just snap their fingers or hit a button. They just dial it up. You can see it. It's like they flip a switch. When they are down, it's just like they think, 'we know we are going to score.' I don't know what it is, it leaves [the opposition] flabbergasted." - Mike Knuble, 3 May 2011
Good Luck guys. Ever since you guys got Rollie (and have a few other ex-isles: Bergy, MAB, Nate) I've been rooting for you guys to take the cup this year.
Help give Rollie the cup he deserves!
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by OzzyFan on May 15, 2011 5:39 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
This.
I would love for Roli to win the Cup he should’ve had in Edmonton.
I fear the Bolts won’t be able to afford Bergie next season.
"[The Lightning] are uncanny. When they want to get a goal, it's like they just snap their fingers or hit a button. They just dial it up. You can see it. It's like they flip a switch. When they are down, it's just like they think, 'we know we are going to score.' I don't know what it is, it leaves [the opposition] flabbergasted." - Mike Knuble, 3 May 2011
We HAVE to resign Bergie
Could 3 years, 6.5M seal the deal?
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by Rafael Amarante on May 15, 2011 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Bergie will probably enter the low – mid 2 million dollar range with his playoff performance. He still needs to put up higher regular season numbers to crack the 3 million dollar area. What are the Lightning’s cap space predictions for the offseason?
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Right now they’re about $9.5 under the cap, but figure most of that will be taken up by re-signing Stamkos.
I did some rough calculations a week ago or so, and Teddy and Bergie’s play this year will make it a difficult task to sign both and all the FAs we’d like to keep (Hall, for one).
"[The Lightning] are uncanny. When they want to get a goal, it's like they just snap their fingers or hit a button. They just dial it up. You can see it. It's like they flip a switch. When they are down, it's just like they think, 'we know we are going to score.' I don't know what it is, it leaves [the opposition] flabbergasted." - Mike Knuble, 3 May 2011
They’ll lose a few players, tho. Mike Smith, for instance, likely won’t be back. So there’s more available than just that $9.5M. Particularly when younger (and cheaper) guys like Blair Jones and Mattias Ritola are stepping up into roles.
Win or lose, I'm proud of these guys.
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by Cassie McClellan on May 16, 2011 7:53 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't often post links...
…but ran across this nifty little “what if” site a few weeks back.
See if you can figure out how to get it all to work…and then email Stevie Y. :)
wow
I had no idea we were paying Ryan Malone so much.
by Incipient_Senescence on May 16, 2011 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
You didn’t?
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by Cassie McClellan on May 16, 2011 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions
no
I hadn’t followed closely enough in the past to be on top of all of the offseason stuff like how much we’re paying who and how long everybody has left on their contract. I figured Malone was making more than the killer 3rd liners, but not that much more.
by Incipient_Senescence on May 16, 2011 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Not everyone is a capgeek addict, Cassie.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 16, 2011 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m not, either. But I have a general idea of who’s pulling in the big salaries. It’s a carry-over from the previous Lightning ownership-management-coaching crowd. They liked being generous with their contracts.
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by Cassie McClellan on May 16, 2011 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s why re-signing Bergie and Purcell will be a challenge.
"[The Lightning] are uncanny. When they want to get a goal, it's like they just snap their fingers or hit a button. They just dial it up. You can see it. It's like they flip a switch. When they are down, it's just like they think, 'we know we are going to score.' I don't know what it is, it leaves [the opposition] flabbergasted." - Mike Knuble, 3 May 2011
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