The Boston Bruins found themselves on the brink of going down 2-0 in their Eastern Conference Semifinals series against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday, but a torrid comeback gave Boston a 5-3 win and evened the series at 1-1.
Boston trailed 3-1 in the third period with time running short, but four goals in eight minutes sent the TD Garden faithful home happy, according to CBSSports.com:
With the win, the Bruins also snapped Montreal's five-game winning streak in Boston, per ESPN's John Buccigross:
It came as no surprise how intense Game 1 of this series was since the Bruins and Canadiens are two of the oldest rivals in the history of sports. It was quite apparent early in Game 2 that there would be no drop-off in that regard.
Things got chippy early with Habs forward Rene Bourque and Bruins defenseman Torey Krug each being sent to the box for canceling minors after mixing it up just over a minute into the contest.
Boston showed a sense of urgency early in the game and it nearly took the lead behind what would have been an unlikely goal scorer.
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