Defense wins championships in the Stanley Cup playoffs, and never has there been a finer example of that than in the Boston Bruins' dominating sweep of the star-studded Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2013 Eastern Conference Final.
"They’re solid. They make you earn your chances," said Penguins captain Sidney Crosby after his team's season ended with a 1-0 defeat in Game 4 at the TD Garden on Friday night.
"That being said, I don’t feel like they totally shut us down. I feel like we got chances, but (Tuukka) Rask made some big saves. They’re consistent; they don’t give you chances, you have to earn them. We earned them, but unfortunately we didn’t capitalize on them."
Led by the magnificent defense of captain and No. 1 defenseman Zdeno Chara and a near-perfect performance from star goaltender Tuukka Rask, the Bruins held the league's highest-scoring offense in the playoffs entering this series to just two goals through four games:
Here's how the Bruins' defensive dominance ranks among some of the best of all time:
In addition to its inability to genera ...
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