I'm not sure if Boneman's still among the living following the heart-stopping third period of tonight's Boston/Montreal Game 6, but if he is then he should be a very happy guy right about now!
The period started with the Habs up 2-1 and then the two team blew the doors off the place for a final score of Boston 5, Montreal 4. That's right: they scored twice as many goals in the last period as they had in the first two! Montreal held leads of 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2, while Boston briefly lead 4-3 (for 11 seconds) and then went ahead 5-4 with 2:37 left. It was end to end action, with lots of scoring and even more golden opportunities that came up short. Along that line, the Bruins hit at least three pipes (goal posts and crossbars) over the course of the game, meaning that the goal total could've easily been even higher. (The added bonus to the great game and the Bruins winning to extend the series was seeing Habs goalie Carey Price give up 5 goals for the second consecutive game.) This was quite simply the most exciting (non-New York Rangers) period of hockey that I've seen in a long time!
So now we know that there will be at least one Game 7 in this year's first round of NHL playoffs. And what a Game 7: Original Six rivals Boston and Montreal, playing for the 15th time this season (between regular season and playoffs). The Canadiens hold all of the statistical edges, including historical head-to-head results and the season series between the two, but Boston's now won the last two... so anything can happen!
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Obviously, I completely enjoyed that game. Seeing them continue to tie it, and then go ahead I was ecstatic!! Then 11 seconds later a dagger was shoved into my chest...but my boys showed a lot of character and grit and pulled out another win!! Game 7!! Anything can happen in Game 7!!!
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