So as we were on the eve of a potential great battle between the two teams that sit atop the eastern conference standings last night in Boston, those who watched I don't think were disappointed one bit. From the start you could see that this was going to be a playoff type game with the rangers playing like Bayer Leverkusen did against Barcelona earlier in the day(sorry for the obscure Soccer reference). With a very defensive posture and making sure not to make any mistakes, the rangers let the game come to them and really started to frustrate the Bruins. Then when we got a chance on the PP which has been much prettier of late since the boys started to move the puck, and oh yeah move their skates, we put one home on a beautiful cross ice pass from Gabby to Delz, then Delz to Cally for the tip in finish, almost the exact same play as they did against Philly on Sat. Then as we settled in with a one goal lead we kept frustrating the bruins by making all or most of their shots come from poor angles outside the circles. Late in the period after an excellent shift of pressure and more pressure, Ryan Mac threw the puck and the net and Big Z was too big for his own good. If it were any other player it hits him in the gut area and drops easily to the ice, but Z being like 7 foot tall on skates, it hit him in the leg\thigh area and careened into the net for a nice 2-0 lead going into the second..

The second period was a tough one, the Bruins came out flying, skating fast, taking shots from everywhere, had serious grit in their game, but through all of that, they could not score.. I texted my cousin saying I feel like the bruins look like we usually do or did last year, lots of shots, great control of the puck and nothing to show for it. Perhaps the counter attacking style truly is working,but living on the edge scares me more then I would like to tell you.. So we escape the second still up 2-0 and we know Boston is going to come out hot and bothered and we must hang on and counter as we see fit.. The third starts the same way as the second with Boston buzzing everywhere. Finally a little play from stralman up the boards to dubi who made a great play to get the puck to AA led to the third goal which was a beauty of a wrist shot past TT... I will say this, if AA were to put on 10-15 lbs, learn how to get his shot off quicker and not blocked so much, he would score 30 every year easily... As the period progressed I noticed lucic  had came out with a nasty side to his game and really started to get physical, sometimes leaning towards the goon side, and sometimes looking legit. We withstood attack after attack, great puck possession from the bruins in our end, and shot after shot. Hank stopped a total of 42 shots from Boston with some beauty's down the stretch including a break-away attempt with about 45 seconds to go.. He lowered his league lead among full time starters in GAA to 1.77 and SP to .941%.. The real king in in NY, not MIA..... Lets go beat the Hawks at the garden tomorrow night, then get two much needed days off until the CBJ come to town.. Do we want to make a move for Nash? Do you give up CK for Nash knowing what you get out of nash and what the upside might be for CK? Tough choices ahead for Sather, hope he doesn't screw it up...