The Boston Bruins Look To Finally Eliminate the Montreal Canadiens

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The Boston Bruins Look To Finally Eliminate the Montreal Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens put up a fight against the Boston Bruins but are now one game away from being eliminated from the 2011 NHL Playoffs.

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With Boston holding a 3-2 lead in the first-round series heading into Tuesday night’s game in Montreal, play between the two Original Six rivals has been so close that neither team is willing to risk giving the other a needless power-play opportunity.

The inexcusable and dangerous—not to mention illegal—use of the emergency telephone number by Canadiens fans in the wake of Zdeno Chara’s devastating hit of Max Pacioretty on March 8 was one of the most extreme examples of the bitter rivalry spilling over into the real world.

While Montreal police deplored the completely irresponsible use of the 911 number, they did begin an ongoing investigation into the incident, which left Pacioretty with a severe concussion and a broken neck vertebrae.

Chara was given a major penalty and a game misconduct—though no supplemental discipline by the NHL—after he drove the Canadiens left wing headfirst into a stanchion at the end of the Bruins’ bench at the Bell Centre.

The incident marred Montreal’s 4-1 win in the first meeting between the two Northeast Division rivals after a wild and fight-filled 8-6 Bruins win at the TD Garden on Feb. 9.

Boston won a 7-0 blowout at home on March 24 in the final regular-season game between the two teams. Now five games into this 33rd playoff series between the Bruins and the Canadiens, there is little to separate the margin of play between the two bitter rivals. Each team has scored 12 goals in the series, making Boston’s one-game lead that much more valuable.

Buoyed by two straight overtime wins, the Bruins can end the series with a fourth straight victory Tuesday night. If Montreal comes out on top, it’s back to Boston, where the Canadiens have won two of three, for a decisive Game 7 on Wednesday night.

Montreal has converted two of 16 power-play opportunities. Boston is 0 for 15 with the man advantage.And aside from two heat-of-the-moment fights, there has been little of the dirty play that has blemished many of the other first-round series around the league.

The rivalry will add a new chapter in this deciding game, as the Boston Bruins finally takes out their rival.

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