CBJ blew the East wide open with a Round 1 sweep of the TBLightning. How does John Tortorella's team stack up against the NHLBruins? EmmySadler tees up the series:
Honestly, the biggest story of this Round 2 matchup is that the Blue Jackets are in it after sweeping Tampa Bay.
Things didn’t exactly start off so hot though. Twenty minutes into the series, Tampa had tallied three goals on 13 shots and looked downright unstoppable. Sergei Bobrovsky’s poor performances of playoffs past were drudged up once again, and it looked like Blue Jackets GM Jarmo Kekalainen’s bold trade deadline moves might have all been for naught.
Head coach John Tortorella’s decision to send Bobrovsky back to the blue paint for the second period proved to be the most important one of the year: Bobrovsky shut out the Lightning the remainder of the game while the team in front of him rallied back with four unanswered goals to shock the Lightning and take Game 1.
While the Blue Jackets’ Round 1 story was short and oh-so-sweet, the Bruins needed all seven games to settle the score against the Maple Leafs for the second straight year.
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