Bruins eliminate Blue Jackets to advance to eastern conference final Globe_Sports
Boston Bruins players celebrate their goal against the Columbus Blue Jackets during the third period of Game 6 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series on May 6, 2019, in Columbus, Ohio.Tuukka Rask made 39 saves and recorded his sixth career playoff shutout as the Boston Bruins beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-0 Monday night to clinch their second-round series and advance to the Eastern Conference final.
Boston advances to face the Carolina Hurricanes, who swept the New York Islanders in four games. The Bruins advanced to the Eastern Conference final for the first time since the 2012-13 season, when they lost in the Stanley Cup finals.David Krejci scored in the first period, and Marcus Johansson and David Backes had third-period goals for the Bruins, who gave up four power plays to the Blue Jackets but stonewalled Columbus on a number of chances.
Columbus squandered a power play in the second, nearly giving up a short-handed goal to Kuraly on a breakaway. Later in the second, the Bruins were spared when a slap shot by Blue Jackets defenceman Dean Kukan ricocheted off the bar and into the crowd.
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