'He wasn’t 100 per cent.' Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said the decision to pull Tuukka Rask from Game 5 was not performance related.
Swayman starts third in goal for BOSThe Islanders were leading 4-2 at the second intermission with Rask allowing four goals on 16 shots. The Islanders ultimately won the game 5-4 to take a 3-2 series lead.
After the game, Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy said the decision to pull Rask was not performance-related. “There was some maintenance that needed to be done. He wasn’t 100 per cent,” Cassidy said, according to ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski. “He wasn’t himself. He could have been back in. We made the decision not to put him back in.”“There was some maintenance that needed to be done. He wasn’t 100%. He wasn’t himself. He could have been back in. We made the decision not to put him back in.”
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