The Pens' new home.
The Consol Energy Center was built to be the new home of the Pittsburgh Penguins, but in this inaugural season of the state-of-the-art building it has also been the home of the Bruins’ most dramatic comebacks.
Mark Recchi’s power-play goal with just 49.2 seconds left capped a comeback from 2-0 down in the final five minutes tonight, as the Bruins capped their two-game road trip with a 4-2 win.
The third-period rally was the Bruins’ second this season at Pittsburgh. Down 4-2 after two periods Nov. 10, the Bruins erupted for five goals to win 7-4.
Here’s a glance at the box score:
•Zdeno Chara ended the Bruins’ power-play drought with the club’s first goal with 4:48 left to play. It was the Bruins’ first man-advantage goal since Dec. 28 (five games).
•Brad Marchand scored the tying goal and Gregory Campbell added the empty-netter to seal the victory.
•Making his fourth start in five games, Tuukka Rask earned the win with 23 saves.
I stand corrected, I read this post and then skipped to the top to read the report cards.
“They’re supposed to be so “hard to play against,” yet often are just hard to watch.”
Nice, I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
I wrote a whole column about how great Campbell is. What more do you want?
Hi Matt, I find it interesting that we got two long posts after the melt down in Montreal but when the exact opposite happens and the B’s come back from 0-2 with three minutes left we only get a couple paragraphs. Maybe you were busy with the report cards.
-digger
It was difficult to watch the first two periods. I won’t say they were lucky, because they looked like the Bruins I expect to see every night in that 3rd period. They were actually TRYING to score, rushing into the offensive zone, playing with some intensity. It was enjoyable to watch. Though, I don’t think that 1st goal was as easy to save as one may think. I’d like to see Rupp try that same back hand up top 10 times, my guess is he’d hit 1 of 10. But that’s what happens when a goalie sits for so long for periods of time.
Now Julien is playing Rask only. Is Julien in capable of playing Rask one night and Thomas the other? Back and forth, back and forth
Why is it that Rask always lets in a soft goal and then really digs in? That Rupp goal was weak
I watched it online and skipped ahead to the last five minutes after seeing them down 2-0 (cant spend my time watching every game these days). Was quite astonishing, but also quite lovely. Hope this creates some positive vibes and propel the team forward from here. Obviously the slate hasnt been cleaned, but it’s a positive start.
This is nice to read because I have to admit that after the LeTang goal, I went to bed. Up to that point I thought the Bruins effort to be comical at best and I just couldn’t do it to myself any longer.
Glad they got the 2 points.
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