Louis Blues turning a series deficit into a advantage thanks to even-strength domination both at home and on the road, then the Boston Bruins securing Game 7 with an explosion of their own, fueled by their top line stars who'd gone uncharacteristically silent for the middle of the series. The Bruins are favored and have the momentum heading into the series-deciding matchup, with their offense finally finding some footing in a Game 6 rout, and with the home ice of TD Garden set to play host to a potential title-winning victory.
But the Blues have been counted out all season, only to storm back into contention and steal the spotlight, starting with having the worst record in the NHL in January and riding a late season tsunami into the playoffs. If the Bruins are playing the Penguins in the second round, Pittsburgh would have home-ice advantage in the series as the higher seed. The unique playoff format the league is using this season could create some exciting matchups in the semifinal and Stanley Cup Final.
The four teams that emerge from the divisional format will be re-seeded based on regular season points percentage and put into a No. The Bruins finished the regular season with the 10th-best points percentage among the 16 teams that qualified for the playoffs.
So, it's unlikely they will have home ice advantage in either the semifinal or Cup Final. In fact, it's fairly likely that Boston will be the No.
In that scenario, the most probable semifinal matchup for the Bruins would be against the Colorado Avalanche or Vegas Golden Knights, who finished first and second, respectively, in regular season points percentage. The game regular season schedule only included divisional matchups, and this could make the semifinal round really exciting because teams would be playing each other, in some cases, for the first time in a year or more.
Prior to Saturday night, it had been a while since the two teams met in the playoffs, as the two teams had only met twice before — in and Back then, the two teams played in the Wales Conference Final, before the name was changed ahead of the season. CBSN Boston. School Closings. Evgeny Kuznetsov and Lars Eller each has a goal and two assists.
The defenseman puts the Blues ahead with a backhand shot from the bottom of the right hash marks at of the second period after Logan Couture scores twice in earlier in the period for the Sharks. It's Bortuzzo's first goal in 31 playoff games.
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