Commentaire de Dan Shaughnessy du Boston Globe qui exprime pas mal bien le caractère spécial du résultat du match d'hier et de la série.
"The rational part of us remembers that the Bruins also lost Game 1 at
home in their first-round series against the Red Wings, then went on to
beat Detroit four straight times.
“This is just Game No. 1 here,’’ said ever-measured Bruins coach Claude Julien. “You don’t get frustrated after one game.’’
Right. But it’s hard to be rational when the Bruins play the
Canadiens in the playoffs. There’s too much history. Too much emotion.
Too many ghosts.
A Bruins-Canadiens playoff is bigger than your conventional sports
competition. It’s not a simple matchup featuring two of the Final Eight
in the Stanley Cup tournament. It’s not a mere sequence of hockey games.
It’s about a way of life. It’s about substance vs. style, Sam Adams vs.
savignon blanc, Dunkin’ Donuts vs. Tim Hortons, red, white, and blue
vs. bleu, blanc, et rouge.
That’s why it hurt to see the Bruins lose Game 1. The Bruins fell
behind, 2-0, in the first two periods, rallied with a couple of quick
goals at the start of the third, fell behind with eight minutes to play,
then forced overtime on Johnny Boychuk’s booming slapper with 1:58 left
in regulation. Johnny Rocket’s goal rattled the rails downstairs in
North Station. The Garden was Metallica loud. A Bruins victory felt
inevitable.
The Bruins peppered Montreal goalie Carey Price in the first
overtime, but could not put a puck past the kid from British Columbia.
At the other end, Rask — still kicking himself over Montreal’s softie
second goal — was nearly his equal. Unfortunately, Matt Bartkowski went
off for holding early in the second overtime, and before his penalty
was announced to the crowd the Canadiens were celebrating Subban’s goal.
This is where it’s hard to be rational. It’s hard to be rational because these are the Montreal Canadiens. And there is history."
Encore des émotions en perspective...
