The Boston Bruins surprised many on Saturday by coming into the CONSOL Energy Center and handedly defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins, 3-0. They now have the opportunity to take the series back to Boston with a 2-0 lead if they can win Game 2 on Monday.
Game 2 is on Monday at 8 p.m. ET. You can watch it HERE.
Bruins center David Krejci led the way with two goals, backed by goalie Tuukka Rask's 29 saves, the Associated Press reports.
"Tuukka stood tall and made a lot of saves at the right time," Bruins winger Brad Marchand told reporters. "We just want to make sure we collapse low and try to take away lanes."
Boston frustrated Pittsburgh throughout Game 1, and it showed. Penguins forward Matt Cooke received a major boarding penalty and a game misconduct for hitting Adam McQuaid behind the net, Penguins forward Chris Kunitz earned an unsportsmanlike penalty for brawling with Rich Peverley and Evgeni Malkin exchanged blows with Patrice Bergeron.
Krejci has a history of stepping his game up in the playoffs. He earned a league-high 23 points in the 2011 playoffs, in which the Bruins won the Cup. He leads all scorers in this year's playoffs with 19 points.
"It definitely gives the rest of us a lot of confidence and makes us want to do our part too," Marchand said. "It flows all the way through the lineup when a guy's going like that and creates energy for the rest of us and allows us to feed off of that."
Boston's three goals tied for the most that Penguins goalie Tomas Vokoun has given up since taking over for Marc-Andrew Fleury in the fifth game of the first round. Despite giving up three scores, Pittsburgh coach Dan Bylsma is confident in his goalie.
"We lost Game 1, but Tomas I thought played real well in the game," Bylsma told reporters. "He made big saves."
Pittsburgh's offense will need to show up on Monday. The last thing they want is to head to Boston for Game 3 in a 0-2 hole.