Game 3
Eastern Conference Semifinals
Series Tied 1-1
Boston Bruins (1-1) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (1-1)
7 pm ET
National TV (US and Canada): NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS
Boston Radio: 98.5 The Sports Hub FM
Columbus Radio: 97.1 FM
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH
Boston Bruins Twitter
Columbus Blue Jackets Twitter
*All from Official Boston Bruins Website
Need to Know: Round 2 | Bruins-Blue Jackets
For Kuraly, Series is A Homecoming
B's Lines Could Get Shakeup for Game 3
Bruins Using Extra Day to Recharge Ahead of Game 3
Tuukka Rask
9 GP | 5-4 | .927 SV% | 2.24 GAA
Sergei Bobrovsky
6 GP | 5-1 | .930 SV% | 2.01 GAA
Shut the cannon up!
Kural-leaps for luck
Hold Me
Game 3 Officials
Referees Kevin Pollock (33), Kincardine, ON
Francois St. Laurent (38), Greenfield Park, QC
Gord Dwyer (19)*
Linesmen Greg Devorski (54), Devin Berg (87)
INJURIES – Playoff man-games lost: 23 - Kevan Miller – Lower body - John Moore – Upper body
2019 ROUND TWO SERIES vs COLUMBUS - The Bruins and Blue Jackets play game 3 of their Round Two series tonight in Boston with the series tied at one game apiece … They will play game 4 in Columbus on 5/2 (7:30 pm) & game 5 will be in Boston on 5/4 (7:15 pm) … If necessary, game 6 is in Columbus on 5/6 & game 7 in Boston on 5/8 (times TBD). - The Bruins have reached the 2nd round of the post-season for the 2nd straight season & 7th time in their last 9 playoff appearances (lost in round 1 in 2012 & 2017; did not qualify in 2015 & 2016). - The Bruins enter tonight’s game with a 20-20 all-time record in game 3s of best-of-7 series in which they are even at 1-1 … They are 24-16 all-time in best-of-7 series when they have been tied at 1-1. - Gm1, 4/25: Cmb 2 at Bos 3/OT … Noel Acciari scored a SHG to give Boston a 1-0 lead before Columbus scored twice in a 13-second span to take a 2-1 3rd period lead … Charlie Coyle became the 2nd player in team history to score both a GTG in the last 5 minutes of regulation (15:25) & the GWG in OT (5:15) … SOG: Bos 37, Cmb 22 … PP: Bos 0/4, Cmb 0/4 - Gm2, 4/27: Cmb 3 at Bos 2/2OT … The Bruins twice held 1-goal leads on scores by Matt Grzelcyk (his 1st NHL playoff goal) & David Pastrnak, but Columbus’ Artemi Panarin twice evened the score before Matt Duchene scored at the 23:42 mark of OT to give the Blue Jackets the win … SOG: Bos 31, Cmb 41 … PP: Bos 1/4, Cmb 2/4
BOSTON vs COLUMBUS, LIFETIME SERIES - The Bruins & Blue Jackets are playing the 1st series in their playoff histories … They are currently 1-1 in games with each team scoring 5 goals in the series. - Fun Facts: Boston’s double OT game in game 2 of this series was their 1st multiple-OT playoff game since 4/21/2017 (2OT at OTT in gm 5 of Rd1). 2018-19
SEASON SERIES vs. COLUMBUS - The Bruins were 2-1-0 vs. Columbus this season with a 7-4 loss in Columbus on 3/12, a 2-1 OT win in Boston on 3/16 & a 6-2 win in Columbus on 4/2 … The Bruins outscored the Blue Jackets by a 12-10 edge. - Brad Marchand (4-3=7 totals) led the Bruins in scoring in the season series while Josh Anderson (1-4=5) led the Blue Jackets … Tuukka Rask (1-1-0, 4.76 GAA, .879 Sv% in 2 gp) & Jaroslav Halak (1-0-0, 1.27 GAA, .943 Sv% in 2 gp) shared the net for Boston, while Sergei Bobrovsky (1-1-0, 5.00 GAA, .852 Sv% in 2 gp) & Joonas Korpisalo (0-0-1, 2.75 GAA, .895 Sv% in 2 gp) split the goal for Columbus.
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