Post-Game Talk: ECSF Game 2 - Lightning win 4-2 and the series is tied 1-1

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[Pia8988]

Whatever. Officials are trash. They are always trash. Play through and come smash Tampa games 3 and 4. Boston is the better team and Tampa needed a lot of help to win.

 

[BruinsFan1990]

Win the next two at home with the much better crowd.

 

[Gonzothe7thDman]

Bruins had almost a 2 minute 5 on 3 in the second, and came up empty.

Yea the reffing was ghastly in the third, but control your controllables.

You can't cant control when the refs call something and they don't.

But you can control the outcome of the powerplays they do get, and they came up empty.

If the effort was there, and this was a goalie interference in toronto late in the third to decide the game type call, the blame would be all on the refs.

But not with the effort they gave tonight.

 

[missingchicklet]

10 vs 6 all night long. Bs played subpar hockey. Yet they were still in the game up until almost the very end. I like the Bs chances going back to Boston where the Bolts typically struggle.

 

[EvilElf63]

As strange as it is, I feel better about them losing a game they deserved to lose than losing a game they should have won. This was certainly the former.

 

[TP]

We got out hit badly. Need to play better.

 

[Bmessy]

Bright side:
you played like ass and the only reason you lost is because of egregious turnovers by your top line. Very fixable

 

[neelynugs]

the 3rd period was like that game in 'remember the titans' where the refs called a penalty on every
play, before they got called out by coach yost. what a joke.

 

[LouJersey]

JR ripping the refs. I like it

 

[TCL40]

I tried to post this on the game thread. Still think theirs truth to it given how all the game 2s had some controversy.

the playoffs as a whole have been marred by NBA officiating. Bruins deserved NADA nothing zilch tonight but every game 2 this round has been tainted.

I think it’s a league conspiracy to get more games.

Every game makes them more money.

 

[Dellstrom]

Best of 5, we have home ice. Embarrassed them the first game, played really poorly tonight but just barely lost with maybe the worst officiating job this season. Not worried.

Want to see Marchand come out angry on Wednesday. Forget the refs, that cost us the game.

 

[BruinsFan74]

Refs got the number one star in this game. The non call on Marshy was complete and utter bullshit.

 

[Si Hopkins]

It'd be nice to have a Thornton or a Boychuk or a Lucic for this series.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Marchand was owed a penalty shot.
Four minutes burned on the PK.
Linesmen atrocious as is the new norm.

Someone boarded late.

Incredible.

Infuriating.

I said earlier roast the officials privately but it just got worse and worse that third period.

The refs even spoonfed them two PPs until they took the lead.


That all said... the Bruins did not show up and they did have a 5v3 PP.

NBC absolutely crucifying the officiating.

 

[Spanky185]

Yeah they played like poo, but the nkn calls at the end were the dagger before the ENG.

 

[Rubber Biscuit]

Just win the home games

I hope Bergeron is asking someone what’s the deal with faceoffs. Tired of watching guys get tossed for literally no reason

 

[missingchicklet]

As strange as it is, I feel better about them losing a game they deserved to lose than losing a game they should have won. This was certainly the former.

Agreed. They played like ass tonight. Couldn't even score on a long 5 on 3. Several vets failed to step up at all.

 

[Braunbaer]

Better team won. Tampa deserved it.

However ... I'd like to see how the game plays out with competent refs.

 

[Mr Cartmenez]

Much better officiating in Round 1 across the league.

Yes, bizarre. This series is turning out to be how I expected it against Toronto. TB has been getting some huge Habs treatment.

We didn't deserve to take 2 games, TB probably outplayed us during the first 2 games. But this officiating is a shameful. There is no other way around it.

I cann tell you even the german comentator called out the ref crew and the guy said "NHL refs usually do a great job and are rarely to be criticized" lol.

 

[JWMGT90]

JR going off on the refs

 

[Widdlez]

Rask should be nowhere near anyone's list of reasons we lost this game.

Even taking into account that 2nd goal, he was MORE than good enough to win tonight.

Imagine watching your team only manage to put 20 shots on a vezina finalist goalie and still thinking "Yeah, our goalie is why we lost here"

 

[sarge88]

Bruins had almost a 2 minute 5 on 3 in the second, and came up empty.

Yea the reffing was ghastly in the third, but control your controllables.

You can't cant control when the refs call something and they don't.

But you can control the outcome of the powerplays they do get, and they came up empty.

If the effort was there, and this was a goalie interference in toronto late in the third to decide the game type call, the blame would be all on the refs.

But not with the effort they gave tonight.

Wait...you can’t control what the refs do, but you can control whether the goalie makes a great save or if an opposing defenseman blocks a shot or makes a good pass?

 

[Chief Nine]

When JR and Milbury are ripping those calls along with what Pierre said during the game (and correctly pointing out in the first period on the Krug slash) you know this was bad.

Top off Marchand getting slashed with no call on a clear breakaway and Pastrnak getting boarded, it was a bad night for the guys in stripes

Plus that jackwagon tossing Bergeron on every face off

 

[maxbme]

@LouJersey was spot on about his house money comment. Bruins have struggled in these games all season.

Bad start, questionable officiating, sloppy play, interesting coaching decisions (Backes out with the goalie pulled? Really? There's 4 guys I'd rather see before him). They'll regroup and win the next one at home. They had a lot of things go wrong tonight and still almost pulled it out.