Bruins vs. Stars

So all that praise I laid on the Stars the other day as the "surprise team"? Just a reverse jinx for tonight. That's right I just went Bill Simmons-style and mastered the art of the reverse jinx. Ever since his Red Sox-Yankees column pre-2004 ALCS he's just been on a roll with the maneuver, so I figured why not get in on the action.

Alright so that's not what actually happened but still Dallas deserves credit for not only coming back from a four goal deficit to cut it to one, but also from shrugging off three full-fledged ass-kickings in the 1st period (sorry but Greg Campbell earned a split decision at best).

In the end though Tuukka made enough plays when he had to and the Bruins survived the scare and wound up winning 6-3. Terrible officiating at certain points in the game, namely Adam McQuaid's disallowed goal, denying the Prince Edward Island's native of his first goal of the season. And the 10 minute misconduct Chara was slapped with for tangling up with all-world punk Steve Ott took the Bruins penalty-killing all out of sync. Definitely benefits Dallas there by taking Chara out of the equation instead of a pest like Ott. 

Bottom line Bruins are two games down, four points up in the second half of the season. I thought Claude made the right move by not yanking Rask when the Stars cut it to 4-3 as well. Can never underestimate what a vote of confidence will do for a struggling goaltender.

One last thing.....Good to see Andrew Raycroft hasn't changed a bit after all these years.

Real life: Andrew Raycroft was once named the NHL's Rookie of the Year.