Bruins vs Penguins game 1 summary

PITTSBURGH, PA - JUNE 01: Sidney Crosby #87 of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Zdeno Chara #33 of the Boston Bruins exchange words near the end of the second period during Game One of the Eastern Conference Final of the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Consol Energy Center on June 1, 2013 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

The underdog Bruins have already been counted out by many people but tonight they showed why they shouldn't be counted out as they were able to shut down the the high-powered #1 offense in the league, as the Bruins shutout the almighty Penguins 3-0 in game 1. The NBC broadcast drooled over the Penguins and were left quiet during the third period just as the Penguins fans were. NBC even showed the many bandwagon fans leaving the game during the third period. Watch the game summary video here.

Quick game summary
In the first period, Bruins David Krejci scored his 6th goal of the playoffs, making it 1-0 Bruins.

In the second period, no scoring happened. Penguins fans and organization say Matt Cooke is a changed player but as we saw in the second period, Cooke boarded Adam McQuaid from behind right in the numbers. This was no sudden turn by McQuaid, Cooke was chasing down McQuaid, was looking right at the numbers on the jersey but still decided to hit McQuaid from behind. Cooke got a 5-minute major and game misconduct. Later, Bruins Brad Marchand pushed James Neal from the side into the boards by the Penguins bench and he got a 2-minute minor for that as Penguins players yelled at the officials.

PITTSBURGH, PA - JUNE 01: Matt Cooke #24 of the Pittsburgh Penguins checks Adam McQuaid #54 of the Boston Bruins during Game One of the Eastern Conference Final of the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Consol Energy Center on June 1, 2013 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)

At the end of the second period, Penguins Jarome Iginla started roughing with Chris Kelly, as Tuukka Rask was skating to the bench Sidney Crosby bumped into Rask and they exchanged some words, then Evgeni Malkin glove-punched Patrice Bergeron, Bergeron punched back and they then dropped the gloves. Bergeron would lose his balance and go down to the ice with Malkin on top and then Malkin continued throwing punches so Bergeron threw some back. Bergeron wound up with a cut on his nose. Watch the Bergeron vs Malkin fight here.

In the third period, Bruins David Krejci scored his 7th goal of the playoffs, making it 2-0 Bruins. Less than four minutes later, Bruins Nathan Horton scored his 6th goal of the playoffs, making it 3-0 Bruins.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and stopped all 29 shots that he faced. Rask is now 9-4-1 with a 2.06 GAA and a .933 save percentage in the playoffs.

The Bruins led the game in shots 30-29, faceoff wins 32-16 and blocked shots 11-10. The Penguins led the game in hits 34-19. The Bruins and Penguins both went 0-for-4 on the power-play.

David Krejci led the Bruins with 7 shots. Dennis Seidenberg, Zdeno Chara and David Krejci led the Bruins with 3 hits apiece. Dennis Seidenberg, Zdeno Chara and Torey Krug led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots apiece.

Onto the next one
The series is now 1-0 Bruins. Game 2 is on Monday at 8pm ET in Pittsburgh.

9 wins down, 7 more to bring the Cup back to Boston.