Bruins vs Rangers game 1 summary

BOSTON, MA - MAY 16: The Boston Bruins celebrate an over time win against the New York Rangers in Game One of the Eastern Conference Semifinals during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at TD Garden on May 16, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Brian Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images)

Game 1 looked to be a matchup between two even teams with goalies making great saves to keep their team in the game. The game went to overtime and the Bruins took over the game and Brad Marchand finished it with his first playoff goal from a great pass from Patrice Bergeron.

Quick game summary
In the first period, no scoring happened.

In the second period, Bruins Zdeno Chara scored his 2nd goal of the playoffs, making it 1-0 Bruins. With two seconds left in the period, Rangers Ryan McDonagh scored, tying the game 1-1.

In the third period, only fourteen seconds into the period, Rangers Derek Stepan scored, making it 2-1 Rangers. Later, Bruins Torey Krug scored his 1st goal of the playoffs, a power-play goal, tying it 2-2.

In overtime, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 1st goal of the playoffs, making it 3-2 and winning the game for the Bruins.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net for the Bruins and made 33 saves on 35 shots. Rask is now 5-3 with a 2.36 GAA and a .926 save percentage in the playoffs.

The Bruins led the game in shots 48-35, hits 51-44 and faceoff wins 37-30. The Rangers led the game in blocked shots 29-21. The Bruins went 1-for-4 on the power-play while the Rangers went 0-for-3.

Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 9 shots. Milan Lucic led the Bruins with 8 hits. Adam McQuaid led the Bruins with 6 blocked shots.

Onto the next one
The Bruins now lead the series 1-0. Game 2 is on Sunday, May 19th, at 3pm ET in Boston.

5 wins down, 11 more to bring the Cup back to Boston.