Bruins vs Rangers game 2 summary

BOSTON, MA - MAY 19: Torey Krug #47 of the Boston Bruins celebrates his goal against the New York Rangers in Game Two of the Eastern Conference Semifinals during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at TD Garden on May 19, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Steve Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images)

The three young rookie Bruins defensemen that are playing because of injuries have been stepping it up in this series and again in Game 2 as they played well and contributed to the offense and on defense. Torey Krug came up huge, scoring a goal and adding an assist and was +2, while Matt Bartkowski had an assist and was +2, and Dougie Hamilton had an assist but was -1. The Bruins had more control of the game than the Rangers did, even though the Rangers kept tying the game up in the first and second periods. After the Rick Nash goal in the second period the Bruins would stop the Rangers from scoring again in the game and they looked like the better team.

Quick game summary
In the first period, Bruins rookie Torey Krug scored his 2nd goal of the playoffs, making it 1-0 Bruins. Krug now has 2 career NHL playoff goals in 2 career NHL playoff games. Less than three minutes later, Rangers captain Ryan Callahan scored, tying the game 1-1.

In the second period, Bruins Gregory Campbell scored his 1st goal of the playoffs, making it 2-1 Bruins. Only 56 seconds later, Rangers Rick Nash scored, tying the game up 2-2. Later, Bruins Johnny Boychuk scored his 3rd goal of the playoffs, making it 3-2 Bruins.

In the third period, 26 seconds into the period, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 2nd goal of the playoffs, making it 4-2 Bruins. Later, Bruins Milan Lucic scored his 3rd goal of the playoffs, making it 5-2 Bruins. Gregory Campbell dropped the gloves with scrapper Derek Dorsett, who fought a lot during his Columbus days, and Campbell held his own but decision to Dorsett in this ok fight.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net for the Bruins and made 35 saves on 37 shots. Rask is now 6-3 with a 2.32 GAA and a .928 save percentage in the playoffs.

The Bruins led the game in hits 36-33 and blocked shots 15-12. The Rangers led the game in shots 37-32 and faceoff wins 30-28. The Bruins went 0-for-1 on the power-play while the Rangers went 0-for-5.

Milan Lucic, Nathan Horton, Zdeno Chara and Rich Peverley all had 3 shots apiece to lead the Bruins. Matt Bartkowski led the Bruins with 5 hits. Johnny Boychuk led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots.

Onto the next one
The Bruins now lead the series 2-0. Game 3 is on Tuesday, May 21st at 7:30pm ET in New York.

6 wins down, 10 more to bring the Cup back to Boston.