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By inthemist on May 23 2011, 5:23p 16

Is anyone out there? On the doorstep of one of the biggest Bruins games of the last two decades where is the insight and the activity? Are we all scared that the Bruins are replaying a recurring nightmare?

Going into game 3 I had already begun to consider the possibility of a Stanley Cup Final. At that point the Bruins had outplayed the Lightning in six out of nine periods of hockey. Aside from a few uncharacteristically bad goals in Games 1 and 2 the team put together some strong hockey - Kaberle and Lucic showed signs of coming around and Thomas was back in the zone. It was too good to be true being up 3-0 after the first period in game 4 - the Lightning would pull a Philly and turtle for the rest of the series. Apparently I was not the only person to feel that way - the Bruins skated the rest of the afternoon as though they were the team headed for vacation.

The Bruins now find themselves halfway through the easy part of the test, fresh from handing their opponent every confidence that no lead will ever be insurmountable. Tonight the Bruins get to answer the tougher questions.

Here are the series stats to this point compiled from Yahoo! Sports

Skaters	Ga	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	S	BS	Hits	FO%	Sfts	TOI
Krejci	4	2	0	2	-3	0	5	3	3	42%	103	20:23:30
Bergeron	2	2	0	2	1	2	6	1	2	60%	55	19:00:00
Lucic	4	0	1	1	-1	12	9	2	10	20%	91	17:49:00
Horton	4	1	2	3	1	18	8	0	9	0%	94	17:45:15
Recchi	4	0	0	0	-4	2	5	1	7	33%	88	16:29:00
Marchnd	4	0	0	0	-3	4	5	1	6		86	15:54:30
Kelly	4	0	3	3	2	2	7	4	3	44%	90	15:28:00
Ryder	4	3	3	6	1	0	8	0	4	0%	70	13:31:45
Seguin	4	3	3	6	2	0	12	1	3	58%	64	12:29:30
Peverly	4	0	1	1	-2	5	5	2	2	55%	80	12:28:00
Campbll	4	0	0	0	-3	2	3	1	2	71%	58	10:19:15
Paille	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	7		50	8:08:15
Thorntn	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	100%	19	6:37:30
		11	13	24	-9	49	79	19	62	48%

Seidnbrg	4	0	2	2	-3	2	10	11	6		121	27:45:45
Chara	4	0	0	0	-2	6	14	2	12		127	27:36:15
Boychk	4	1	1	2	0	2	7	7	8		114	19:00:45
Ference	4	1	0	1	0	2	6	3	4		111	18:16:15
Kaberle	4	0	3	3	0	0	5	7	1		74	14:17:30
McQud	4	0	1	1	1	0	2	4	4		74	12:34:00
		2	7	9	-4	12	44	34	35

St. Lous	4	2	2	4	-1	0	11	3	2	0%	89	20:03:45
Lecavlr	4	1	4	5	3	4	20	1	2	55%	96	20:03:00
Stamkos	4	1	2	3	-2	0	12	3	2	57%	93	18:27:00
Moore	4	1	2	3	-4	2	10	3	3	50%	91	16:38:45
Bergnhm	4	2	1	3	-2	0	8	1	15	33%	86	15:11:30
Gagne	4	2	2	4	5	4	7	2	7	100%	81	15:08:45
Purcell	4	3	1	4	3	0	16	2	1	40%	78	14:28:00
Malone	4	0	1	1	1	6	10	2	8	43%	81	14:14:15
Thompsn	4	0	1	1	4	0	6	5	2	46%	81	13:37:00
Hall	4	1	1	2	1	4	7	3	3	50%	85	13:13:15
Downie	4	0	0	0	-3	18	5	2	7	71%	66	12:24:00
Jones B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		9	5:17:00
Tyrell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		9	4:38:00
		13	17	30	5	38	112	28	55	52%

Brewer	4	0	0	0	-1	4	5	3	7		130	25:11:45
Hedman	4	0	3	3	4	2	5	11	6		135	22:09:30
Ohlund	4	0	1	1	2	0	3	7	13		119	19:38:45
Clark	4	1	1	2	1	0	6	8	4		112	15:57:15
Jons, R	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2		26	15:41:00
Bergrn	4	1	0	1	-1	7	11	0	7		90	14:54:30
Lundin	4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	2		88	14:17:15
		2	5	7	5	13	31	34	41

T Frwrds		13	17	30	5	38	112	28	55
T D-men		2	5	7	5	13	31	34	41
T Total		15	22	37	10	51	143	62	96	52%

B Frwrds		11	13	24	-9	49	79	19	62
B D-men		2	7	9	-4	12	44	34	35
B Total		13	20	33	-13	61	123	53	97	48%

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