The Bruins defeated the Blackhawks in a shutout victory.
- Pregame, the Bruins paused to honor Lieutenant Edward J. Walsh and Firefighter Michael R. Kennedy, who were lost during a Beacon Street fire on Wednesday. [MassLive]
- The Blackhawks had struggled a bit in two of their last three games, and the Bruins (read Patrice Bergeron) again scored the first goal, holding their opponent off the scoreboard in the first period. [WorcesterTelegram&Gazette]
- The matchup was as advertised, more of a cerebral chess game than the mess that was the Canadiens game on Tuesday. [TheBostonGlobe]
- Blackhawk Kris Versteeg reminisced about his days as a Providence Bruin, and playing with David Krejci. [ESPN]
- The Bruins/Blackhawks rematch involved no hard feelings from last year's finals. [SeacoastOnline]
- Highlights of the game included naming the Boston Fire Department the First Star of the night, and odd circumstances surrounding Bergeron's second goal. [Boston.com]
- Tuukka Rask notched his seventh, and league leading, shutout (Vezina, Vezina, Vezina...) [MassLive]
- Going forward, the Bruins will balance a wish to rest key players with the need to preserve home-ice advantage by winning the President's trophy. [WorcesterTelegram&Gazette]
- Zdeno Chara doesn't want you to think that he NEEDS any of that rest, but... [WEEI]
- Bergeron values all aspects of his game, and continues to deflect accolades, despite talk that this year's Selke trophy is either his or Jonathan Toews'. [WEEI]
- The Bruins' cadre of young defensemen were on ice again last night, and they did a splendid job tying up the speedy Blackhawks in the neutral zone. [SeacoastOnline]
Bergeron w/#Bruins first goal in 5 straight games. Ties team record set by John Bucyk in Dec. 1965. (per Bob Waterman, Elias SB).
— Kevin Paul Dupont (@GlobeKPD) March 28, 2014
Elsewhere around the rink:
- Good news for Tim Bozon, who will be released from the hospital today. [SportsNet]
- WRONG! So you thought you knew all about the Original Six, eh? Let's go myth debunking! [Grantland]
- Greg Wyshynski muses on the topic of Brian Burke's hair, hilarity ensues. [PuckDaddy]
- There are two kinds of "players-only" meetings, here's the skinny on what happens in each. [BackhandShelf]
- Sean Avery and Martin Brodeur are at it again, sniping at each other. Children, PLEASE! [SBNation]
- Here's a look at highlight-reel hits from the Sochi Paralympic sledge hockey games. (Video, 1:11) [YouTube]