Welcome to Game 3 from rainy Boston, where the Bruins and Blackhawks will probably go into overtime again.
For the second consecutive Stanley Cup Final, Games 1 and 2 both were decided in OT. Unlike a year ago, when the LA Kings won both games in OT at New Jersey, the teams split the pair of overtimes in Chicago.
I spent the morning pre-authenticating the two sets of Black Final jerseys the Bruins will be wearing. Black Set 1 will be worn tonight, and until either team reaches three victories.
As has been their custom, five or six Bruins (Patrice Bergeron, Johnny Boychuk, Zdeno Chara, Nathan Horton, Dennis Seidenberg, and Shawn Thornton) are expected to wear two jerseys in this game, switching at some points between periods
Update: As they did in Game 2, Boychuk and Seidenberg switched after the first period.
Update: As they did in Game 2, Boychuk and Seidenberg switched back to their Final Set 1s for period three ... Chara, Boychuk and Horton switched into their Final Set 2s after wearing their Final Set 1s for the first two periods.
An additional black Final jersey has been prepared for David Krejci. He is expected to wear it for one period tonight so that Boston-MGG can donate it to the Hockey Hall of Fame's annual Stanley Cup Final exhibit.
Update: Krejci did not change jerseys in the third period, sticking with Final Set 1.
From the pregame warmup: For the third straight game, 22 Bruins took warmup. As they did before Games 1 and 2, defenseman Matt Bartkowski and forward Carl Soderberg skated during the pre-game warmup. Neither was in the lineup for Games 1 and 2, and neither dressed for Game 3.
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