Stanley Cup Final Game 1 Report ... Enough Game Use for Ya?

The Blackhawks and Bruins played almost two full games ... and the Bruins' Final Set 1 jerseys were soaked with perspiration from nearly six periods of hockey.

Goalie Tuukka Rask's gamer weighed a ton ... and was littered with a few puck marks. That figured, considering he made 59 saves on 63 shots.

After authenticating the jerseys following Chicago's 4-3 victory in Triple Overtime, I can report that five Bruins (Patrice Bergeron, Johnny Boychuk, Zdeno Chara, Nathan Horton and Dennis Deidenberg) wore more than one jersey in the game:

-Chara switched after the third period ... and wore his Set 2 for all three overtimes.

-Seidenberg alternated period by period, wearing Set 1 in the first period, third period, and second overtime. He wore Set 2 in the second period, first OT and third OT.

-Boychuk alternated period by period, wearing Set 1 in the first period, third period, and second overtime. He wore Set 2 in the second period, first OT and third OT.

-Horton switched after the second period ... and wore his Set 2 in the third period and first overtime, before getting injured early in the first OT. He did not play in the second and third OTs.

-Bergeron switched after the second period ... and wore his Set 2 in the third period and all three OTs.

MeiGray will be authenticating the Bruins' Final jerseys throughout the series, and will be issuing reports from each game. Due to the lateness of the hour and the frenzy in the postgame dressing room I was unable to get a good look at game use on many of the jerseys ... but obviously after a game like this one, the jerseys got their money's worth.

The Bruins dressed 22 player for warmup, including defenseman Matt Bartkowski and forward Carl Soderberg, who did not play.

If Horton is unable to play in Saturday's Game 2, another Bruins forward will be in the lineup, and so another game-worn jersey will be available.

See you Saturday from the Madhouse on Madison.