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“They scored more goals than the Blackhawks!”

Well, yeah, but there are reasons why the Boston Bruins won Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final over the Chicago Blackhawks, 2-1 in overtime, to even the series at 1-1. Here are five:

1. The Bruins’ Worst Was Their First

If you’re going to completely suck in a Stanley Cup Playoff game, better it’s the first period on the road than, say, overtime. The Blackhawks embarrassed the Bruins in the opening frame, outshooting them 19-4 and taking a 1-0 lead on Patrick Sharp’s goal. As Jaromir Jagr said after the game: "If someone watched the first period they would say 'Give (Chicago) the Cup right now."'

But the Bruins leveled the ice in the second period, and arguably outplayed the Hawks in the last 33:48 of the game before Daniel Paille’s goal ended it.

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Daniel Paille has been one of the Boston Bruins’ unsung heroes throughout the postseason, giving them strong minutes as a member of their checking line and a surprising amount of offense.

On Saturday night, he scored the most important goal of his season.

Paille’s tally at 13:48 of overtime gave the Bruins a 2-1 win and a 1-1 series tie with the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2013 Stanley Cup Final. He earlier assisted on Chris Kelly’s goal.

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The Bruins had several strong chances in overtime, including Jaromir Jagr dinging off the post behind Crawford. (And his reaction was priceless.) They needed a break, and got one from Blackhawks forward Brandon Bollig.

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Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals won the 2012-13 Hart Memorial Trophy for regular-season MVP, his third most valuable player trophy and first since 2009.

Center Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Ovechkin and center John Tavares of the New York Islanders are the three finalists for the Hart, awarded “to the player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team,” as voted on by members of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association.

From the NHL:

Ovechkin tallied 32 goals in 48 games, including 23 in his final 23 contests, to become the first three-time winner of the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy as the NHL’s goal-scoring leader. He also finished third in the League in points (56), first in power-play goals (16), first in power-play points (27) and first in shots on goal (220), leading the Capitals to an 11-1-1 record in April and their fifth Southeast Division title in the last six years. Ovechkin recorded points in nine straight games March 17-April 2 (10-5—15), including a five-game goal streak March 17-24, and tallied his 30th goal of the year April 20, becoming the ninth player in League history to score 30 or more goals in each of his first eight seasons.

We cast our ballot for Ovechkin.

Getty ImagesSidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins won the 2012-13 Ted Lindsay Award, presented annually to the “Most Outstanding Player” in the NHL, as voted by fellow members of the NHLPA.

Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins, right wing Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals and right wing Martin St. Louis of the Tampa Bay Lightning were up for the award.

From the NHLPA on Crosby’s season:

“I would like to thank the NHL Players’ Association for recognizing me for this award,” said Sidney Crosby, the 2012-13 Ted Lindsay Award recipient. “It means a lot to be recognized by the guys that you compete against each and every night.”

Crosby helped lead the Penguins to a first place finish in the Eastern Conference in the 2012-13 regular season. He ranked tied for third in the league in points (56), second in assists (41), fourth in plus-minus (+26), and first in points per game (1.56).

In the history of the Award, four different Penguins players have been voted the “Most Outstanding Player” for a

Getty ImagesWhenever Brendan Shanahan leaves the NHL Department of Safety, conventional wisdom was that it would be for a general manager or player personnel role.

That job might be with the Calgary Flames.

John Shannon of Sportsnet confirmed that Shanahan was in Calgary on Friday, previously reporting that his meeting was with owner Murray Edwards and CEO Ken King regarding a director of hockey operations gig. Bob McKenzie of TSN reports that no job offer was made to Shanahan at the meeting.

Jay Feaster remains the general manager in Calgary, although an embattled one. The Flames have missed the playoffs for four straight seasons. Adding Shanahan wouldn’t exactly be a vote of confidence; in fact, it smacks of what the Colorado Avalanche did in elevating Joe Sakic up the managerial food chain and minimizing Greg Sherman’s role. (Maybe the common denominator is Ryan O’Reilly.)

Obviously the Flames’ gain is the NHL’s loss, but Shanahan’s innovations and revisions to the Department of Player Safety – from the instructional videos to the disciplinary standards that have helped reduce concussions in the NHL during his two-year tenure – will endure through the staff he’s added, like former NHL defenseman Rob Blake.

That’s assuming he leaves the Flames. And that the NHL doesn’t tinker with what’s been a successful sheriff’s department Shanahan has built.

Boston Bruins defenseman Dennis Seidenberg is one of the team’s steadiest defenders. He averages 26:03 per game, and is usually charged with stopping their opponents’ top players.

But a lapse in triple-OT of Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final might have cost the Bruins the game. Watch Seidenberg in the corner of the ice, dropping his glove after a hit and then picking it up on Andrew Shaw’s game-winner for the Chicago Blackhawks:

Seidenberg was checked in the corner by Bryan Bickell of the Blackhawks. Shaw was his player to defend; rather than doing so, he went back to the corner to snag his missing glove. Michael Rozsival’s point shot was deflected home by Shaw, and the Blackhawks won in triple overtime.

Joe Haggerty of CSN New England noticed the play and asked Seidenberg what went wrong:

"I obviously looked at it [on video] and thought about it afterward. [I was] like ‘What did I just do?’ "

Still, he's not sure it would have changed the outcome

Getty ImagesAlain Vigneault will be the next head coach of the New York Rangers, per the Daily News and ESPN New York.

He was fired by the Vancouver Canucks after seven seasons and six playoff appearances, including a Stanley Cup Final Game 7 loss in 2011 to the Boston Bruins.

He replaces John Tortorella, another head coach fired for playoff disappointment who, as fate would have it, might swap jobs with Vigneault and take over the Canucks.

According to Katie Strang of ESPN, the Rangers interviewed Vigneault and former star Mark Messier for the head coaching spot but opted for Vigneault. He was given a lucrative offer to join the Rangers, big enough where he withdrew his name from candidacy for the Dallas Stars’ vacancy.

What does Vigneault bring to the Rangers that Tortorella did not?