Thus closed another chapter in the decades-long harangue between two of hockey’s storied franchises. The seasons come, the seasons go, but the Bruins and Canadiens always find a way to infuse their Original Six partnership with more emotion, more bombast, more good stuff that 28 teams only wish they could share.
Sunday night, the Bruins got the worst of it, and mostly they could blame themselves. They were porous in their end, and Chara’s instinct, though right on the money, left them shortchanged.
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