The Blackhawks scored two goals in 17 seconds to claim Game 6 by a 3-2 score and swipe the Stanley Cup at TD Garden Monday night.
The Bruins held a 2-1 lead with less than two minutes remaining. But the Blackhawks started the rally when Bryan Bickell scored a six-on-five goal to tie the score. With 58.3 seconds remaining, Dave Bolland jammed home the rebound of a Johnny Oduya shot for the winning goal.
The Bruins pulled ahead at 12:11 of the third period. Milan Lucic started the play with a powerful forecheck behind the net. Because of Lucic’s presence, Duncan Keith tried to go behind the net with a pass. David Krejci picked it off and looked for help in front. The puck got to Lucic, who beat Corey Crawford to give the Bruins a 2-1 lead.
The Bruins had all the momentum after the first period. But they ran out of gas in the second period. The Blackhawks took advantage by tying the game at 4:24 of the second.
Prior to the goal, Chris Kelly won a neutral-zone faceoff against Jonathan Toews. Kelly pulled the puck back toward the wall. Zdeno Chara moved up to retrieve the puck. But Michal Rozsival pushed the puck past Chara to Toews, giving the Blackhawks a two-on-one. Dennis Seidenberg took away Toews’s cross-ice option to Patrick Kane. But Toews snapped a sharp-angle wrister five-hole on Tuukka Rask to make it a 1-1 game.
Jaromir Jagr took one shift in the second, then retreated to the dressing room. Jagr didn’t return.
The Bruins blitzed the Blackhawks in the first period. The Bruins controlled the pace of the game from the start of the game.
For all that, the Bruins had only a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes.
The Bruins scored following some strong offensive-zone work by the third line. After an offensive-zone faceoff, the Bruins engaged in a puck battle and Kelly snapped the puck past Crawford at 7:19 to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead.
Patrice Bergeron was in the lineup. Bergeron started the game between Jagr and Brad Marchand.
