SI's Best Shots of Stanley Cup Final
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SI's Best Shots of Stanley Cup Final
Stanley Cup Final: Game 1
The Chicago Blackhawks overcame a pair of two-goal deficits and defeated the Boston Bruins, 4-3, in triple overtime to win a thrilling Game 1 of the 2013 Stanley Cup Final.
Stanley Cup Final: Game 1
The Blackhawks were playing in their second consecutive multi-overtime game. They had eliminated the Los Angeles Kings in 2-OT in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals.
Stanley Cup Final: Game 1
Boston jumped out to a 2-0 lead behind a pair of goals from Milan Lucic, the first coming at 13:11 of the first period, the next at :51 of the second.
Stanley Cup Final: Game 1
Bruins center David Krejci fires a puck up ice. Krejci, the leading postseason scorer, earned assists on the goals by Milan Lucic that staked Boston to a 2-0 lead.
Stanley Cup Final: Game 1
Bruins alternate captain Patrice Bergeron collides with Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford, who stopped 51 of the 54 shots he faced.
Stanley Cup Final: Game 1
Boston goaltender Tuukka Rask makes one his his 59 saves. He had a playoff goal-less streak of 149:36 broken when Chicago's Brandon Saad tallied at the 3:08 mark of the second period.
Stanley Cup Final: Game 1
Tuukka Rask was beaten for four goals in Game 1 after allowing just two in four games during the Bruins' Eastern Conference Finals sweep of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Stanley Cup Final: Game 1
Patrice Bergeron scored to give Boston a 3-1 lead at 6:09 of the third period, but the Bruins were unable to hold that second two-goal advantage and steal a win at the United Center in Chicago.
Stanley Cup Final: Game 1
The Blackhawks were trailing 3-1 before third-period goals by Dave Bolland at the 8:00 mark, and Johnny Oduya at 12:14 ultimately forced the game into OT. Bolland's came off a turnover by Boston's rookie defenseman, Torey Krug. Oduya's tally went in off the skate of Bruins blueliner Andrew Ference.
Stanley Cup Final: Game 1
Chicago's Michael Frolik flings the puck towards the Bruins' net. Frolik assisted on the goal by Johnny Oduya that tied the game at 3-3 in the third period.
Stanley Cup Final: Game 1
Chicago winger Brandon Bollig, who was inserted into the lineup in place of Viktor Stalberg to give the Blackhawks additional physicality, fights for position in front of the net. It was Bollig's first playoff action since his appearance in three first-round games vs. Minnesota.
Stanley Cup Final: Game 1
Blackhawks winger Andrew Shaw checks Boston defenseman Dennis Seidenberg into the boards. Shaw's effort in the game was lauded by coach Joel Quenneville, who said, "He's a competitor. He does things game in, game out. The bigger the stage, the bigger the challenge, he rises to the occasion. He knows where the front of net is. Doesn't have to be pretty. He's a warrior. He's one of those guys that you appreciate he's on your side and he's relentless."
Stanley Cup Final: Game 1
Andrew Shaw (right) upends Boston's Adam McQuaid.
Stanley Cup Final: Game 1
Boston's Jaromir Jagr (right) battles Chicago's Duncan Keith (center) and Bryan Bickell. Jagr was making his first championship series appearance in 21 years and nearly won the game for Boston in the second overtime when he deflected a shot by Zdeno Chara, but the puck hit the post.
Stanley Cup Final: Game 1
The Blackhawks' Bryan Bickell attempts to skate by Bruins defenseman Johnny Boychuk, who logged 41:37 of ice time during the game.
Stanley Cup Final: Game 1
Rask covers up a Blackhawks shot. "We had the game," he later said. "We're up 3-1 in the third and then a terrible turnover leads to a second goal and then a tough bounce leads to the tying goal, and we just gave it away."
Stanley Cup Final: Game 1
In pinball fashion, Andrew Shaw scored the game-winner at the 12:08 mark of the third OT -- by deflecting the puck into the net after Michal Rozsival's shot was tipped by Dave Bolland. The goal ended the fifth-longest game in Stanley Cup Final history.