BOSTON - Claude Julien doesn't mind being proven wrong by Phil Kessel, especially since the young forward has been instrumental in the Boston Bruins' battle from the brink of elimination to the cusp of the second round. Marco Sturm scored the winner with only 2:37 left in regulation to cap a wild third period as the Bruins handed the Canadiens a 5-4 loss Saturday to comeback from 3-1 down in the series and force Game 7 on Monday night in Montreal. Though Sturm played the hero with the dramatic winner, it was Kessel who's been able to bounce back from being scratched in Games 3 and 4. Kessel scored twice Saturday, giving him three goals in the last two games. "The way he's played the last two games has been unbelievable," Julien said. "If he wants to keep proving me wrong, I can take it." Kessel's first goal was a beautiful individual effort. He picked up a loose puck in the neutral zone, moved into the Canadiens zone with speed and deked around Bouillon before beating Carey Price with a quick wrist shot to the far side at 1:54 of the second. Julien said the Bruins have to play with the same intensity to win Game 7. "The biggest mistake we could make is to change," said Bruins coach Claude Julien. "We have our identity. We are what we are, and what we are is what got us here. To change now would be playing with fire."The Bruins have lost all 20 previous best-of-seven series in which they trailed 3-1, and this is the first time the've forced a Game 7 in that situation. meanwhile, the Canadiens have never lost the 26 previous times they've enjoyed 3-1 series leads.
BOSTON - Claude Julien doesn't mind being proven wrong by Phil Kessel, especially since the young forward has been instrumental in the Boston Bruins' battle from the brink of elimination to the cusp of the second round.
Marco Sturm scored the winner with only 2:37 left in regulation to cap a wild third period as the Bruins handed the Canadiens a 5-4 loss Saturday to comeback from 3-1 down in the series and force Game 7 on Monday night in Montreal.
Though Sturm played the hero with the dramatic winner, it was Kessel who's been able to bounce back from being scratched in Games 3 and 4. Kessel scored twice Saturday, giving him three goals in the last two games.
"The way he's played the last two games has been unbelievable," Julien said. "If he wants to keep proving me wrong, I can take it."
Kessel's first goal was a beautiful individual effort. He picked up a loose puck in the neutral zone, moved into the Canadiens zone with speed and deked around Bouillon before beating Carey Price with a quick wrist shot to the far side at 1:54 of the second.
Julien said the Bruins have to play with the same intensity to win Game 7.
"The biggest mistake we could make is to change," said Bruins coach Claude Julien. "We have our identity. We are what we are, and what we are is what got us here. To change now would be playing with fire."The Bruins have lost all 20 previous best-of-seven series in which they trailed 3-1, and this is the first time the've forced a Game 7 in that situation. meanwhile, the Canadiens have never lost the 26 previous times they've enjoyed 3-1 series leads.
