Bruins force Game 7 by defeating Hurricanes 4-2

Boston's fight to stay alive in the NHL playoffs paid off Tuesday night.

Per NHL.com, the Boston Bruins defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 to tie the series 3-3 and force a Game 7 in the Eastern Conference semi-finals.

As the top remaining seed in the NHL playoffs, the Bruins led 2-0 barely 5 minutes into the game. Despite the Hurricanes out shooting the Bruins 32-19 and scoring the first goal, Boston was able to take the game with 2:02 left on a Mark Recchi goal to win its second straight game after trailing Carolina 3-1 in the series.

Boston returns home Thursday night for the final game of the series.



"Bruins Hurricanes face off"
Twitpic posted by @MilanLucic17


Beantown is hoping the Celtics can replicate the Bruins performance and pull off a win:

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   mnavillus Bruins pulled off a win... Now it's time for the Celtics to step up. 13 May 2009 from Tweetie
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   jimrattray is back in Boston ... and glad to see the Bruins will be coming home for a game 7! 13 May 2009 from Tweetie
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   yo_cakeeater Eat it Carolina, Bruins won. 13 May 2009 from mobile web
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   JohnFMoore With #bruins win, question is now will #celtics do the same 13 May 2009 from TweetDeck
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   robertmmccarthy Bruins won / joy / now Celts please! 13 May 2009 from txt
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   JoanneLopez BRUINS ARE GOINGTO GAME 7!!... my celtics need to win tonightt! 13 May 2009 from web
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   direct2_bay_st Roy kicks some Yankee Ass! And the Bruins take it to 7. All in all a very good night! 13 May 2009 from web

Already looking ahead to Game 7 in Carolina:

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   Tepherguy Another game seven in the east. #nhl. I predict a Staal brothers showdown in the semi finals. #pens #hurricanes 13 May 2009 from web
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   andrewrich Apparently, the Hurricanes can't just take a series the easy way... 13 May 2009 from web
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   xerodesignsjl is mad that the Carolina Hurricanes just lost! Come on! Finish the Bruins off! 13 May 2009 from Tweetr
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   opiatedsherpa Well, that was disappointing... really wanted the #Hurricanes to finish it. Oh well, seven is good here too. 13 May 2009 from TweetDeck
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   rehumphries I think it's funny that Carolina Hurricanes has cheerleaders. Does any other NHL team have cheerleaders? 13 May 2009 from Twitterrific
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   Alissa814 Silly, Hurricanes...we were supposed to win that one. Oh well, tryin to get some sleep again tonight, pleasepleaseplease... 13 May 2009 from web

Bruins force Game 7 by defeating Hurricanes 4-2

Boston three party busted as Bruins, Red Sox lose, Celtics Win

The spotlight being on Boston sports is nothing new. But when the Celtics and Bruins are in hotly contested playoff contests and the Red Sox have a 9-game home winning streak to uphold, Bostonians were torn on where to show their allegiances.

Tweets from Beantown capture the emotions put behind each and every team:

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   bbgirl88 Watching alot of Boston Sports right now.....Red Sox game for me tomorrow night :) :) 07 May 2009 from web
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   dancehallhiips too many sports to watch! flipping between celts and bruins and getting espn red sox updates on my phoneeeee. i'm a loser but it's fine! 07 May 2009 from twhirl
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   chowdaheadz Trying to figure out if the Celtics blowout eases the pain of the Bruins & Red Sox losing? 07 May 2009 from TwitterFox
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   palemian Three TV's all on at once, one tuned into the Bruins game, one on the Celtics and the other on the Red Sox - People meter that Nielsen! 07 May 2009 from web
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   andiestreet red sox and bruins made me sad :( celtics give me hope that maybe every game i watch isnt doomed to lose 07 May 2009 from web
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   SeamusKeleher @Kal_Penn from the Boston perspective, glad the Celtics won, needed that, not so well for the Bruins or Red Sox, cannot win them all though. 07 May 2009 from web in reply to Kal_Penn

The Celtics, led by Rajon Rondo's triple double (15 points, 18 assists, and 11 rebounds) and posterization of Dwight Howard, were the only victor tonight, beating the Orlando Magic 112-94 to tie the series at one game apiece, per Boston.com.

The Bruins, tying Game 3 late in the third period on Mark Recchi's goal, were on the losing end of an overtime thriller, falling behind in their series with the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1, per the Boston Herald.

The Red Sox, looking for a double-digit home win streak, couldn't muster enough offensive power with a makeshift lineup, losing 9-2 to the Cleveland Indians, per the Patriot Ledger.

Twitpics were also posted from each game from loyal fans:

@xbuzz: "Let's do this Celtics!!!"

@dpokela: "View from my seat in the VERY LAST row"

@jmeserve: "Better seats courtesy of Red Sox getting blown out"

Boston three party busted as Bruins, Red Sox lose, Celtics Win