Red Wings, Bruins leave little room for puck handlers to skate in tight-checking series
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings head into Sunday's second playoff game hoping for more room to skate.
Neither had much space in the tight-checking opener that Detroit won 1-0 Friday night on Pavel Datsyuk's goal with 3:01 remaining.
Bruins center David Krejci says his team needs to hold on to the puck more and make confident plays rather than dump it in and chase after it.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall thought his team did a good job of boxing out and playing quicker defensively.
Top-seeded Boston is hoping to get a split of the first two games before the best-of-seven series shifts to Detroit for two games. If a fifth game is necessary it would be in Boston.