Bruins continue dodging bullets

By Chris Maza
Fan Fanatic Sports Staff

Whew. Another close one.

Let's face it folks, this has not been a pretty series for the Bruins thus far. While the end results have been positive, the B's have left a lot to be desired in this series thus far.

Luckily for the Bruins, Milan Lucic and Marc Savard came through with dramatic goals that were not necessarily textbook, more just throwing the puck at the net in hopes that something might come of it.

But the fact of the matter is after playing extremely well in the series against Buffalo, the Bruins have played a very sloppy series thus far against the Flyers and very easily could be heading into Philadelphia down, 0-2.

While at times they have appeared to dominate the play, like the first period and overtime of game one, they have yet to play a complete, 60-minute hockey game in a solid fashion, let alone a dominating one.

And, of course, just like there always is with the Flyers, there's a controversy. Apparently Dan Carcillo, the man who decided to go high with a hit after the whistle on Savard, took issue with Savard's actions during the altercation. Yes, I'll say that again. The guy who too a shot at the head of the other guy who just came off a two-month holiday because of a life-threatening cranial injury is whining about what went down.

Carcillo alleges that Savard bit him. What's more, he says he has marks to prove it. On the other side, Savard accused Carcillo of trying to pull out his teeth. Who do you believe? The guy whose nickname is "Car Bomb" and had the fourth-most penalty minutes in the league, despite playing in fewer games than two of the three guys in front of him, or the guy who hasn't been in a fight since the 2002-03 season?

Trying to look at this as objectively as possible, the biggest question I have is this: How did Savard manage to bite down hard enough on Carcillo's fingers to leave marks if he had gloves on? Kind of hard to believe. And if the glove was off, then why wasn't there a fighting major?