Stanley Cup Final Grades for Game 4

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More NHL Playoffs:  | | | | |TeamGradeAnalysisA+So it wasn't anything really that the league did as much Kristaps Porzingis Jersey  as it was that the league won. That was one of the best games you will ever witne s of hockey, up and down, incredibly high paced, excellent skill, crazy bounces, overtime ... it had everything you could po sibly ask for from a hockey game -- and it is reflected in tonight's grades. Hopefully the ratings will reflect how great of a game this was too, because it was the perfect game to sell the sport with. If you didn't like that game, you will never like hockey.ASo, it might have been a good idea to put back with , huh? Yes, yes it was. The were able to play this game at a pace they are more accustomed to; it's just that the could play it at that way as well. Eventually they had enough to sneak out of Boston with the win, a hard-fought win. A total of 13 different Blackhawks had a point -- 13! The special teams were active, both good and bad. The good was that they had a shorty and actually scored on the power play. Who cares if it was during the remnants of a 5-on-3. The bad was that they gave up two power-play goals to the Bruins.A-OK, so they were not anywhere near as invincible as they were in Game 3, not even close. The Blackhawks were able to generate a lot of chances against their defense. But the Bruins did play a pretty awesome game. You have to tip your hats to the Walter Frazier Jersey  Hawks for the offense they generated. The Bruins came back from a two-goal deficit on two occasions and outside of giving up a short-handed goal in the first period, they Immanuel Quickley Jersey  looked very good on the power play, a rarity for the Bruins in the playoffs ... of any year. They weren't perfect, but it was still a heck of an effort and a heck of hockey game. Again, just have to tip their hats.C- has absolutely had better games. It was just one of those nights where offense was out of control and the game was so up-and-down you expect the goalies to surrender some -- which they did -- but Crawford never looked steady. The Bruins seemed to have his glove hand targeted and they attacked it with a lot of succe s. He finally got a little more offensive support but couldn't make it hold up, including a two-goal lead. Twice.C gave up three times as many goals in this game as he did in four games against Alec Burks Jersey  the Penguins last round of the playoffs. Granted, he did make 41 saves on the night so you certainly can't put six goals against all on him by any stretch, but that said, you don't see Rask have games like that very often.A-Time to give some love to the game-winner, right?  scored in overtime to even the series at 2-2 with a bullet of a shot that got through the traffic and just simply beat Rask. He played almost 26 minutes and in a game featuring 11 goals he was a plus-2. Add the game-winner and that's not a bad night.A+Seriously, how good is ? If he wasn't on your list of Conn Smythe candidates before this Final began then he better be now. He had two more goals in Game 4 and was once again all over the place. It's tough to pick just one Bruin, but he is probably the best player on their team, at least among the skaters. He showed why on Wednesday night once again.A has been having a fantastic series as well and perhaps isn't getting enough notice for it. He has been generating shots like a mad man and that continued in Game 4. When it was all finished he had eight shots on goal and a power-play goal, Chicago's first of the series. He even tacked on four hits.B+When the Bruins were tipping the scales in the first period after  Maurice Harkless Jersey the Blackhawks came out like gangbusters, it was largely thanks to . He seemed to be everywhere so it was only fitting that he was rewarded with Boston's first goal of the night. It was the latest strong showing from one of Boston's bottom-six forwards. It seems like every game it's another guy's turn.

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