from Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe,

It felt a little too easy over the weekend. After the Bruins skunked the St. Louis Blues, 7-2, Saturday, some folks back in Boston started making parade plans. With another win in Game 4, the Bruins would have a chance to win the Stanley Cup on Garden ice Thursday night.

Not anymore.

The humbled Blues punched back Monday at Enterprise Center to even this Cup Final with a 4-2 victory. The locals danced to 1980s pop anthem “Gloria” long into the Missouri night....

So it’s tied after four games and this has morphed into an emotional, thunderous Stanley Cup Final. Game 5 is Thursday night at the Garden and we know the series is coming back to St. Louis for Game 6 Sunday. The hockey world can only hope that Chara comes back. Better theater. More righteous and just.

In both of the Bruins defeats vs. the Blues, Boston lost a defenseman early in the game. In Game 2, it was Matt Grzelcyk getting concussed when hit from behind. Game 4 featured the bloody shot to Chara’s face. He needed stitches and probably needs dental work. None of it is good.

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