Hamilton tried to stay with Rangers forward Chris Kreider, who got in front of Hamilton just enough to get a clean deflection on Rick Nash’s hard pass. While the rookie blueliner might be kicking himself, it’s hard to blame him on this one. Yes, he maybe could have taken a better angle on the play but Kreider’s speed is one of his best attributes and one of the main reasons he took the NHL by storm last postseason. The Bruins need Hamilton to shake this one off and not carry it with him into Saturday’s Game 5.

The Bruins were up 3-0 in the series entering the game and twice led by a goal in the third period. Still, the Bruins often looked like the better team and it took one of the strangest, flukiest goals we've ever seen to get the Rangers going in the second period. Returning home and with the memory of Toronto's first-round rally in their minds, we expect the Bruins to be 100 percent focused on ending the series Saturday night.

Kopitar's second playoff goal came at 18:08 of the second period. Kopitar, generally recognized as the Kings' most talented offensive player, had complained earlier during this series that his team needed to take more shots at San Jose goalie Antti Niemi; the Kings wound up with 28 in the Thursday win. Slava Voynov pitched in with his fourth playoff goal on a power play early in the third period and Jeff Carter notched his fifth playoff goal in the Sharks' empty net late in the third. It was the Kings' 13th consecutive home victory.

Toews did register three shots on goal and six penalty minutes in the game, but he has totaled only three points, all assists, in nine postseason games this spring. If the Blackhawks are going to come back from their current 3-1 hole in the series their captain will have to be a major contributor.