![]() "We want to play well for each other but also for the fans who continue to support us, tonight especially. Sweeney must nail this important aspect of Bruins' 2023 offseason That's when you know Boston fans are back. There was even a brief "Yankees suck" chant in the third period. The energy was palpable before puck drop, with fan volume during the pre-game hype video, fan banner captain ceremony, Todd Angilly's national anthem and player intros reaching levels often heard during Stanley Cup Final games. Good to have (the fans) and good to have the win." Game 1 observations: Islanders no match for dominant B's top line It's still competitive but it's not the same. I think you appreciate it even more when the fans are taken away from the game for quite some time and you have to play without them. "To say we missed (the fans) is an understatement. "The energy and the atmosphere was everything you expected and more," Bruins captain Patrice Bergeron said. ![]() ![]() Saturday night was the first Bruins home game with close to full capacity since March of 2020, and it was the first home playoff game for the B's with that amount of fans since Game 7 of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final. The fans went home happy, too, as the Bruins won 5-2 to take a 1-0 series lead. The virus remains a part of our lives and likely will be for a while longer, but Game 1 of the second-round Stanley Cup Playoff series between the Bruins and New York Islanders helped 17,400 people - the largest crowd in the NHL this season - experience the kind of excitement that May hockey typically brings this region. BOSTON - TD Garden was absolutely rocking Saturday night in a display of much-needed normalcy for sports fans after a long, difficult year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ![]()
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