BOSTON — Jim Montgomery liked how his team played for two periods. “Our game got away from us,” the Bruins coach said after the 6-3 Game 2 loss. “For a team that’s been really good in the third period for a long time, it’s an opportunity for us to learn and grow from that.” Observations: 1. Ullmark allowed five goals …
The maneuver Bob Essensa wanted Bruins goalie Linus Ullmark to execute measures only two inches. Essensa says backflow is “certainly the biggest” improvement that’s led to this success. “Maybe you’re late on a goal because you’re doing it,” Ullmark says. “If I introduce something that’s not ingrained in a goalie’s play and it doesn’t work, he automatically goes back to …