Bruins beat Canucks, keep Stanley Cup bid alive

BOSTON, Massachusetts — The Boston Bruins kept their Stanley Cup hopes alive, punishing Vancouver 5-2 to force a decisive game seven in the NHL's championship series.The Bruins on Monday denied the Canucks a Cup-clinching victory, chasing Vancouver's erratic goalie Roberto Luongo in the first period.Brad Marchand, Milan Lucic and Andrew Ference scored in the first 8:35 and the Bruins seized control with four goals in the first period."We wanted to make sure if we went down, we went down fighting," Marchand said.For the sixth time in the last 10 seasons, the final series is going to a seventh game, returning to Vancouver for the decider on Wednesday."I'm proud of the guys," said Boston's Mark Recchi, who had three assists as Boston pulled level at three games apiece. "We had our backs to the wall, we've been resilient all year, and we came out and had a great first period and did what we had to do tonight, and it comes down to game seven."It's one game now."The home team hasn't lost in this series, with the Canucks winning three one-goal games in Vancouver and Boston posting three dominant victories on home ice. Henrik Sedin scored his first point of the finals with a late power-play goal for the Canucks. Maxim Lapierre also scored in the third period for Vancouver, who are trying to win the Stanley Cup for the first time.Tim Thomas made 36 saves for Boston, who are seeking their first title since 1972. Thomas has given up just eight goals in six games in the series.But it was Canucks goalie Luongo who was in the spotlight. He led Vancouver to the brink of the title with a standout performance in a 1-0 Canucks triumph on Friday.But back in Boston he again proved all too vulnerable.Vancouver's night started badly when second-line forward Mason Raymond was hurt on the opening shift when he was run backwards into the boards in a clash with Boston's Johnny Boychuk.Raymond was taken to hospital for evaluation, although the Canucks offered no immediate information on the nature or gravity of his injury.Luongo wa

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