BOSTON (Reuters) – Jonathan Toews’s scoring touch has disappeared, Marian Hossa is out with injury and the Chicago Blackhawks powerplay has short-circuited.

Top-seeded Chicago want all three clicking for Wednesday’s Game Four of a best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final that the Boston Bruins lead 2-1.

BOSTON (Reuters) – Gregory Campbell will never be the face of the Boston Bruins but he does represent the heart and soul of a team that prides itself on a blue collar work ethic and all-for-one philosophy.

Campbell will not play a single minute against the Chicago Blackhawks in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup final but the fourth-liner’s contributions cannot be overlooked.

BOSTON (Reuters) – Given the genes and sporting pedigree it is not unusual that Seth Jones, son of former NBA journeyman Ronald ‘Popeye’ Jones, would one day follow in his father’s athletic footsteps.

The sporting world, after all, has an orchard of family trees bearing familiar fruit.

By Steve Keating

(Reuters) – The Chicago Blackhawks are finding out what the Pittsburgh Penguins already knew – that Boston Bruins netminder Tuukka Rask is pretty good.

The ice-cool Finn was unbeatable again on Monday, stopping all 28 shots he faced to backstop the Bruins to a 2-0 win over Chicago and a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Finals.

BOSTON (Reuters) – Boston netminder Tuukka Rask was in brilliant form as the Bruins shutout the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 in Game Three of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday.

Back on home ice after splitting the opening two games in Chicago, the Bruins fed off the energy from a raucous sellout crowd and took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series, with Game Four set for Wednesday at the TD Garden.

By Steve Keating

(Reuters) – A Stanley Cup classic 86 years in the making hits the ice as Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks, two of the National Hockey League’s charter clubs, faceoff in a best-of-seven final dripping with nostalgia and mystery.

The first Original Six showdown for Lord Stanley’s famous silver mug since 1979 may harken back to the days before expansion, but despite their rich histories when the series opens on Wednesday in Chicago it will mark the first time the two storied franchises have clashed in a Stanley Cup Final.

By Steve Keating

(Reuters) – Back in the Stanley Cup Final for the second time in three years, the Boston Bruins would like nothing more than to parade the trophy through the streets of the city that were left silent and empty following the Boston Marathon bombings.

The bombings on April 15, which left three people dead and 264 injured, have been both a source of inspiration for the Bruins, who will face off against Original Six rivals the Chicago Blackhawks in Game One of the best-of-seven series on Wednesday in the Windy City.

By Steve Keating

(Reuters) – The Chicago Blackhawks may be back in the Stanley Cup Final for the second time in four years but know better than most National Hockey League teams that the opportunities to sip from the treasured trophy are to be savored.

The last time Chicago basked in Stanley Cup glory in 2010, the Blackhawks had ended what was then the NHL’s longest championship drought.

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) – Colombian rookie Carlos Munoz enjoyed his time in the Brickyard spotlight with a dazzling runner-up finish at the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday but was headed back to motor racing’s minor leagues to continue his apprenticeship.

Munoz arrived at Indianapolis Motor Speedway a promising unknown but leaves having confirmed his credentials as a future star after winning plenty of praise along with an Indy 500 rookie award.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 26 (Reuters) – Colombian rookie Carlos Munoz enjoyed his time in the Brickyard spotlight with a dazzling runner-up finish at the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday but was headed back to motor racing’s minor leagues to continue his apprenticeship.

Munoz arrived at Indianapolis Motor Speedway a promising unknown but leaves having confirmed his credentials as a future star after winning plenty of praise along with an Indy 500 rookie award.