David Krejci had a hat trick in Game 4 against the Toronto Maple Leafs to give Boston a 3-1 series advantage in the NHL playoffs, but the most looked at story after the game was the eye roll Dion Phaneuf's awesomely funny fiancée Elisha Cuthbert made after the goal was scored.
Cuthbert was sitting with the wife of Toronto goalie James Reimer and after the goal in response to someone nearby comments, she gave the eye roll seen around the world. The goal ended the game and gave Boston a 3-1 advantage and made a chance of a Toronto home playoff win after a decade nearly impossible, as Boston has the next game at home. The Maple Leafs were looking good, but after Phaneuf was caught in the Bruins zone, the team had a chance to turn the tables and score the goal.
The Air Canada Centre sat in stunned silence at the goal, which was the third for Krejci during the game and put Boston in control of the series with Game 5 coming. The series has been a tight one, but Boston has been able to pull ahead of the Maple Leafs at every chance and now the team can finish things off in the next game. Toronto had a 2-0 lead after scores from Joffrey Lupul and Cody Franson, but the team could not stop Krejci and the team also got a goal from Patrice Bergeron.
The Toronto Maple Leafs hadn't had a playoff home game in over a decade until this series against the Boston Bruins and they are still without a victory either after dropping Game 4 in overtime on a winning goal from David Krejci, which sparked a great reaction from WAGs Elisha Cuthbert and April Reimer.
According to Yahoo Sports, Elisha Cuthbert, who is the "Happy Endings" actress married to Dion Phaneuf and April Reimer, wife of losing goalie James, were seated together following the goal and the cameras went right to them after it happened. It caught the reaction between the two, which saw April look up awkwardly at Elisha as others in the crowd celebrated the victory for Boston despite being in Toronto.
Dion Phaneuf made one of the biggest mistakes of the play to allow the goal, as he was aggressive while attacking the zone and Boston was able to get the goal past to take a 3-1 series lead.
The two later said that they were reacting to some comments from someone seated near them, with April writing: "For those who were thinkin @happyelishas and I were rolling our eyes @ eachother. Was the jerk beside us #rudecomment pic.twitter.com/zcZ6bEgwdS"
The Maple Leafs took the lead again on a Clarke MacArthur goal, but it didn't last and then in the third period it was Boston's chance to retake the lead when Toronto's Nazem Kadri was given four-minute penalty for high-sticking Chris Kelly in the face but Toronto killed off the man-advantage bringing the capacity crowd at the Air Canada Centre to its feet.
"It feels like a dagger after the effort that was put forth by our group," said Toronto coach Randy Carlyle. "It was a man's hockey game out there. There was a lot of energy, a lot of physical play but that's the way the playoffs are played."
(Reuters quotes)
