It wasn’t Tuukka Rask’s fault.



David Krejci had committed the primary mistake up the ice by losing the puck to Mitch Marner. By the time Marner accelerated to the red line, Zach Hyman had jumped aboard for a two-on-one rush. The outcomes of such situations do not usually go in a goalie’s favor.



Rask, however, could have given himself better odds of foiling the goal that Marner scored during the Bruins’ 7-3 playoff win on April 14.



Rask is a slider. He is exceptional at hitting the deck smoothly and closing nearly every opening along the ice. The 6-foot-3 Rask’s posture is so skyscraper-straight that when he drops into the butterfly, enough of his torso remains upright to blot out soft spots upstairs.



One of Rask’s strengths, however, is at risk of exploitation. Shooters are weary of thudding pucks into the goalies who have turned ice level into private property. They have adapted.



Now, shots go high.