In Overtime, Bruins" Coach Keeps Things Simple Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Bruins Coach Claude Julien said his advice for players in overtime was always the same: "Don't play on your heels." BOSTON - Boston Bruins Coach Claude Julien, who loves his job but hates the attention that comes with it, is a man of very few words at one of the most important junctures of a hockey game: the beginning of overtime. He has simple advice for his team. "I always say the same thing: don't play on your heels," he said Sunday. He has had to say it a lot this postseason; 7 of the Bruins" 18 playoff games have gone into overtime, including the first two of the Stanley Cup finals against the Chicago Blackhawks. They are 5-2 in overtime games, including a 2-1 victory in Game 2 on Saturday night that tied the finals at 1-1. Game 3 is Monday night in Boston. Two of their seven overtime games have gone past the first overtime period. The first game of this Stanley Cup finals went into a third overtime - the fifth-longest game in Cup history - and the third game of the Eastern Conference finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins went well into a second overtime. The first two games of the Stanley Cup finals have continued a postseason trend that is close to breaking the N.H.L. record for most overtime playoff games. The 1993 postseason produced 28 overtime games in 85 total playoff games. Game 2 was the 26th overtime in 82 games this postseason, tied for second most with the 2001 postseason. Additionally, the Bruins and the Blackhawks became the second teams in two years to go into overtime in the first two games of the Stanley Cup finals; the Kings and the Devils did it last year. Before that, however, it had not been done since 1951, when all five games of the Toronto-Montreal finals went to overtime. The Maple Leafs won the series. The Bruins have not lost a playoff game in regulation since a 2-1 defeat to Toronto in Game 6 of their first-round series. Their sole loss to the Rangers came in overtime, as did the Game 1 defeat to Chicago. Julien said his usual speech before the start of overtime lasts 90 seconds at the most. "As far as the coach is concerned, don't have much to say," Julien said. You go in there, and you don't have to tell the players that the next goal wins. They know that. You go out there and play to win. He added: "Our guys respond well to it. It's more about getting their rest, making sure they're excited about going out there and trying to win it. The Bruins were clearly the dominant team in overtime in Game 2, outshooting Chicago until Daniel Paille scored the game-winner at the 13:48 mark. It was a marked contrast from a dreadful and discouraging first period, when they were outshot by 19-4 and outscored by 1-0. The Blackhawks managed only 15 shots the rest of the game. The Bruins tied the score in the second period. "I think the guys really ramp it up in overtime," Julien said. We don't let fatigue become an element of our game. If you've seen the overtime periods that we played, even with a short bench in Game 1, our guys just pushed and pushed. He added: "When it's overtime, if you don't play on your toes, you don't go after it, you'll never win. You may lose, but at least you lose trying. Sitting back on your heels doesn't give you a chance at all. That's the reality of things. Julien said he not only liked the way the Bruins attacked, but also the way they defended and backchecked when they lost the puck. "We were working hard the minute the puck got turned over," he said. Our pressure was good. It's a commitment to the whole game. I like the way our players are thinking right now. They seem dedicated to doing it. Most of those dedicated players were not available to the news media Sunday; the exceptions were forwards Paille and Tyler Seguin, goalie Tuukka Rask and defensemen Torey Krug and Adam McQuaid. All were dressed in regular clothes; there was no skating workout. "Rest always trumps practice, because right now if you don't know what you have to do out there, you shouldn't even be here," Julien said. Rask has played 1,217 minutes 18 seconds in Boston's 18 playoff games. The Blackhawks" goalie, Corey Crawford, has logged 38 minutes 37 seconds more ice time than Rask, in 19 games. "You learn to control the fatigue factor and save your energy a bit," Rask said. You're standing for five hours. You're obviously not making saves all the time, but you're still standing and being focused. It's a lot of mental stress, and your legs get tired at some point, too, when you're standing up for hours.