Well that was certainly a fun one last night. Here I am thinking hmmm the Bruins are out on Long Island, playing the team who leads the metro division and the NHL in shots on net. It’s going to be a good test for the Bs. WRONG! The test should have been for the Islanders and they would have failed miserably.
The Bruins put together what I can only describe as a defensive lock down of a game. They held the high powered Islanders to just 11 shots on net! Just an insane performance for defensive core who still isn’t 100%. Rask made some timely saves and played well enough to persevere the shut out, but this victory belongs to the defensive layers the Bruins displayed.
Just a few other points I want to touch on. One being the play of Sean Kuraly. Whatever he ate or drank last night needs to be injected into his veins every night of the playoffs. The puck seemed to find him all over the ice, along with scoring two great goals on the night. Second, the sight of the Bergy Marchy Pasta line was a sight for sore eyes. I thought pasta looked great being his first game back shaking the cobwebs off, and of course the lord and savior PB#37 just doing what he does best. Thirdly, Jake Debrusk got back on to the score sheet by scoring a pretty slick breakaway goal out of the box, but as we all know he spoke with the Touched and Rich radio show so the goal was to be expected.
Last but not least, and well deserving of its own paragraph, Zdeno Chara’s night. Big Z is the other 42 year old athletic freak in town whose really impressed me this year. What is most impressive is how he’s adapt his game to the new speedy style of the NHL, and is not afraid to fight night in and night out. His fight last night with Matt Martin was a tremendous tilt. The twitter world said it best “Fighting Chara is like fighting a tree”. No truer words have ever been spoken. However I would have compared him to someone a little different...
The Bruins continue their road trip tomorrow night when they will face off against the New Jersey Devils. Looking forward to the team continuing to play hard, and getting healthy down the stretch.
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Great all around game by the B's...from Tuukka to the steady D up to the 4 solid lines. This is the time to get into playoff mode and still getting other injured contributors back before the second season begins.
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