Wow, what Tim Thomas is doing right now is just amazing. Saturday night Bruins goalie Tim Thomas shutout the Ottawa Senators 4-0. He had a lot of help with the Bruins defense blocking shots and playing well but Thomas still had to make some good saves. Thomas made 29 saves on 29 shots he faced. He improves his record to 6-0-0, with .984 save percentage, and a 0.50 GAA. This is his third shutout of the season. Thomas has tied Tiny Thompson's franchise record for most consecutive wins to start a season, which happened in the 1937-38 season.
David Krejci opened the scoring in the first period, as he got the puck from a bad turnover by the Senators, and let a wrist shot go that beat goalie Brian Elliott. That was Krejci's 2nd goal of the season. In the second period, Tyler Seguin scored his 3rd goal of the season, a power-play goal. Later, Milan Lucic scored his 4th goal of the season on a breakaway after some up and down play by both teams. In the third period, rookie Jordan Caron scored his 3rd goal of the season.
Good to see Blake Wheeler going to the net as he took an extra whack at Elliott but tough guy Matt Carkner got away with a punch to Wheeler that somehow the refs missed and Wheeler got 2 for slashing. The refs weren't that good in this game. Agitator Jarkko Ruutu got away with a few things as well. Props go out to Dennis Seidenberg for actually dropping the gloves with Chris Neil near the end of the game. Seidenberg didn't have to drop them and probably shouldn't have but Neil started punching so he had no choice. I was hoping for another Bruin to jump in and stop it but it didn't happen. We'll see what happens next time these two teams meet up. Neil is so tough picking on Seidenberg, but I've seen it before, this is what Neil does, he goes after guys who don't fight when his team is losing bad.
The Bruins are now 6-2-0 with 12 points, which is good for second place in their division behind Montreal, who has 15 points with 3 more games played. The Bruins are the only undefeated team on the road still this season.
The Bruins next game is on Wednesday at Buffalo against the Sabres at 7pm EST. The Sabres are on a 3-game losing streak. Even their captain Craig Rivet has been scratched for two straight games now. I will guess and say that Tim Thomas will start against the Sabres. Why not, right?
David Krejci opened the scoring in the first period, as he got the puck from a bad turnover by the Senators, and let a wrist shot go that beat goalie Brian Elliott. That was Krejci's 2nd goal of the season. In the second period, Tyler Seguin scored his 3rd goal of the season, a power-play goal. Later, Milan Lucic scored his 4th goal of the season on a breakaway after some up and down play by both teams. In the third period, rookie Jordan Caron scored his 3rd goal of the season.
Good to see Blake Wheeler going to the net as he took an extra whack at Elliott but tough guy Matt Carkner got away with a punch to Wheeler that somehow the refs missed and Wheeler got 2 for slashing. The refs weren't that good in this game. Agitator Jarkko Ruutu got away with a few things as well. Props go out to Dennis Seidenberg for actually dropping the gloves with Chris Neil near the end of the game. Seidenberg didn't have to drop them and probably shouldn't have but Neil started punching so he had no choice. I was hoping for another Bruin to jump in and stop it but it didn't happen. We'll see what happens next time these two teams meet up. Neil is so tough picking on Seidenberg, but I've seen it before, this is what Neil does, he goes after guys who don't fight when his team is losing bad.
The Bruins are now 6-2-0 with 12 points, which is good for second place in their division behind Montreal, who has 15 points with 3 more games played. The Bruins are the only undefeated team on the road still this season.
The Bruins next game is on Wednesday at Buffalo against the Sabres at 7pm EST. The Sabres are on a 3-game losing streak. Even their captain Craig Rivet has been scratched for two straight games now. I will guess and say that Tim Thomas will start against the Sabres. Why not, right?
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