Besides the first period in Thursday night's game against the Carolina Hurricanes, most of the game was frustrating to watch as the Canes outplayed the Bruins. The Bruins once again couldn't get much done against the Canes and played poor defensively. The Canes wound up beating the Bruins 3-0. I'm not going to write much about this game because it pretty much sucked all around for the Bruins. The Canes, for the first time ever, have swept the Bruins in a season series, winning all four games this season.
Game notes
The Bruins led the game in shots 47-31, faceoff wins 38-16, hits 29-21 and blocked shots 9-8.
The Bruins went 0-for-2 on the power-play while the Hurricanes went 0-for-4.
Tuukka Rask made 28 saves on 31 shots as he allowed a goal in each period. Rask is now 11-6-2 with a 1.88 GAA and a .936 save percentage this season.
Andrew Ference was back in the lineup, returning from his suspension, and made a few mistakes defensively, looking like he hasn't played in a while.
In the game, I don't think I have ever seen more Bruins defensemen collide with one another than I can remember from past seasons. I at least saw it happen three times in the game and one of those times the Canes scored.
Chris Kelly led the Bruins with 5 shots.
Johnny Boychuk, Shawn Thornton, Milan Lucic and Daniel Paille all had 4 hits apiece to lead the Bruins.
Patrice Bergeron went 14-4 in the faceoff circle.
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 32-15-2 with 66 points. The Bruins next game is on Saturday hosting the Pittsburgh Penguins in Boston at 1pm ET.
Game notes
The Bruins led the game in shots 47-31, faceoff wins 38-16, hits 29-21 and blocked shots 9-8.
The Bruins went 0-for-2 on the power-play while the Hurricanes went 0-for-4.
Tuukka Rask made 28 saves on 31 shots as he allowed a goal in each period. Rask is now 11-6-2 with a 1.88 GAA and a .936 save percentage this season.
Andrew Ference was back in the lineup, returning from his suspension, and made a few mistakes defensively, looking like he hasn't played in a while.
In the game, I don't think I have ever seen more Bruins defensemen collide with one another than I can remember from past seasons. I at least saw it happen three times in the game and one of those times the Canes scored.
Chris Kelly led the Bruins with 5 shots.
Johnny Boychuk, Shawn Thornton, Milan Lucic and Daniel Paille all had 4 hits apiece to lead the Bruins.
Patrice Bergeron went 14-4 in the faceoff circle.
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 32-15-2 with 66 points. The Bruins next game is on Saturday hosting the Pittsburgh Penguins in Boston at 1pm ET.
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