The Bruins lost their first game of the season 5-2 to the Phoenix Coyotes in Prague. They came out really slow and were caught off guard by the Coyotes speed it seemed. By the end of the second period it was 4-0 Coyotes. The Bruins were completely outplayed in the first period and for most of the second period. Coach Julien or someone must had said something as in the third period they looked much better.
Nathan Horton scored two goals in the third, both on nice wrist shots. The first goal was a beauty as he has a wicked wrista and showed it there. Gregory Campbell got into a fight with Vernon Fiddler after the first Horton goal which seemed to help keep the momentum on the Bruins side. Horton scored his second goal on the power play with a nice wrist shot that went off Coyotes goalie Bryzgalov's pad, then the post and in the net.
Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask made 32 saves on 36 shots against him. You can't blame him for all of the goals as the Bruins defense didn't help much at all. Matt Hunwick looked awful out there and he was a -3. Tyler Seguin, in first regular season NHL game had 4 shots on net and was a -2. He made a few nice defensive plays picking off passes in the first period. He also made a sweet pass to Mark Recchi on a power play but Recchi couldn't handle it cleanly to shoot right away.
The Bruins will get back at it tomorrow against the same Coyotes. We will probably see Tim Thomas in net for the Bruins. The game is at 10am EST.
Nathan Horton scored two goals in the third, both on nice wrist shots. The first goal was a beauty as he has a wicked wrista and showed it there. Gregory Campbell got into a fight with Vernon Fiddler after the first Horton goal which seemed to help keep the momentum on the Bruins side. Horton scored his second goal on the power play with a nice wrist shot that went off Coyotes goalie Bryzgalov's pad, then the post and in the net.
Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask made 32 saves on 36 shots against him. You can't blame him for all of the goals as the Bruins defense didn't help much at all. Matt Hunwick looked awful out there and he was a -3. Tyler Seguin, in first regular season NHL game had 4 shots on net and was a -2. He made a few nice defensive plays picking off passes in the first period. He also made a sweet pass to Mark Recchi on a power play but Recchi couldn't handle it cleanly to shoot right away.
The Bruins will get back at it tomorrow against the same Coyotes. We will probably see Tim Thomas in net for the Bruins. The game is at 10am EST.
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