The Bruins had another slow start despite scoring first in Saturday's game against the Toronto Maple Leafs and it seemed to continue throughout the game. They didn't appear to be as fast as they looked on Thursday against the Lightning. In the first period, Nathan Horton scored his 9th goal of the season to give the Bruins the lead, but later Toronto tied it up in the period. In the third period, Gregory Campbell scored his 3rd goal of the season to give the Bruins the 2-1 lead and Tim Thomas made the save of the season robbing Francois Beauchemin of a goal. With forty-two seconds left in the third period, Kris Versteeg scored on the power-play to tie the game 2-2 and send it into overtime.
The game went to a shootout where Kadri scored on a beautiful backhander, Seguin scored on a beautiful backhander as well, then Phil Kessel finally got to the Bruins has he scored a goal as Thomas made the save but his momentum made him slide back into the net. Crap goal but it counted. Michael Ryder then hit the post to end it. I still can't figure out why Ryder was chosen to go then. Remember the last time he had a shootout try he also hit the post which ended the shootout. I would have rather wanted Patrice Bergeron or Nathan Horton taking that next opportunity instead of Ryder. I personally thought that the Bruins needed to pick up their hitting game as it seemed the Leafs were running around hitting every Bruin they could.
Tim Thomas made 38 saves on 40 shots. He is now 13-2-2 this season, with a 1.46 GAA, and a .956 save percentage. The Bruins were out-shot 40-27. Faceoffs were even at 27-27 apiece. The Bruins power-play looked awful as they could barely set up in the offensive zone, going 0 for 2. Props to Shawn Thornton for taking on the bigger but younger Jay Rosehill in the first period as Rosehill was running around laying out Adam McQuaid and Gregory Campbell with big hits. Thornton gave Rosehill some red marks on his face, decision to Thornton in that one, I'll post it in the videos section soon.
The Bruins next game is on Tuesday against the hot Buffalo Sabres, in Boston at 7:30pm EST.
The game went to a shootout where Kadri scored on a beautiful backhander, Seguin scored on a beautiful backhander as well, then Phil Kessel finally got to the Bruins has he scored a goal as Thomas made the save but his momentum made him slide back into the net. Crap goal but it counted. Michael Ryder then hit the post to end it. I still can't figure out why Ryder was chosen to go then. Remember the last time he had a shootout try he also hit the post which ended the shootout. I would have rather wanted Patrice Bergeron or Nathan Horton taking that next opportunity instead of Ryder. I personally thought that the Bruins needed to pick up their hitting game as it seemed the Leafs were running around hitting every Bruin they could.
Tim Thomas made 38 saves on 40 shots. He is now 13-2-2 this season, with a 1.46 GAA, and a .956 save percentage. The Bruins were out-shot 40-27. Faceoffs were even at 27-27 apiece. The Bruins power-play looked awful as they could barely set up in the offensive zone, going 0 for 2. Props to Shawn Thornton for taking on the bigger but younger Jay Rosehill in the first period as Rosehill was running around laying out Adam McQuaid and Gregory Campbell with big hits. Thornton gave Rosehill some red marks on his face, decision to Thornton in that one, I'll post it in the videos section soon.
The Bruins next game is on Tuesday against the hot Buffalo Sabres, in Boston at 7:30pm EST.
One of the best saves of the season: Tim Thomas robbing Francois Beauchemin
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