Winnipeg Jets goaltender Ondrej Pavelec (31) makes a paddle save with Boston Bruins' Patrice Bergeron watching during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Trevor Hagan)
The biggest news wasn't that the Bruins finally lost a game in regulation, it was that Tyler Seguin was scratched from the line up due to disciplinary action because Seguin missed a mandatory team breakfast and meeting yesterday morning. It also seems this wasn't Seguin's first time doing this.
We'll see how Seguin handles this and how this may help his maturation process.
"He missed a team breakfast and a team meeting this morning," said GM Peter Chiarelli, explaining Seguin's absence from the lineup vs. the Jets. "He didn't wake up. Honest mistake. But we have team rules. We abide by them. He has to abide by them. So that’s the reason for his scratch."
"He's had a couple of instances before," said the GM. "I don't see it as a problem. I see it as a young player who sometimes forgets to set his alarm. We gave him a couple of passes (in the past). It's a young kid who's learning to be a pro — and is a heck of a player."
How did he take it?
"Not good," said Chiarelli. "But he understands there is a set of team rules and everyone plays by the rules."
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In the first period, Andrew Ladd scored to give the Jets a 1-0 lead on a perfect shot that beat Tuukka Rask up high over Rask's right shoulder short-side.
In the second period, no scoring happened.
In the third period, Shawn Thornton got credit for a goal, his 2nd goal of the season, as the puck deflected off his gloves from a Daniel Paille attempted pass that got redirected by former Bruin Mark Stuart. A little later Mark Stuart would get hurt as he went into the d-zone to get the puck and David Krejci went to hit him and Stuart turned his back at the last second and Krejci hit him against the boards. Stuart dropped to the ice and remained there for a little. Zach Bogosian came in and roughed up Krejci a little for the hit. Both Krejci and Bogosian got 2-minute roughing penalties. Krejci wasn't penalized for the hit, as Jack Edwards and Andy Brickley stated the refs must have seen Stuart turn his back at the last second. Stuart was able to get up and skate off the ice on his own power. On the ensuing faceoff, it was 4-on-4, and Joe Corvo made a mistake which let the Jets have a 2-on-1 and Bryan Little scored to make it 2-1. Mark Stuart would come back into the game later. The game would end 2-1.
Game notes
The Bruins led the game in shots 40-35. The Jets led the game in faceoff wins 30-29, hits 20-12 and blocked shots 22-15. Both teams went 0-for-3 on the power-play.
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 33 saves on 35 shots. Rask is now 4-4-1 with a 2.09 GAA and a .927 save percentage.
Joe Corvo had a bad game, being -2 in only 14:16 of ice time. After his mistake in the third period, I don't remember seeing him on the ice much.
Milan Lucic led the Bruins in shots with 5.
Adam McQuaid and Andrew Ference both had 4 blocked shots to lead the Bruins.
Johnny Boychuk led the Bruins in hits with 3, including a big hip check near the beginning of the game on Evander Kane.
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 17-8-1 with 35 points still and in 2nd place in the Eastern Conference and 1st place in the Northeast Division. The Bruins next game is on Thursday against the SouthEast Division leading Florida Panthers, in Boston at 7pm ET. Ex-Bruin Marco Sturm should be in the Panthers lineup.
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