The Bruins didn't show up last night and got pounded by the Philadelphia Flyers (in 12th place in Eastern Conference out of 15 teams) and lost 5-2. Bruins coach Claude Julien wasn't happy after the game.
Quick game summary
In the first period, Flyers Scott Hartnell scored, making it 1-0 Flyers. Later, Bruins Wade Redden scored his 3rd goal of the season, tying the game 1-1. Carl Soderberg assisted on Redden's goal, recording his second NHL assist and point.
In the second period, Flyers Matt Read scored, making it 2-1 Flyers. Seven seconds later, Flyers Oliver Lauridsen scored, making it 3-1 Flyers.
In the third period, Flyers Jakub Voracek scored, making it 4-1. Bruins David Krejci scored his 10th goal of the season, making it 4-2. Only 13 seconds later, Flyers Simon Gagne scored, making it 5-2.
Game notes
Anton Khudobin started the game in net, played 39:01 and made 14 saves on 17 shots. Tuukka Rask also came into the game for 20:59 and made 11 saves on 13 shots. Khudobin recorded the loss and is now 9-4-1 with a 2.32 GAA and a .920 save percentage this season. Rask now has a 2.00 GAA and a .928 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game in shots 41-30, hits 30-26 and faceoff wins 34-30. The Flyers led the game in blocked shots 20-13. Both teams went 0-for-3 on the power-play.
Patrice Bergeron led the Bruins with 5 shots. Dennis Seidenberg led the Bruins with 4 hits and 5 blocked shots.
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 27-13-5 with 59 points and 1st place in the Northeast Division (tied with Montreal with 59 points but Montreal has played 1 more game than the Bruins). The Bruins are 4-5-1 in last 10 games. The next game for the Bruins is on Thursday when they host the Tampa Bay Lightning at 7:30pm ET in Boston.
"That was definitely a step back in our game," Julien told reporters. "You know, really poor puck management and poor decision making. To me, that's a reflection of the guys not being ready to play. At one point, they've got to take the accountability of not being ready. We do a lot of work to prepare and it certainly reflects on us as well as a whole team, the coaching staff and everyone else. "Too much of that lately and not enough focus. We're running out of time to get this stuff going. You always hope that its’ some sort of a wakeup call, but with the way the season's gone, you're questioning whether it will or not. Only time will tell."
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"Let's stay away from excuses because it's not gonna work," Julien snapped. "Excuses is a lot of BS right now. We need to quit hiding behind those excuses because it's a load of crap."
Source: NESN
Quick game summary
In the first period, Flyers Scott Hartnell scored, making it 1-0 Flyers. Later, Bruins Wade Redden scored his 3rd goal of the season, tying the game 1-1. Carl Soderberg assisted on Redden's goal, recording his second NHL assist and point.
In the second period, Flyers Matt Read scored, making it 2-1 Flyers. Seven seconds later, Flyers Oliver Lauridsen scored, making it 3-1 Flyers.
In the third period, Flyers Jakub Voracek scored, making it 4-1. Bruins David Krejci scored his 10th goal of the season, making it 4-2. Only 13 seconds later, Flyers Simon Gagne scored, making it 5-2.
Game notes
Anton Khudobin started the game in net, played 39:01 and made 14 saves on 17 shots. Tuukka Rask also came into the game for 20:59 and made 11 saves on 13 shots. Khudobin recorded the loss and is now 9-4-1 with a 2.32 GAA and a .920 save percentage this season. Rask now has a 2.00 GAA and a .928 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game in shots 41-30, hits 30-26 and faceoff wins 34-30. The Flyers led the game in blocked shots 20-13. Both teams went 0-for-3 on the power-play.
Patrice Bergeron led the Bruins with 5 shots. Dennis Seidenberg led the Bruins with 4 hits and 5 blocked shots.
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 27-13-5 with 59 points and 1st place in the Northeast Division (tied with Montreal with 59 points but Montreal has played 1 more game than the Bruins). The Bruins are 4-5-1 in last 10 games. The next game for the Bruins is on Thursday when they host the Tampa Bay Lightning at 7:30pm ET in Boston.
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