Hockey News: Ducks Impressive Streak; Ben Scrivens’ Debut
It’s important for the Blackhawks to beat the Ducks tonight. [Rant Sports] Anaheim is absolutely tearing up the league right now. Will it last into the playoffs? [NHL.com] Those very…
It’s important for the Blackhawks to beat the Ducks tonight. [Rant Sports] Anaheim is absolutely tearing up the league right now. Will it last into the playoffs? [NHL.com] Those very…
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With the cancellation of the pre-season games until September 30th and the lack of talks between the NHL and the NHLPA regarding a new CBA, hockey fans are looking at…
While the CBA negotiations between the NHL and the NHLPA seemingly continue to waltz the line of the second NHL lockout in just seven years, optimistic fans are opting to…
By Mike Miccoli, Boston Bruins correspondent
As I type this, the Boston Bruins are about to take a 3-0 series lead against the Philadelphia Flyers.
Again.
For the next two days leading up to game 4 in Boston, I’ll ignore pretty much all sports radio, television programs and fair-weathered friends who’ll no doubt text me something that includes the words “just like last season” based on the reasoning that really, this is not last season.
The Bruins have now officially beaten the Flyers 5-1 in game 3, displaying what could almost be determined as a damn near-perfect game, all topped off with a power-play goal, their first in 30 attempts this postseason. Thomas was brilliant, yet again, as all four lines played effectively, developing chances in the offensive zone and dominating the puck through center ice. Boston was remarkable on the face-off dot winning 43 of 55 draws and landing 24 hits in what seemed like one of their most physical games of the postseason.
This is not last season.
I’m 1-0 on running diaries for the season when the Bruins are playing an opponent from last season’s playoffs. Or at least I was before Thursday night’s shootout loss against the Montreal Canadiens.
The Bruins celebrated their first goal in 192 minutes and 6 seconds, a baffling amount of time between tallies if you think about it. In that stretch, the Bruins only allowed four regulation goals, a sign that their defensive abilities have strengthened. But the overall game play of the team? Not the best, especially when injuries are becoming more popular with each passing day now that Byron Bitz and David Krejci have been added to that list