Bruins fall to Toronto 4-3 in OT
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Mar 9, 2010 10:10 PM EST
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Nikolai Kulemin's goal with 50 seconds left in overtime lifted the Toronto Maple Leafs over the Bruins 4-3 on Tuesday night in Toronto. Michael Ryder tried to make a desperate diving play to shut down the passing lane between Mikhail Grabovski and Kulemin, but in the process Ryder took out his own goalie and Tim Thomas had no chance to make a stop on Kulemin's shot.
Mark Recchi staked the Bruins to a 1-0 lead 2:47 into the game when he cleaned up a rebound in front from a Dennis Seidenberg shot from the point. Both Mark Recchi and Bergeron swatted at the puck in front. Originally, Recchi was given credit for the goal, but the scoring was later changed to Bergeron's goal and then back to Recchi again.
Wayne Primeau erased the Bruins lead when he found the back of the net midway through the second period.
Marc Sturm put home his team-leading 20th goal of the season on a 5 on 3 at 13:48 of the 2nd period to regain the lead for the B's. Mark Recchi tipped Dennis Wideman's shot out of mid-air to make a nice touch pass to Marco Sturm on the door step to give the B's a 2-1 lead.
Carl Gunnarsson's half-slapper from the point tied it up for the Leafs with 1:22 left in the middle period.
Patrice Bergeron made it 3-2 Boston with 16:53 left in the third period after he picked up a loose puck in front and fired a wrister past Jonas Gustavsson.
Just over four minutes later, the newest member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Luca Caputi knotted it up at 3-3. Caputi found the puck on his stick at the goal mouth after Dennis Wideman and Mark Stuart couldn't clear the puck out from in front of Tim Thomas's net.
Nikolai Kulemin get the game-winner for the Leafs with 50 seconds left in overtime after Michael Ryder took out Tim Thomas while trying to make a diving play to get in the pass lane of Mikhail Grabovski's dish to Kulemin.
Notes:
- Jeff Penner was call up from Providence before the game to fill in for Zdeno Chara (day to day with lower body injury). Penner logged 9:17 of ice time and recorded 3 hits in his debut.
- Tim Thomas added some artwork to his mask with a "TT" on the chin.
- With Chara missing tonight's game, Blake Wheeler, Mark Recchi, and Michael Ryder are the Bruins' only remaining Iron Men.
- Tim Thomas made 26 saves, including some big stops late in the game.
- How many times can we see the Bruins lose in overtime or the shootout? You take away all the garbage charity points and the Bruins are a 29-36 hockey team.
- Only the Thrashers, Hurricanes, Lightning, Islanders, Panthers, Blue Jackets, Maple Leafs, and Oilers have less wins than the Bruins. That is not the kind of company you want to keep.
- How can Claude Julien sound so milquetoast during every interview when he is likely fighting to keep his job right now?
- Mark Stuart blocked 8 shots.
- The Bruins will play the Flyers in Philly on Thursday night.
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Julien is infuriating
Wideman has missed no ice time.
Nobody gets called out.
Wideman has missed no ice time.
He’s giving directives not to fight when this team desperately needs heart and an identity.
Wideman has missed NO ice time.
No doubt that Chara's absence last night reveals how much he means to the D
They were unable to deal with Toronto’s first line the whole night. Kulemin and that Swede were all over the place. Without a shut-down D out there the rest of the D looked pretty penetrable.
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Ya know, a caller to 98.5 the other day brought up a player that I had forgotten about.
Sheriff Shane Hnidy is missing from this lineup from last year. I loved his play last year. Tough, no non-sense and with more offense than people gave him credit for. Signed away as an UFA in the off-season, he was another guy that made the B’s a tough team to play against.
Gdamn this team is passionless. Thomas gets run last night and has to fend for himself. CJ on the radio the other day saying that no one on the ice saw the hit on Savvy so no one retailiated. Geesh, even Kathryn Tappen on the radio this AM was calling out the B’s and saying that it didn’t matter if no one saw (although Rider did) the hit, someone had to do something.
Can we get Hnidy back? Ward? Ference, can you get healthy?
Laugh. I’m serious. I’m pretty sure that the biggest difference between last year’s over-achievers and this year’s is lack of wins rests with effort. The B’s need MORE effort and toughness this year to make up for Kessel’s loss and they are not showing it.
Oh, and I agree, I think CJ’s job and PC’s jobs are on the line….but that’s a discussion for another time.
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Also Stephane Yelle. And PJ Axelsson. Character guys, they aren’t gifted scorers but they work their asses off to help the team whenever needed. Axelsson’s absence seems like a big deal now, he seemed like he would have been a leader in the locker room.
Been saying this forever. Well, the crazy end of that spectrum anyhow.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 10, 2010 10:37 AM EST up reply actions
Shane Hnidy is the last thing this team needs. I hated Hnidy. He was skating turnover.
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Mar 10, 2010 5:16 PM EST up reply actions
But he had GRIT! That’s an intangible!
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 10, 2010 5:21 PM EST up reply actions
Yelle and Axe
On this year’s team I see Paille and Wheeler as replacing Yelle and Axe. Both are gifted skaters and are better offensively, but I sense (I don’t know because I’m not on the team) that they don’t bring the grit and intensity.
Oi.
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Wheeler replacing Yelle? I don’t see it.
Axelsson’s on-ice performance is probably best replaced by Paille, but Yelle’s analog is definitely Begin in that they are both 4th-line centers. Wheeler is just wheeler hitting his sophomore slump. Here’s hoping that means he signs for cheap.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 10, 2010 1:28 PM EST up reply actions
You're right.
Begin is more apt. I was more thinking about PK time with Wheeler, but Begin fills that role too.
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It sorta begs the question
If the B’s had the exact same team as last year, without Kessel, would they be in better playoff shape this year than the current team is? I would say, yes. More grit equals more wins/ties/points. Plus, guys wouldnt be getting beat up so much.
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More grit equals more wins/ties/points.
No.
More scoring actually is what decides more wins/ties/points. The Leafs were put together this year by someone looking to make a more gritty team, and look at them.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 10, 2010 5:10 PM EST up reply actions
Matt Cooke will not be suspended by the league for the Savard hit.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 10, 2010 2:49 PM EST reply actions
BREAKING NEWS!
Colin Campbell still incompetent. More at 11.
by Arenacale on Mar 10, 2010 3:11 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Given what Campbell quoted yesterday on TSN (I think it was TSN), it's no surprise
He all but said “hey, it’s a legal hit cause’ i didn’t see an elbow or a direct head shot” (Me paraphrasing)
It’s useless getting upset about this, it’s now all about how the B’s, as a team respond the rest of the season (not just the next game against the Pens)
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He also said this hit would be a suspension next year.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 10, 2010 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
Well, isn't this at least consistent?
Dunno if that makes it really any better, but there is at least that.
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Well, isn't this at least consistent?
Dunno if that makes it really any better, but there is at least that.
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Better question going forward, is what will the rule be?
Was there any mention from the GM meetings about what the definition of a hit to the head will include?
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“A lateral, back pressure or blindside hit to an opponent where the head is targeted and or the principal point of contact is not permitted.
A violation of the above will result in a minor or major penalty and shall be reviewed for possible supplemental discipline.”
http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=313303
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 10, 2010 3:44 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, just saw that too.
Puck Daddy linked it.
Why wasn’t this rule in place before? Just curious. I would have guessed that the NHLPA would have lobbied for this (with the dissent of every Defenseman) just to protect their own.
It’s bad for the game to have players go out on a stretcher. Bad.
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