Linesmen, Get Your Whistles Ready: Wheeler's Back
by Cup of Chowder Staff on Nov 26, 2011 1:00 PM EST
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PrintUnlike most of the hockey world, we will not be getting excited about the Bruins playing the Jets for the first time since 1996, mostly because the Bruins played the Jets in Prague twice last year, and these aren't really the Jets, anyway.
After a deflating 3-2 shootout loss ended their ten-game winning streak yesterday afternoon, the Bruins will prepare to host old friends Blake Wheeler, Mark Stuart and the Winnipeg Jets for the first time this season today. The Jets won a 3-1 decision in Carolina last night, so nobody's allowed to use the "one team was tired" excuse in this one.
"Just go out and start a new winning streak tomorrow," said Bruins defenseman Dennis Seidenberg after the loss yesterday - and considering how Winnipeg's been playing this year, it shouldn't be all that hard.
Tim Thomas will be in net tonight for Boston, and it should be Ondrej Pavalec for Winnipeg, which comes in on a five-game point streak, having won four of its last five games.
Winnipeg's been winning with offense, scoring four goals or more in four of its last five, while Boston hasn't allowed an opponent to score four since a 4-2 loss at Montreal on October 29th, its last regulation loss. Only three opponents (Carolina, San Jose) have scored four against Boston all year, and no team has gotten to five goals against the Bruins.
Could this game be an emotional letdown game after the high-intensity, drag-out game against Detroit yesterday? There's no denying that. But Thomas has been stellar lately, boasting a 1.55 goals against in seven wins this month. Boston's offense has come down a bit from its torrid, six goal-per-game pace from early in the month, but the Bruins have stood tall in close games and have won big in blowouts.
Can they keep it going against an overperforming Winnipeg team?
The lines and pairings should be the same as yesterday, but there's no scheduled skate for Boston to confirm it, so we'll just stick to what we know:
Milan Lucic - Davic Krejci - Nathan Horton
Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - Tyler Seguin
Rich Peverley - Chris Kelly - Benoit Pouliot
Shawn Thornton - Gregory Campbell - Daniel Paille
Tim Thomas
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Why do you guys keep calling yesterdays loss "deflating"?
I doubt anyone in that locker room is feeling “deflated” right now.. they just managed to get 21 out of a possible 22 points in an 11 game stretch.. thats pretty remarkable, nothing to be deflated about..
I don’t feel bad about the loss. Still wish we could have won, and that game especially makes me wonder why we have shoot-outs at all, cause it would have been great to see another 4 periods of that hockey! It was an amazing game and Bergeron gave us all some hope till the end, but Datsyuk and Bert are so good on shoot-outs it was all but theirs after OT. Wish they could leave it as a tie or extend OT for another 5 minutes. If no one scores, it’s a tie. If someone does score, you still get a point for losing. They could come up with a different gimmick to get shoot-outs in rather than decide great games this way.
meh
while I don’t find it to be a demoralizing loss at all, a ten-game win streak coming to an end is a little bit deflating.
Kick his ass, Seabass!
by phonymahoney on Nov 27, 2011 12:10 AM EST up reply actions
I am so glad that Wheeler is in Winnipeg, MB good place for him. Never seen such a big body player that is so weak. Good Riddance. Typical Minnesota Gophers no grit.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Nov 27, 2011 12:00 AM EST up reply actions
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