Little Comes Up Big as Bruins Fall to Winnipeg, 4-2

by Ryan Durling on Feb 17, 2012 10:40 PM EST in Game Recaps

Realignment can't come soon enough for the Boston Bruins, who have been outplayed twice in as many games at the MTS Centre this season.

Bryan Little scored twice for the Jets, and former Bruin Blake Wheeler contributed a goal and two assists as Winnipeg won a game that wasn't as close as the 4-2 score would indicate Friday night in Winnipeg.

Tuukka Rask, who'd asked coach Claude Julien for a few extra days off to work on his form after a poor outing in Buffalo just over a week earlier, still didn't seem like himself, giving up two soft goals to Alexander Burmistrov and Wheeler in the second period and not being able to keep the Bruins in it after David Krejci tied the game at 2 just 26 seconds into the third period.

A short-handed Bruins squad struggled to find its flow offensively, as Josh Hennessy made his first career start as a Bruin in place of the injured Rich Peverley, but it was the defense that was a real cause for concern, as Boston's top pairing of Zdeno Chara and Johnny Boychuk was a collective minus-4 - the third consecutive game in which Chara has registered a negative plus-minus.

Jordan Caron had Boston's first goal, a snipe from the right slot that beat Ondrej Pavelec high on the glove side.

Boston fell to 1-1 on their six-game road trip and dropped to 8-3 against teams playing on the second consecutive night.

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Just brutal.

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Feb 18, 2012 12:00 AM EST reply actions

ick.

not too sad i missed this one.

was dragged to a high schhol basketball game where i bugged my friend for 2 hours that we could have just come for the last minute and gotten our fill of craziness and, lo and behold, we win by one basket, made with 4.5 seconds to go.

huzah.

hail to the victors.

ie; NOT THE BRUINS.

goddamn. this has gotta stop. RIDIC. what is happening?!?!?

Carry On.

by Birda on Feb 18, 2012 1:08 AM EST reply actions

as i have said for the past few weeks………..THIS TEAM NEEDS A SHAKEUP.

too comfortable. something needs to be done before the deadline ends.

blockbuster trade or no, somebody must be moved if you wish to see this team make it past the 1st round of the playoffs.

by delta on Feb 18, 2012 2:46 AM EST reply actions

I agree. No blockbusters but some veteran depth for the playoff run is simply not an option given the injuries to Horton and Pev. Defensively, there have been some major lapses but I’m not sure that’s where the shake up needs to be. I honestly think Chara just needs a rest, he looks sluggish and has made some poor decisions lately that make me think he is just tired. It would be great if we could replace corvo but I’m not sure it would happen. I for one am sick of hearing ‘Nash to Boston’ ‘Selenne to Boston’ realistically, for these trades to happen we’d have to give up a top 6, a 1 or 2 prospect, and the n some something like Looch, Dougie Hamilton, and/or Tuukka would not be far-fetched, especially for Nash. Something like Knuble or Ray Whitney is something more probable. Regardless, chiarelli better make his move soon we need a slump buster.

by Abc28 on Feb 18, 2012 6:01 PM EST up reply actions