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Bruins edge Thrashers 4-3 in shootout win
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 19, 2009 10:27 PM EST
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The Bruins gave up another lead in the final minute of regulation, but managed to escape with a 4-3 shootout win over the Atlanta Thrashers on the road Thursday night.
The Bruins got off to a quick 1-0 start, when Marco Sturm went to the net and Mark Recchi put the puck on his tape and Sturm's quick one-timer from the slot beat Ondrej Pavelec.
Michael Ryder made it 2-0 with 1:49 left in the first period after he deflected in a shot from Blake Wheeler.
Atlanta cut the Bruins lead to 2-1 when Nik Antropov tipped Tobias Enstrom's shot past Tuukka Rask at 9:20 of the second period.
With Mark Recchi in the box for a high-stick, Ilya Kovalchuk fired a slapper from the high slot to tie the game up at 2-2 with 5:37 left in middle period.
Michael Ryder's scored his second goal of the game to re-gain the lead for the B's on the power play with 3:15 remaining in the second period. No, that isn't a typo. The Bruins actually scored a power play goal. David Krejci collected the puck behind the net and fed a pass to Ryder, whose quick tough angle shot from the left circle found the twine.
The Thrashers knotted it up with 41.1 seconds in regulation off of a wrister from the right circle via a feed from Ilya Kovalchuk.
After a scoreless overtime session, the Bruins headed to yet another shootout:
Atlanta's 1st Shooter: Rich Peverley fired a forehand shot wide on the gloveside.
Boston's 1st Shooter: Patrice Bergeron skated in right to left and made a hard stop and cut back to his right and tucked the puck past Pavelec. 1-0 Bruins
Atlanta's 2nd Shooter: Slava Kozlov was denied on the backhand by Rask with the left pad.
Boston's 2nd Shooter: Blake Wheeler appeared to have Pavelec beat, but lost control of the puck
Atlanta's 3rd Shooter: Ilya Kovalchuk's shot is stopped by Rask. Bruins Win
Notes:
- Tuukka Rask turned aside 32 shots.
- Lesson of the night: Good things happen when you got to the net. Sturm's goal and Ryder's first goal were both a result of getting to the front of the net.
- This team is bound and determined to give all their fans a heart attack at some point during this season.
- Milan Lucic made is return to the lineup. He wasn't too much of a factor, but it was nice to see him back out there. He logged 14:01 of ice time (all even strength) and had 2 shots and a hit.
- Michael Ryder had a 2 goal night. Ryder has historically been a slow-starter and this seems like about the same time that he caught fire last year.
- The Bruins are back in action tomorrow night in Buffalo. I completely forgot about tomorrow's game, so Timmy is bailing me out with a preview.
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Game Recap: Bruins vs Islanders
by timmorrison23 on Nov 17, 2009 12:06 AM EST
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What began as a pretty solid night for the Bruins certainly did not end that way, as the Bruins suffered a crushing loss to the Islanders 4-1 at the TD Garden. The Bruins and Islanders both played a pretty solid 1st period with both teams getting some solid goal scoring chances. The Islanders took the lead 6 minutes into the period. After a crucial offensive zone turn over by the Bruins Matt Moulson cashed in on a feed by Jack Hillen for the 1-0 lead. The Bruins had a great chance to make their mark on the game early with a 5-3 power play, however as the case has been lately they were only able to manage 5 shots on net during their 2 man advantage. After the 1st period the Islanders led 1-0.
The 2nd period started out strong for the Bruins, as they buzzed and created many solid scoring chances. After Blake Wheeler, Patrice Bergeron, and David Krejci were all turned aside by "The Pride of UMass Lowell" Dwayne Roloson, Daniel Paille was finally able to cash in. With David Krejci working the puck strongly against John Tavares, Paille snuck to the net and tucked in a backhand off a the dish by Krejci. Unfortunately for the Bruins the lead didn't last long. With the 2nd period winding down, Tuukka Rask handled the puck behind the net, he tried to pass it up the boards to Zdeno Chara, however the puck bounced right to RIchard Park, he fed Matt Moulson in front for his 2nd goal of the night and a 2-1 Islander lead.
The 3rd period went much as the 2nd did. Only 2 minutes into the 3rd the Islanders and John Tavares struck again. John Tavares fired the puck on net, as it went towards it deflected off Matt Hunwick to put the Islanders up 3-1. With just under a minute left in the game Trent Hunter would put the exclamation point on the win for the Islanders and make it 4-1.
My 3 Stars of the Night
1)Dwayne Roloson - he was very solid and made big stops when he needed to.
2) Richard Park - he had 3 helpers tonight and was around the puck seemingly all night.
3) David Krejci - looked fantastic tonight, the lone bright spot for the Bruins, was flying all over the ice.
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Bruins lose wild OT chiller in devastating fashion in Pittsburgh
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 10:38 PM EST
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The Bruins looked to be in great shape with the puck in the offensive zone with just seconds left in regulation and a one goal lead, but an untimely stick break gave the Penguins one final rush up ice and Bill Guerin found the back of the net with just 0.4 seconds remaining in regulation to force overtime, where another miscue by the Bruins would give the Penguins the win.
The Bruins looked very sluggish coming out of the gate and the Penguins took advantage by striking first just 1:42 into the game, when Jay KcKee roofed a backhander over Tim Thomas. Evgeni Malkin, who returned from a shoulder injury tonight, picked up his 200th career NHL assist on McKee's goal.
Byron Bitz tired to swing the momentum by dropping the gloves with rookie Deryk Engelland at 6:42 of the first period. The bout was more of a wrestling match than a slugfest with this judge scoring it a draw. The fight may not have been Pacquiao-Cotto, but if may have have given the B's some life. The Bruins evened the game up at 1-1 less than 2 minutes later when David Krejci "set up in Gretzky's office" and found Blake Wheeler in front for Wheeler 5th goal of the season.
Pascal Dupuis hammered home a rebound with 3:36 remaining in the opening period. Mark Stuart tried to clear out Matt Cooke from in front of Tim Thomas and inadvertently pushed him into his own goaltender on the play.
Michael Ryder got the equalizer for the Bruins at 3:33 of the second period, when his hard snap shot from the right circle beat Brent Johnson up high on the glove side.
Sidney Crosby made it 3-2 Pens at 9:19 of the middle period when he deflected Alex Goligoski's blast from the blue line blast Thomas for his 10th goal of the season.
Derek Morris evened it up with 4:58 remaining in the second period when his wrister from the point deflected off of a Pittsburgh defender and into the back of the net.
Pittsburgh regained the lead with 11:00 left in the third period when Mark Eaton pumped in a one-timer off a feed from Sidney Crosby.
The pattern of alternating goals continued as David Krejci cleaned up a rebound in the slot off a shot from Zdeno Chara on 5 on 3 power play to tie the game up at 4 with 5:47 to play in the third period.
Chara's slapper from the point with 2:29 left in the third gave the B's a 5-4 lead.
The Bruins appeared to have the game wrapped up, but an untimely broken stick by Patrice Bergeron gave the Penguins one more rush up the ice and Bill Guerin fired the puck past Tim Thomas with 0.4 seconds remaining to force overtime.
The Penguins took advantage of a miscue by the Bruins in overtime when Tim Thomas misplayed the puck behind the net and Dennis Wideman failed to retrieve the puck giving Pascal Dupuis an open net for the game winner 1:24 in overtime.
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B's fall to Panthers 1-0 in shootout
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 12, 2009 10:21 PM EST
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Through 65 minutes of hockey, neither team could find the back of the net. Despite outshooting the Panthers 40-23 through regulation and overtime, the Bruins fell to Florida in the shootout. Tim Thomas didn't see a lot of rubber tonight, but when he did, he made some big stops. Unfortunately, the B's couldn't seem to crack Tomas Vokoun (40 saves), who kept the Panthers in the game all night long.
Shootout
Bruins 1st Shooter: Blake Wheeler couldn't the tuck past Vokoun on the post.
Panthers 1st Shooter: Steven Reinprecht's backhander hits post, hits the back of Thomas' leg, comes to rest on the goal line and somehow stays out.
Bruins 2nd Shooter: Patrice Bergeron is denied by Vokoun's kick save.
Panthers 2nd Shooter: Rostislav Olesz fires a shot wide.
Bruins 3rd Shooter: Zdeno Chara is denied on the backhand by Vokoun.
Panthers 3rd Shooter: Stephen Weiss misses wide on the glove side.
Bruins 4th Shooter: Michael Ryder's backhander is gloved down by Vokoun.
Panthers 4th Shooter: Cory Stillman tucks it past Thomas on the backhand for the game-winner. Panthers win 1-0
Notes:
- The Bruins held the Panthers to just 1 shot in the second period.
- Shawn Thornton knuckled up with Bryan Allen
- The Bruins carried the play for the majority of the game, but couldn't seem to find the back of the net.
- The Bruins need to get their act together on line changes. The Bruins had yet another Too Many Men on the Ice penalty tonight. That is absolutely unacceptable at the NHL level. It is a completely avoidable penalty.
- One bright spot for the B's tonight was the PK, especially killing off that 5-on-3 late in the first period.
- For more on the game from a Florida perspective, check out Litter Box Cats.
- The Bruins will travel to Pittsburgh tomorrow for Saturday's game against the Penguins.
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Thomas and Bruins shutout Penguins 3-0
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 10, 2009 10:08 PM EST
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Tim Thomas turned aside 27 shots to earn his second shutout of the season as the Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 on home ice.
Matt Hunwick appeared to have put the Bruins up 1-0 1:36 into the second period when he roofed a backhander past Marc-Andre Fleury, however referee Bill McCreary waved the goal off. After close to two minutes of play, the play was reviewed after the first whistle. After a short review, the decision on the ice was overturned and the B's were credited with the goal.
The B's extended their lead to 2-0 at 3:34 of the third period. Daniel Paille broke in all alone and fired a shot from the slot that found the back of the net for his first goal as a Bruin. While Paille got his first goal as a member of the Boston Bruins, Mark Recchi picked up his 900th career assist on the play.
With 3.5 second left in the game Patrice cleared the puck from his own zone. The puck took a few bounces and ended up in the back of the empty net to account for the 3-0 score.
Notes:
- Sidney Crosby has now gone 5 games without recording a point.
- The Bruins held the Penguins to just 2 shots in the first period.
- Mark Recchi's 900 assists are the most of any active NHL player and 18th most in NHL history. He record his first NHL assist January 20, 1989 against the Winnipeg Jets.
- Pittsburgh defenseman Brooks Orpik left the game in the first period with an injury and did not return.
- Chris Bourque saw just 9:03 of ice time tonight for Pittsburgh.
- 2 point nights for Patrice Bergeron (1-1-2), Steve Begin (0-2-2), and Dennis Wideman (0-2-2). Correction: There was a scoring change made this morning. Steve Begin didn't get an assist on Matt Hunwick's goal. The assists on that goal have been credited to Shawn Thornton and Dennis Wideman.
- Bruins won the battle in the face-off circle 34-19 (64%)
- Bruins return to game action Thursday night when they host the Florida Panthers
- For more the game from a Pittsburgh perspective, check out PensBurgh
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Bruins' scoring punch is back, beat Sabres 4-2
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 8, 2009 11:08 AM EST
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Before we get too excited about last night's 4-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres, let's not forget that the Bruins were facing a goaltender who was making his NHL debut and had almost a 4 GAA at the AHL level. That being siad, it was great to see that the Bruins do have the ability to put the puck in the back of the net and that they can be productive on the power play (2 for 2).
Mark Recchi and Zdeno Chara both scored power play goals, while Byron Bitz and Marco Sturm also beat rookie goalie Jhonas Enroth.
Derek Roy and Jason Pominville were the goal scorers for the visiting Sabres.
Tuukka Rask made 28 saves in the win.
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Bruins fall to Montreal in shootout 2-1
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 5, 2009 10:08 PM EST
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Patrice Bergeron scored with 51.7 seconds left in regulation to keep the Bruins from suffering three consecutive shutouts for the first time since 1929 and force overtime, but ultimately the Bruins would fall in the shootout.
Montreal appeared to score the game's opening goal 1:41 into the game when Glen Metropolit put the puck past Thomas, but the goal was quickly waved off due to Travis Moen's contact with Tim Thomas in the crease.
Metropolit got one for real with 2:28 left in the first period when Dennis Wideman and Matt Hunwick did their best keystone cops impression as Wideman skated backwards into Hunwick out near the blue line to create an odd man rush. Andrei Kostitsyn broke in, took the puck behind the net and found a wide open Glen Metropolit, who had an open net to work with.
The Bruins appeared to have tied it up with 2:25 left in the second period when Carey Price had trouble covering up the puck and Patrice Bergeron tapped the puck past the goal line, however the goal came off the pegs and was waved off after it was determined to have gone in through the side of the net and not between the goal posts.
Much like Glen Metropolit after his goal was disallowed, Patrice Bergeron got one that counted to tied it up with 51.7 seconds left in regulation when he put home a rebound to score the Bruins' first goal in nearly 3 games.
Despite some solid scoring opportunities in overtime, neither team could find the back of the net. Things got a little interesting after the final whistle when Daniel Paille shot well after the whistle and the Habs understandable took exception to it. A little bit a scrum ensued, but cooler heads prevailed.
Shootout
B's 1st Shot: Blake Wheeler's forehand snap shot is snagged by the glove of Carey Price.
Habs 1st Shot: Mike Cammalleri's curl and drag move and quick shot beats Thomas 1-0 Habs
B's 2nd Shot: Bergeron's shot sails wide on the stickside.
Habs 2nd Shot: Tim Thomas gets a piece of Scott Gomez's shot and tips it over the net.
B's 3rd Shot: Carey Price makes a sprawling save to deny Mark Recchi. Habs Win
Notes:
- Bruins outshot the Canadiens 43-26
- B's outhit the Habs 35-23, including 6 hits by Vladimir Sobotka.
- There was a bit of a strange moment late in the third period when a fan threw a pair of glasses on to the ice. One of the linesman picked up the spectacles and put them in his pocket (perhaps a souvenir and a story to tell).
- Mikko Lehtonen played in his 2nd career NHL game after being called up from Providence yesterday.
- Marco Sturm and Patrice Bergeron both had 7 shots on goal.
- The Bruins were shutout on the power play again tonight (0 for 3).
- Bruin return to action on Saturday at home against the Buffalo Sabres.
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Bruins can't find the back of the net in Detroit
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 3, 2009 10:01 PM EST
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The Bruins' couldn't seem to get anything going offensively yet again tonight as Chris Osgood and the Detroit Red Wings shutout the B's 2-0.
Detroit scored on the power play with 5:39 left in the first period to open the scoring. Marco Sturm was sent off at 14:19 for a blatant hook. On the ensuing face-off, Henrik Zetterberg's shot from left circle just two seconds into the power play gave the Wings the 1-0 lead.
The Red Wings made it 2-0 3:22 later when Pavel Datsuyk skated right down the middle of the ice splitting the Bruins' defense and left a drop pass for Tomas Holmstrom, who beat a sprawling Tim Thomas.
Notes:
- The Bruins continue to struggle on the power play. They went 0-3 tonight with the man advantage.
- Chris Osgood made 29 saves to record his 50th career shutout.
- Tim Thomas made 24 saves in the loss.
- The Bruins have scored 2 goals in their last 3 games.
- The Bruins return to action on Thursday night when they host the Montreal Canadiens.
- The B's had a lot of good chances tonight, but just didn't get the bounces.
- The last time that the Bruins suffered back-to-back shutouts was March of 2007 (7-0 to Rangerson 3/17/07; 1-0 to Canadiens on 3/20/07)
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