Stanley Cup of Chowder - Bruins vs. Senators 4/6/17 Complete CoverageDavid Pastrnak is legend.https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/11233/stanley-fave.jpg2017-04-07T08:30:01-04:00http://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/rss/stream/149734852017-04-07T08:30:01-04:002017-04-07T08:30:01-04:00Boston vs. Senators 4/6/17 RECAP
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<p>Watching the Senators play hockey is like watching hockey at 20 fps.</p> <p id="pkeML3">This sucked.</p>
<h3 id="IXEngU">First Period:</h3>
<p id="NhiFcc">The <a href="https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/">Bruins</a> got off to a hot start as they managed to basically hem the <a href="https://www.silversevensens.com/">Senators</a> into their own end for a vast majority of the period, finally cashing in on the Power Play as <span>Drew Stafford</span> got himself a very slick wraparound goal from a smart play by <span>Zdeno Chara</span>. <strong>1-0!</strong></p>
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<p id="t6EOvo">Drew Stafford is the epitome of a “still got it” player. Great move by Chara as well.</p>
<p id="Rh4C7B">It wasn’t all great, <span>Torey Krug</span> left the game after his third shift on a weird move that tweaked his leg I guess? Never the less, Boston finished the period with a nice SOG total and the score in their favor. What could go wrong?</p>
<h3 id="MU4wKC">Second Period, where things went wrong:</h3>
<p id="PdYoau">The Senators’ brutal 1-3-1 came to roost as the Bruins got caught in a miserable cycle of attempting to get a goal but not pressing the issue as well as they could have. Things went extremely backwards as the Bruins began taking all sorts of dumb penalties and got stuck in a cycle of icings that inevitably allowed Alex “Oh christ it’s this asshole again” Burrows to tie the game. <strong>1-1</strong></p>
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<p id="LIN5GS">Miserable shift all around from a turnover all the way in the <em>offensive zone</em>. What the hell?</p>
<p id="IQn2p8">The Bruins got caught in this ruthless cycle, definitely showed their physicality on Ottawa! But nothing came of it. And then the period ended and the third began some time later.</p>
<h3 id="B6BnX0">Third Period:</h3>
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<p id="jcXOxY">...Okay so stuff happened but it might as well have been nothing. The Bruins were outshot, outchanced, nothing fun or interesting happened, the only thing either side was able to accomplish was make me hate the way the Senators play hockey and their players. Next.</p>
<h3 id="nWMZkR">Overtime and the Shootout:</h3>
<p id="ntSbUG">No Krug, so Liles had to fill in. Neither side was interested in getting the goal in this 3 on 3 setup so onto the shootout where <span>Kyle Turris</span> got the game winner in the first round of the shootout. Bruins lose 2-1 as Drew Stafford, <span>Ryan Spooner</span>, and <span>David Pastrnak</span> couldn’t get past <span>Craig Anderson</span></p>
<h3 id="jsApun">Game Notes:</h3>
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<li id="qN06SB">Your leaders in possession from last night’s game were: Frank Vatrano, Patrice Bergeron, David Backes, Matt Beleskey, and John-Michael Liles. Torey Krug was also there but only played less than 3 minutes total.</li>
<li id="vuOzj4">Losing Torey Krug was arguably a worse problem for Boston than Marchand as the Bruins had real trouble after the first of getting out of their own end, putting them in plenty of chances for Ottawa to ruin the “fun” of the game. This was especially a real problem for the defensemen.</li>
<li id="fjLPrn">Rask finished his night with a .929 SV%. Minus that one Burrows goal, he was pretty sharp tonight. Anderson in spite of his style was playing pretty darn well too.</li>
<li id="YijTxw">The Bruins will almost certainly make the playoffs and play the Ottawa Senators and I’d very much like to not watch that.</li>
<li id="JlxRvu">For a game with almost 50 shots in it, this was an intolerably slow game.</li>
<li id="DZjhKH">I know he scored but why Drew Stafford to start the shootout? Such an odd choice with Spooner, Vatrano, Bergeron right there.</li>
<li id="M9xELu">The point I’m trying to make here is that 1-3-1 is awful.</li>
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<p id="HbPJZv">Their final game of the season is against Washington on Saturday at TD Garden. Puck drop is at 3pm. Don’t expect too many players that are regulars from Washington.</p>
<p id="U36lor">One more!</p>
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<p>Rank the lads</p> <p id="ZQH417">Well that was miserable, Rank the Bruins!</p>
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<p>Come in and shitpost enjoy life!</p> <p>Chinese is on tap tonight</p>
<p>mmm mmm, dumplings.</p>
<p>Also I went through the Getty images in deep. Neat stuff.</p>
<p>What's on tap for you guys?</p>
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<p>Lol the Senators are strapped for talent</p> <h3 id="CIXlDt">
<a href="https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/">Boston Bruins</a> Lineup:</h3>
<p id="aZY7g4"><strong>Forwards:</strong></p>
<p id="2gY9b2">At practice today, Cassidy said the forward lineup will be a gametime decision. In Marchand’s place last game was <span>Dominic Moore</span>, but a number of players could slot in here.</p>
<p id="8A9B8O"><strong>UPDATE:</strong> JFK has been officially added to the roster. Will they finally slot him in?</p>
<p id="KKFi65">Vatrano/Schaller/Moore/JFK? - <span>Patrice Bergeron</span> - <span>David Backes</span></p>
<p id="AKWDRn"><span>Drew Stafford</span> - <span>David Krejci</span> - <span>David Pastrnak</span></p>
<p id="QFpRip"><span>Matt Beleskey</span> - <span>Ryan Spooner</span> - <span>Sean Kuraly</span></p>
<p id="aAiAkU">Dominic Moore - <span>Riley Nash</span> - <span>Noel Acciari</span></p>
<p id="jBn5p3"><strong>Defensemen:</strong></p>
<p id="Iu8FZ9">Chara—Carlo </p>
<p id="3RW0Lt">Krug—McQuaid</p>
<p id="nAX0p2">Liles—K. Miller</p>
<p id="2y7Djl"><strong>Goaltenders:</strong></p>
<p id="mbRvq6"><span>Tuukka Rask</span></p>
<p id="9OwZOX"><span>Anton Khudobin</span></p>
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<a href="https://www.silversevensens.com/">Ottawa Senators</a> Lineup:</h3>
<p id="9zBIw6"><strong>Forwards:</strong></p>
<p id="pDgvDr">Ryan Dzingle - <span>Kyle Turris</span> - <span>Mark Stone</span></p>
<p id="86MMNd"><span>Viktor Stalberg</span> - Derrick Brassard - <span>Mike Hoffman</span></p>
<p id="dAioRu">Alex “Kicks dogs for fun” Burrows - Jean-Gabriel Pageau - <span>Tom Pyatt</span></p>
<p id="ce2MBZ"><span>Clarke MacArthur</span> - <span>Chris Kelly</span> - <span>Tommy Wingels</span></p>
<p id="8HUWLg"><strong>Defensemen:</strong></p>
<p id="GceB5f">Frederik Claesson - lol who knows. Maybe Codi Ceci will make a return</p>
<p id="GWZJTY"><span>Dion Phaneuf</span> - <span>Ben Harpur</span></p>
<p id="6ohO0j"><span>Mark Borowiecki</span> - <span>Chris Wideman</span></p>
<p id="fPaB3r"><strong>Goaltenders:</strong></p>
<p id="ypewjX">Craig Anderson</p>
<p id="TsdBqP">Mike Condon</p>
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<p>Major postseason implications abound in this one. Could this be a first round preview?</p> <h3 id="TNNuQK">Just the Facts:</h3>
<p id="4haxZX"><strong>The Time:</strong> 7pm EST</p>
<p id="oGJ2kM"><strong>The Place:</strong> TD Garden, Boston, MA</p>
<p id="IKjK5U"><strong>The Stakes:</strong> Boston needs to win this in order to get better playoff position. As of right now they are slated to play Ottawa in the first round.</p>
<p id="7q8k9V"><strong>The Place to Watch: </strong>NESN, NBCSN, TSN5, RDS</p>
<p id="AtxC9R"><strong>The Place to Listen:</strong> 98.5 The Sports Hub</p>
<p id="lySc9C"><strong>Opposing Team’s Leading Scorer:</strong> <span>Erik Karlsson</span>, 71 points</p>
<p id="uNN6Tx"><strong>Opposing Team’s Leading Goaltender:</strong> <span>Craig Anderson</span>, .925 SV%</p>
<h3 id="zRXb1W">Game Notez:</h3>
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<li id="j1J5kI">Boston is on a six game winning streak. Fun times!</li>
<li id="a9bW35">Boston will be without <span>Brad Marchand</span> for the remainder of the Regular season, obviously.</li>
<li id="DoIKvw">Ottawa however, will be <em><strong>without</strong></em> <span>Erik Karlsson</span> as he battles a lower body injury.</li>
<li id="RI9xrl">In fact, Ottawa has been having all sorts of issues staying healthy as players have been dropping left and right. They’re without <span>Bobby Ryan</span>, Codi Ceci, and a host of other players.</li>
<li id="P5zQxf">Ottawa did win their last game over Detroit 2-0.</li>
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<span>Tuukka Rask</span> has been phenominal over his past few starts, and given the implications will probably start for Boston.</li>
<li id="YflHSr">Craig Anderson will also probably be starting as he too has been pretty good for the Red, Black and White team.</li>
<li id="IuJyIv">Both teams hate each other and I really don’t like the Sens. Win so they can get the monkey off their back.</li>
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<h3 id="r38ce4">NEVER 4GET:</h3>
<p id="gZbE35">Both teams <strong>HATE</strong> each other:</p>
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