Stanley Cup of Chowder - Complete Coverage: Boston Bruins at Columbus Blue JacketsDavid Pastrnak is legend.https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/11233/stanley-fave.jpg2020-01-14T21:32:53-05:00http://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/rss/stream/208286052020-01-14T21:32:53-05:002020-01-14T21:32:53-05:00RECAP: Bruins get shut out 3-0 by Columbus Blue Jackets
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<p>Elvis set himself up with another shutout, and the Bruins looked generally lost in trying to score a goal.</p> <p id="5dtnCa"><strong>First Period</strong></p>
<p id="h7rCLr"><span>Tuukka Rask</span> got “accidentally” punched in the side of the head. No big deal, except... well, no penalty called, <span>Halak</span> played the night prior, and <span>Rask</span> visited the dark room for concussion evaluation. Jack and Brick did belabor the point that it really looked like Columbus forward <span>Emil Bemstrom</span> extended his arm into <span>Rask</span>’s head with enough spatial awareness to know what he was making contact with... and that’s kind of hard to argue. Regardless, <span>Jaroslav Halak</span> came into the game on 20 hours’ rest, and also having likely cooled in the locker room and on the bench after warmups.</p>
<p id="cqXgeI">Jackets D Denis Savard scored a goal that didn’t count, because he pushed <span>Jaroslav Halak</span> into the net. The officials rightly waved it dead in the moment. Not long after, they’d score for real, as <span>Alexander Wennberg</span> put a puck on net that snuck through Halak’s pads as it looked like he stumbled backwards a little. <strong>1-0, </strong><a href="https://www.jacketscannon.com/"><strong>Blue Jackets</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wennberg has goals in back-to-back games (that's a streak) and it's 1-0 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CBJ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CBJ</a> in the first: <a href="https://t.co/VJgVXrOLqD">pic.twitter.com/VJgVXrOLqD</a></p>— The Cannon (@cbjcannon) <a href="https://twitter.com/cbjcannon/status/1217244358816210944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 15, 2020</a>
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<p id="TgMljc">After the goal, Columbus most certainly took the upper hand in physicality. The diminutive <span>Nathan Gerbe</span> sent <span>Joakim Nordstrom</span> flying on a clean open-ice check in front of the Columbus bench, and for several shifts in a row, the Jackets shut down the neutral zone and created problems at the blue line for Boston’s attempts at exiting the zone.</p>
<p id="Sp3ql9"><span>Charlie McAvoy</span> took a holding penalty to close the first and open the second.</p>
<p id="rK2tVu"><strong>Second Period</strong></p>
<p id="n74Fd5">We got word at the start of the second that Rask would not return. Quoth the Sky: </p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">IT'S<br><br>FINE.<br><br>WE'RE<br><br>FINE. <a href="https://t.co/G3iqWaDk3M">https://t.co/G3iqWaDk3M</a></p>— Stanley Cup of Chowder (@cupofchowdah) <a href="https://twitter.com/cupofchowdah/status/1217251558146150400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 15, 2020</a>
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<p id="Idjc1h">Boston paid a little more attention to Bemstrom, with a little muscle from the hands of <span>Brandon Carlo</span>, but no excessive aggression. Down a goal, it’s probably a better idea to hit heavy and goad the Jackets into taking a penalty instead... so, no instigators to hand out here.</p>
<p id="EN3t96">After <span>McAvoy</span>’s penalty ended in the first minute of the frame, the rest of the first half of the second frame looked more or less idle. <span>Carlo</span>’s aforementioned physicality, and a few solid shifts from the line of <span>Danton Heinen</span>, <span>Charlie Coyle</span>, and <span>Brett Ritchie</span> (with visible emphasis on Heinen’s performance) started to tilt things back in Boston’s favor. <span>Vladislav Gavrikov</span> took a holding penalty right around the midpoint of the period and Boston received a power play. At a TV timeout, <span>Nordstrom</span> tangled with Bemstrom and Pierre-Luc DuBois horse-collared <span>Nordstrom</span>, though this saw both Nordstrom and DuBois in the box for an unsportsmanlike to JoNo (only two minutes) and a roughing to DuBois.</p>
<p id="bWGSCY">Lost in the “excitement” of the donnybrook that ne’er was, was Boston effectively getting outclassed at the possession game yet again. Their scoring chances were in the high slot, but not very effective and many were deflected wide or an easy save for the burgeoning Columbus goalie. <span>Danton Heinen</span> blew the Jackets - and the rest of his own team - out of the water in terms of on-ice CF%, having great impact on scoring chances through the middle frame especially. (No, no goals or assists. It’s still an indicator of a strong/smart player.)</p>
<p id="gPDecf">Another scoreless frame, with the <a href="https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/">Bruins</a> chasing hard and nothing to show for it.</p>
<p id="5aPBEq"><strong>Third Period</strong></p>
<p id="Gu7oak">Boston earned another fruitless power play, and <span>Brad Marchand</span> took his own penalty that bled the period to 13 minutes remaining and gave the Blue Jackets a bit of padding, as <span>Kevin Stenlund</span> (who?!) slapped home a power play goal from inside the circle to Halak’s left.</p>
<p id="lu1Q2k">Boston faded for the middle portion of the period. They were just too content with trading zone entries, not a recipe for a comeback. On more than one occasion the second forward on the forecheck (backcheck, more literally) looked like they were covering a pass up-ice, only to see the pass connect in spite of their coverage. Again, not a great setup for turnover generation.</p>
<p id="xxmUWJ"><span>Riley Nash</span> scored the third for Columbus and that effectively iced the game.</p>
<p id="kM4xNe"><strong>Game Notes</strong></p>
<p id="nwwmR1">You have to just hope that the League will re-examine that early miss from officiating. It’s hard to justify any player getting a fist to the head. Like high-sticking, whether it’s intended or inadvertent, that’s contact to the head, nevermind how goalies squat or however you might want to justify this incident. You also have to hope that Rask was held out as a precautionary measure after passing concussion protocol, but we probably will never know.</p>
<p id="3TZwCq">Also, props to Halak for coming in and playing relatively well on zero days’ rest. Sure, he’d like to have that first goal back, but the next two were pretty good shots. </p>
<p id="4agZxP">That’s all the notes for tonight. Though it seemed like Boston had found their way out of the paper bag, they are now back to haplessly thrashing through games. Something has got to change. Where would you pin this? Forward groupings? Defensive play? Goaltending? Coaching? Hard to say. </p>
https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/2020/1/14/21066295/recap-bruins-get-shut-out-3-0-by-columbus-blue-jacketsAdam Denhard2020-01-14T18:00:00-05:002020-01-14T18:00:00-05:00Public Skate: Bruins at Blue Jackets
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<p>Get the lead out, Boston - it’s almost game time!</p> <p id="m4fME5">Game time, <a href="https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/">Bruins</a> fans! </p>
<p id="oKO5ya">I wonder if Rask gets to choose when he serves his suspension... but it’s not tonight, at least! Boston visits the <a href="https://www.jacketscannon.com/">Blue Jackets</a> for a difficult conclusion to their short road trip around the East.</p>
<h1 id="uKXQPB">LET’S GO B’S!!!!</h1>
https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/2020/1/14/21065559/public-skate-boston-bruins-at-columbus-blue-jacketsAdam Denhard2020-01-14T12:53:11-05:002020-01-14T12:53:11-05:00Projected lines: Bruins at Blue Jackets
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<p>They’re gonna be tired. Good thing they can only really sub in the goalie!</p> <p id="wJDd62">With last night's debacle fresh in their minds, the Bruins have decided to make one change: <span>Steven Kampfer</span> will play for <span>Matt Grzelcyk</span>.</p>
<p id="PPF3q3">Why?</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Grzelcyk scratched for Kampfer. Cassidy said it wasn't related to NYI injury: "He didn't play well." <br><br>First DND-coach decision of the season for Grzelcyk. <br><br>No other changes. Rask in net.</p>— Matt Porter (@mattyports) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattyports/status/1217132219342491655?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2020</a>
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<p id="deNWDF">Well alright then! </p>
<h2 id="hwQeZf"><a href="https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/">Boston Bruins</a></h2>
<p id="6E4HbH"><strong>Forwards</strong></p>
<p id="rwgA5Q"><span>Brad Marchand</span> - <span>Patrice Bergeron</span> - <span>David Pastrnak</span></p>
<p id="HwpoF2"><span>Jake DeBrusk</span> - <span>David Krejci</span> - <span>Anders Bjork</span></p>
<p id="NB0daP"><span>Danton Heinen</span> - <span>Charlie Coyle</span> - <span>Brett Ritchie</span></p>
<p id="ObuDDF"><span>Joakim Nordstrom</span> - <span>Sean Kuraly</span> - <span>Chris Wagner</span></p>
<p id="sLybJ0"><strong>Defense</strong></p>
<p id="zrIcBQ"><span>Zdeno Chara</span> - <span>Charlie McAvoy</span></p>
<p id="t68qnp"><span>Torey Krug</span> - <span>Brandon Carlo</span></p>
<p id="KkRZg2"><span>John Moore</span> - <span>Steven Kampfer</span></p>
<p id="m5nZ7i"><strong>Goalies</strong></p>
<p id="yjuYiP"><span>Tuukka Rask</span> (starting)</p>
<p id="4epEJo"><span>Jaroslav Halak</span></p>
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<h2 id="1KdOZ5"><a href="https://www.jacketscannon.com/">Columbus Blue Jackets</a></h2>
<p id="VjqOcK"><strong>Forwards</strong></p>
<p id="9ksz8x"><span>Gustav Nyquist</span> - <span>Boone Jenner</span> - <span>Nick Foligno</span></p>
<p id="oN9ogR"><span>Emil Bemstrom</span> - Pierre-Luc DuBois - <span>Sonny Milano</span></p>
<p id="t2D8Kk"><span>Nathan Gerbe</span> - <span>Alexander Wennberg</span> - <span>Kevin Stenlund</span></p>
<p id="SbsIQc"><span>Jakob Lilja</span> - <span>Riley Nash</span> - <span>Eric Robinson</span></p>
<p id="oIXj2v"><strong>Defense</strong></p>
<p id="nzJ3kC"><span>Zach Werenski</span> - <span>Seth Jones</span></p>
<p id="w86nH1"><span>Vladislav Gavrikov</span> - <span>David Savard</span></p>
<p id="TGOQ9r"><span>Scott Harrington</span> - Marcus Nutivaara</p>
<p id="xzwatE"><strong>Goalies</strong></p>
<p id="1P8MIe"><span>Elvis Merzlikins</span> (starting)</p>
<p id="jk47Sg"><span>Matiss Kivlenieks</span></p>
https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/2020/1/14/21064596/projected-lines-boston-bruins-at-columbus-blue-jackets-steven-kampfer-matt-grzelcykAdam Denhard2020-01-14T07:00:00-05:002020-01-14T07:00:00-05:00PREVIEW: Bruins head to Columbus for road-trip nightcap
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<p>With a win against the Islanders and whatever that was last night against Philly, Boston figures to put pucks in the net. Will Columbus stifle the offense?</p> <h3 id="fkbLY0"><strong>Just the facts</strong></h3>
<p id="IiHSm6"><strong>When:</strong> 7 PM EST</p>
<p id="w4iDbR"><strong>Where:</strong> Nationwide Arena - Columbus, Ohio</p>
<p id="Q3jd8i"><strong>How to follow:</strong> SN360, SNE, FS Ohio, NESN, 98.5 The Sports Hub</p>
<p id="XV9Ev0"><strong>Rival SBN site: </strong><a href="https://www.jacketscannon.com/">Jackets Cannon</a></p>
<h3 id="j1cU9u"><strong>Know your enemy</strong></h3>
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<li id="ZKbbIJ">Columbus is 22-16-8, 52 points, 6th in the Metropolitan Division</li>
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<strong>Goals: </strong>Pierre-Luc DuBois, 15G</li>
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<strong>Assists:</strong> <span>Gustav Nyquist</span>, 21A</li>
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<strong>Points:</strong> DuBois, 34</li>
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<strong>Goalie: </strong><span>Joonas Korpisalo</span> would be the de facto starter, with a 17-10-4 record, sporting a .913 Sv% and a 2.49 GAA. <span>Elvis Merzlikins</span> has been forced into starter duties, however, and though he had a rough start to the season in his interim duties, he’s done well: after taking the loss in his first ten games, he’s 5-2-0 in his last seven and is sporting a nice .944 Sv% and 1.85 GAA in that span. The rookie has got his spark for the time being.</li>
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<h3 id="3eDIve"><strong>Game notes</strong></h3>
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<li id="WdYEg4">What’s better than Monday night hockey? <strong>Tuesday night hockey</strong>! Boston gets back in action on the third roadtrip game in a row - and in a back-to-back, no less. It’s a challenging short-term trip for sure. Good thing they got thing started off on the good foot.. and then clubbed themselves in the foot for game two of the trip.</li>
<li id="QLn5dE">Quietly, Columbus has put together a... what we’ll call a VALID season. The Metro is a strong division in the East right now, and it’s a strangely difficult fight into the wild card race, but the Blue J’s <s>are</s> were tied with the <a href="https://www.broadstreethockey.com/">Flyers</a> and have a few points to gain on the <a href="https://www.canescountry.com/">Hurricanes</a> before they’re back in the thick of things. Pundits thought that losing <span>Artemi Panarin</span> and <span>Sergei Bobrovsky</span> would torpedo them, but that has not been the case.</li>
<li id="QILVVB">Tangentially, I wonder if the <a href="https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/">Bruins</a> can get Torts screaming and cost him $25K? Probably not, but it would be HILARIOUS. (To me. And hopefully others.)</li>
<li id="KfPfRk">On the Bruins’ end, there’s been no such thing as healthy for the team this season... but, the roster has been about as complete as it’s going to get over the last few weeks. <span>Matt Grzelcyk</span> played last night after departing early the game prior and <span>John Moore</span> has subbed in well enough in <span>Connor Clifton</span>’s spot. </li>
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https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/2020/1/14/21064595/preview-boston-bruins-head-to-columbus-blue-jackets-for-road-trip-nightcapAdam Denhard