VanIslander
A 19-year ATDer on HfBoards
Young Bruins mauled Coyotes and hungry for more roadkill
The brown bears of Boston are coming off of a 6-2 victory in Arizona last night, competing without injured two-way talents Patrice Bergeron and David Backes. Yet stars Brad Marchand and David Krejci lead the team in scoring this season and will be the veteran presence on their young scoring lines. Coach Bruce Cassidy was an assistant coach until Julien got fired and officially got the permanent job at the end of last season. He led an IHL team to two titles before coaching the Washington Capitals for a season, then led the Bruins farm club to a title. Cassidy's mantra: "add defense to scoring and build confidence." A trio of 2014 draftees were at right wing and performed well Saturday, with a combined 5 points that game: David Pastrnak (1 G, 1A), Anders Bjork (1G, 1st line minutes) and Danton Heinen (2 A). The most impressive youngster is 2015 1st round pick left winger Jake Debrusk with 4 points in 4 games, 10 shots and tons of praise on the Bruins' HfBoard, with forward Ryan Spooner in the doghouse and talk that Sunday's game - if he even is dressed - may be make it or break it for his season. The backup netminder Anton Khudobin played last night, so... talented but struggling Tuukka Rask (1-2 record with .870 save % and 3.75 g.a.a.) is expected to start in Vegas this afternoon. On the blueline, Zdeno Chara played less minutes yesterday but was praised for his excellent performance, he being one of four Bruins sharing 20 minutes of ice time each last game, the others being 20-year-old Charlie McAvoy, 21-year-old Brandon Carlo and 30-year-old Kevan Miller. Offensive dman 26-year-old Torey Krug saw his minutes limited last night and the word is he performed better for it.
Can ex-Bruin Malcolm Subban be a Golden Knight?
Vegas Injury Report: Haula, Marchessault and Fleury OUT with injuries.
Vegas AHL Call-up Report: Vadim Shipachyov, Alex Tuch and goalie Maxime Lagace IN
Some statistics on our Knights this season:
Leaders in minutes played: Nate Schmidt (20:58), Luca Sbisa (20:13), Cody Eakin (19:57)
Leader in goals: James Neal with 6 (six others have 1 each)
Leader in assists: David Perron, Brendan Leipsic, Luca Sbisa (3 each)
Leader in shots: Erik Haula with 15 (injured, will not play)
Leader in shots blocked: Jason Garrison with 15 (no one else has more than 7)
Leader in hits: William Carrier (11)
Vegas sighting: Russian Ship to be in T-Mobile today!
Vegas Golden Knights vs. Boston Bruins
4:00 PM Pacific
T-Mobile Arena | Las Vegas, NV
Now available on Cox (thank goodness)
4:00 PM Pacific
T-Mobile Arena | Las Vegas, NV
Now available on Cox (thank goodness)
Note: Lines are NOT official.
Tuch is a RW while Leipsic played LW before,
so below assumes Leipsic moves to the left side to accommodate Tuch.
so below assumes Leipsic moves to the left side to accommodate Tuch.
Shipachyov played LW a lot in Russia,
so the natural center could be simply slotted into Marchessault's position.
so the natural center could be simply slotted into Marchessault's position.
| David Perron | Cody Eakin | James Neal |
| Vadim Shipachyov | Oscar Lindberg | Reilly Smith |
| Brendan Leipsic | William Karlsson Alex Tuch | |
| William Carrier | Pierre-Édouard Bellemare | Tomáš Nosek |
| LD | RD |
|---|---|
| Luca Sbisa | Nate Schmidt |
| Jason Garrison | Colin Miller |
| Brayden McNabb | Deryk Engelland |
| G |
|---|
| Malcolm Subban |
| Maxime Legace |
Six hot-performing young Bruins to watch out for!
| Bruin Lines: | ||
|---|---|---|
| #74 Jake DeBrusk | #46 David Krejci | #10 Anders Bjork |
| #63 Brad Marchand | #20 Riley Nash | #88 David Pastrňák |
| #39 Matt Beleskey | #51 Ryan Spooner | #43 Danton Heinen |
| #59 Tim Schaller | #52 Sean Kuraly | #27 Auston Czarnik |
#33 Zdeno Chára | #73 Charlie McAvoy |
#86 Kevan Miller | #25 Brandon Carlo |
#47 Torey Krug | #54 Adam McQuaid |
#40 Tuukka Rask |
#35 Anton Khudobin |
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