Too good to be true, right? The Bruins, atop the NHL standings with their mesmerizing 32-4-4 record, return to work Thursday night against the Kraken on Causeway Street.
No way Jim Montgomery’s merry marauders can keep banking points at an .850 clip. Right?
Maybe it’s time we stop thinking something’s gotta give here. If there is some fatal flaw in the Black-and-Gold chemistry, or something that will render them ordinary in the second half of the 82-game schedule, it has yet to surface. That’s especially true on Garden ice, where the Bruins are 19-0-3 (this is not a typo).
Three months into the strongest 40-game opening in the post-WW2 NHL, the Bruins are on pace to finish with 139 points, a full touchdown better than the 132 posted by the powerhouse 1976-77 Canadiens. That 132 figure, chalked up in an 80-game season, remains the NHL goal standard.
Time now for a few comparisons between today’s Bruins and the ‘76-77 iteration of Les Glorieux, who finished with an .825 points percentage. Keep in mind, the Habs that season went 29-5-6/64 points (.800) in their opening 40.
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▪ Pasta and the Flower (David Pastrnak and Guy Lafleur).
▪ Linus Ullmark and Ken Dryden.
▪ The Montreal defense was led by Serge Savard, Guy Lapointe, and Larry Robinson.
▪ Scotty Bowman led those Habs to the Stanley Cup for his third time, and followed with Nos. 4 and 5 in ‘78 and ‘79. His team erased Don Cherry’s Bruins along the way in each of those three years, including a 4-0 sweep in ‘77.
No way Jim Montgomery’s merry marauders can keep banking points at an .850 clip. Right?
Maybe it’s time we stop thinking something’s gotta give here. If there is some fatal flaw in the Black-and-Gold chemistry, or something that will render them ordinary in the second half of the 82-game schedule, it has yet to surface. That’s especially true on Garden ice, where the Bruins are 19-0-3 (this is not a typo).
Three months into the strongest 40-game opening in the post-WW2 NHL, the Bruins are on pace to finish with 139 points, a full touchdown better than the 132 posted by the powerhouse 1976-77 Canadiens. That 132 figure, chalked up in an 80-game season, remains the NHL goal standard.
Time now for a few comparisons between today’s Bruins and the ‘76-77 iteration of Les Glorieux, who finished with an .825 points percentage. Keep in mind, the Habs that season went 29-5-6/64 points (.800) in their opening 40.
How the Bruins stack up so far with the NHL standard-bearers: the 1976-77 Canadiens - The Boston Globe
That powerhouse Montreal team piled up a record 132 points in an 80-game season. Can the Bruins keep up such a pace?
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▪ Pasta and the Flower (David Pastrnak and Guy Lafleur).
▪ Linus Ullmark and Ken Dryden.
▪ The Montreal defense was led by Serge Savard, Guy Lapointe, and Larry Robinson.
▪ Scotty Bowman led those Habs to the Stanley Cup for his third time, and followed with Nos. 4 and 5 in ‘78 and ‘79. His team erased Don Cherry’s Bruins along the way in each of those three years, including a 4-0 sweep in ‘77.
