seems to me there's 2 very different questions here.
Even Strength (57.2cf%, 57.7scf%, 52.2gf%):
Bergeron: 25gl/57pt pace
Marchand: 23gl/60pt pace
Pastrnak: 25gl/57pt pace
now that's good, but not really an unstoppable force.
we can compare to their first 2 round opponents:
TOR (54.4cf%, 57.0scf%, 60.3gf%):
Tavares: 38gl/72pt pace
Marner: 22gl/70pt pace
Hyman: 23gl/45pt pace
TBL (54.6cf%, 53.8scf%, 59.4gf%):
Point: 22gl/59pt pace
Kuch: 25gl/78pt pace
Johnson: 28gl/40pt pace
I can't believe anyone could possibly think someone with 8 points in 5 games was shut down in any way, shape or form.
That's all i got lmfao, please take away my hockey fandom if I ever say Bergeron shut down a line that ended up all around 1.5PPG in the series.
From what I can remember, Point's line was not matched up with Bergeron's much after game 1 (or game 2?). I wish I knew a good resource for matchup info to confirm.
With that said, it's true that Bergeron's line was quiet at EV after game 1.
Your memory's wrong. For example, take a look at the play-by-play from Game 5. Boston Bruins - Tampa Bay Lightning - May 6th, 2018
Ctrl-F on Point's name, and click through it -- all his interactions are with Bergeron or defensemen.
True. Though, looking at this again, seems like outside of game 2, every goal Point's line scored at EV was against Krejci's line.
So, maybe the narrative should be: "Bergeron's line dominated Point's in game 1, Point's line dominated Bergeron's in game 2, and neither did anything against the other in the last 3 games".
With that said, this is all a bit pointless. Tampa winning last year had nothing to do with shutting down Bergeron's line. It had more to do with having better offensive depth, better defence and better goaltending. And this really hasn't changed this year. So if the two teams meet, we'll probably see the same result.
Pastrnak is overrated and often looks like he's skating with a grenade around his feet and not a puck. Bergeron is injury prone. Marchand is prone to distractions (for his own team) and dumb penalties. A lot of things can go wrong.
David Krejci is having his best season in 5 years ! I expect good things from him and Jake D. in the playoffsFocus on Bergeron's line while Krejci is quietly on pace for a Career year
I said no such thing, guess I have to repeat myself: "The actual narrative is that Bergeron's line dominated in game 1, and then Point's line shut them down in games 2 through 5."
Bergeron's line got 2 ES goals in games 2 through 5, going minus 2 over those 4 games. Tampa's 2nd line beat Boston's first line comfortably -- so not surprising Boston lost all four.
This narrative that the first line was somehow shut down by Tampa is the strangest thing on HF, no the first line was not shut down in any way, lines 2-4 if I remember correctly did not score an ES goal in games 2-5 and that was the downfall of the team. Nothing to do with line 1.
The first line also outscored Tampa's line they were matching at ES by +2.
In no world did a whole line above PPG get shut down, it simply makes no sense lol.
Bruins haven't gotten past the 2nd round in 6 years, pretty sure many teams don't have a problem shutting down this line.
Boston got robbed game 4, that's why they lost that one.
That was the game where TB only won because McAvoy was pulled down behind the net?Boston got robbed game 4, that's why they lost that one.
I remember a lot of Bruin tears from that series, but I don't particularly remember your game 4 complaints.
Winning in 6 games is dusting? Good luck.Toronto is going to absolutely dust these losers. We’ve yet to see the best hockey that Toronto can play. Toronto in 6.