Hey a win
A few heart-in-mouth moments and reminders of bad memories in the 3rd, but a solid victory all-round in the end and a good 60-minute effort. Top line dominated, the 2nd banked 2 much needed goals, and, while I’m not sure that the bottom 6 they dressed really works, they battled hard, and it may be worth running with this setup for a bit. Kuraly vs Acciari was a fun little contest that rumbled on all night. The Bruins could have had more goals but Bobrovsky pulled off a few robberies. Halak was excellent too apart from that one that he just clean missed. His look of utter bewilderment afterwards was quite amusing though.
Nice to see Pasta with a multi-goal, energetic game, but he has to be the worst penalty shot-taker I’ve ever seen, at least for a forward. Never looks remotely close to scoring one.
Bjork spent the whole game looking like someone had stolen his lunch, while still playing well. Not sure if he’s maybe getting frustrated at playing hard but not getting much reward for it, or perhaps at the instability on his line. Both understandable, but he just needs to keep working and bringing his great energy every night and hopefully the points will start to come more frequently soon.
McAvoy and Krug looked committed and focused tonight and had really good games, especially Chucky. Bergy’s looking good too, seems to be moving freely and he isn’t afraid to get right into the play and use his body. Hopefully the break has really helped settle his groin issues down.
I feel like the team has turned a bit of a corner since Washington. But there’s not much point beating a decent team like Florida if they then go home and lose on Tuesday to the lowly Kings. So keep rolling boys, built on your momentum.
