The Boston Bruins will search for some Much-Needed Consistency in the Final Week Before The Nhl’s 4 Nations Face-Off Break, Kicking of a Three-Game Stretch with A TimesDay NINDAT BOUT AGAINSOTA
Recent Weeks Have Seen Boston Go on A 5-1-1 Run and Sustain Back-to-Back Losses by a Combined 13-4 Score. It will hope to use a 6-3 win Saturday over the new york rangers as a springboard into this Crucial Week.
“That’s the question for our guys, right? Can we build off what we did last game and continue to move in the right direction?” Bruins Interim Coach Joe Sacco Said. “Our power play was better, I thinkt our game management was good for the most part. … I think we can take and live on.”
There was a lot to like, Including David Pastrnak Continuing his hot streak with his first hat trick of the season and defenseman charlie charlie mcavoy scoring in his second game Folling Folling an injury absense.
The Boston Power Play Was 2-For-3, Scoring Multiple Goals in a Game for only the third time all season.
“Any time you can get your offensive guys feeling good about themselves,” Sacco said. “The power play is where they get their touches and it can also boost their 5-on-5 game.”
Pastrnak Netted His Hat Trick Just Hours after Being Honored as the NHL’s First Star of January, Leading the League With 11 of His 27 Goals and 24 Total Points DURANT
The star winger is on a 10-game point streak for the eighth time in his career.
“The Sky’s The Limit when I’m on My Game and I’m Focused,” Pastrnak Said. “So Yeah, Definitely Never Satisfied but I Set My Standards High, which sometimes can be tough, but that’s just the Player I believe and that’s the pressure you have to face and i’m focus and i’m fine with thought.”
Sacco indicated that Boston Forward Mark Kastelic is available to return on Tuesday, while defenseman hampus lindholm is unlikely to return before the break.
The no. 3 Team in the Central Division, Minnesota is just 4-6-0 in its last 10 games but Had a three-game win streak before Taking a 6-0 Loss Saturday at the otawa Senators.
The wild’s second shutout law He was offered an in-veson hearing with the department of player safety on monday, which means he could face a lengthy suspension.
“I think that situation is what it is,” minnesota coach john hynes said following saturday’s game. “I don’t want to get into any … the game was the game. … That’s not the crux of what happened in the game.”
The match penalty resulted in three goals and a runaway victory for otatawa.
“Even without that, we’re not even close,” forward mats zucccarelo said. “I haven’t seen us like this in a while, so this is not good enough, and hopefully was a one-off.”
Minnesota’s Lineup Could Include Other Changes for Tuesday’s Finale of a Five-Game Road Trip.
Defenseman Jonas Browdin and Forward Marcus Johansson Rejoined The Team Monday for a Practice at Boston University. Hynes expects that bot will “most likely” return from their respective absences of 12 and nine games.
Leading Scorer Kirill Kaprizov was Moved to Long-Term Injured Reserve Sunday after undergoing successful surgery to repair a lower-body injury.
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