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[Boston Bruins]

Public Skate: Bruins vs. Flames

Welcome to Thursday Night Hockey!

Catch the fever — it’s another game between…oh no, the Bruins and the Flames?!?! NOT AGAIN!

Anyways, here’s to hoping we see more entertainment and less slop than we saw in Calgary. One can dream, right?

Bruins! Flames!

Discuss.

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[Boston Bruins]

Preview: Bruins return home to face the Flames

Just the facts​

• When: Tonight, 7 PM
• Where: TD Garden – Boston, MA
• How to follow: NESN, 98.5 The Sports Hub
• Opposing perspective: Flames Nation

Know your enemy​

• 18-20-4, 40PTS, 7th in the Pacific Division
• Nazem Kadri: 8G-24A-32PTS; Rasmus Andersson: 9G-18A-27PTS; Mikael Backlund: 10G-16A-26PTS
• Dustin Wolf: 14-16-2, 2.90 GAA, .900 save percentage

Note: The figures above were taken prior to Calgary’s Wednesday night game in Montreal.

Game notes​

• After a so-so trip out west, the Bruins return to TD Garden for a five-game homestand, starting with tonight’s date with Calgary.
• The Flames played in Montreal on Wednesday night, a 4-1 loss. Needless to say, the Bruins should be a bit more rested than their guests tonight.
• These two teams played a little more than a week ago, a 2-1 OT win for Calgary that many of you fine commenters considered one of the worst hockey games in recent memory. Here’s to hoping, for all of our sake, that tonight is more entertaining.
• That game was sandwiched between two other wins for Calgary, which came during a decent stretch that saw them win five of six games and reignite hopes of a wild card push. Since then, they’ve lost three in a row and find themselves six points out of a playoff spot (and with five teams ahead of them).
• While the Bruins need to stop shooting themselves in the collective foot with all of the penalties, they’ll be facing the league’s worst power play tonight (14.2%), so…hopefully it won’t be as bad as Tuesday in Seattle, when the B’s allowed three PPGs.
• Dustin Wolf started Wednesday’s game for Calgary, meaning we’ll likely see Devin Cooley tonight.
• No real roster news from a Bruins perspective, as things are pretty much the same from Tuesday night in Seattle. I’m guessing Joonas Korpisalo will start.

See ya tonight!

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[Boston Bruins]

Morning Skate: Heat

Happy Friday, folks! Here’s to hoping you have a good day heading into a good weekend.

The Bruins did their part to boost your mood last night, beating the Calgary Flames 4-1 at TD Garden.

The B’s got goals from four different players: Mason Lohrei, Sean Kuraly, Elias Lindholm, and Casey Mittelstadt.

Joonas Korpisalo played well in his return to the net, making 28 saves.

Overall, it was a tidy game from the B’s, who jumped out to a 4-0 lead before Connor Zary made it 4-1 late in the second period.

Encouragingly, the Bruins managed to score four goals, all at even strength, without one from David Pastrnak or Morgan Geekie. Depth contributions, etc.

To put something else in the “encouraging” column, the Bruins managed to allow just two Calgary power play opportunities, a marked improvement from the chaos in Seattle.

THINGS ARE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, FOLKS.

Next up for the Bruins will be a date with the New York Rangers, who will visit TD Garden for a matinée game at 1 PM on Saturday.

That game will be broadcast nationally on ABC, which could be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on how you feel about the league’s national broadcasts.

Opinions seem to vary wildly on that topic, but hey, at least it’s easier to watch on ABC than on NESN (for most people, anyways).

Elsewhere around the NHL, Patrick Kane became the fifth American player to score 500 goals last night, Connor McDavid extended his point streak to 17 (!!!) games, and the Avalanche scored eight goals in a win over the Senators.

The Avs, runaway favorites to win the Cup in June, now have the league leaders in points, goals, and save percentage, along with leading the league in GF/G and GA/G.

They’re good, I guess is the main point here. Thank you for reading my insight.

Anyways, what’s on tap for today?

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[Boston Bruins]

Public Skate: Bruins vs. Rangers

Welcome to the weekend, folks!

The Bruins will host the New York Rangers at TD Garden in an early afternoon game, making it one of those times where a standalone preview doesn’t make a ton of sense.

Instead, you get: the Public Preview! Preview Skate? Either way, it’s a two-for-one deal.

• When: Today, 1 PM
• Where: TD Garden – Boston, MA
• How to follow: ABC, 98.5 The Sports Hub
• Opposing perspective: Blueshirt Banter

The Rangers come into this game second-last in the Metropolitan Division with 46 points, tied with the Columbus Blue Jackets.

The Rangers find themselves five points out of the second wild card spot with a bunch of teams in between, so it’s fair to say it’s been a very disappointing season on Broadway thus far.

Igor Shesterkin suffered a lower-body injury against Utah earlier this week, putting him on injured reserve. The Rangers will turn to Jonathan Quick in net in the meantime.

Overall, the Rangers have lost five of their last six games, with two of those losses coming beyond regulation.

As you may remember, the Bruins already hosted the Rangers once this season, losing 6-2 on Black Friday.

Should be a good one.

Bruins! Rangers!

Discuss.

Source: https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/gameday-open-threads/57779/public-skate-bruins-vs-rangers

 

[Boston Bruins]

Bruins RECAP: Bruins drop 10 on Rangers!

Hell fucking YES they dropped 10 on New York!

There are so many goals in this game and there’s a back-to-back that I decided to just give you the highlights of all of them.​

Enjoy. After the Rangers scored their first goal…

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…The Boston Bruins put belt to ass for 60 straight minutes. 10-2 Bruins Win!

Game Notes​

• Your TOI Leader was Charlie McAvoy, who had 21:26 logged last night.
• The Bruins got to see what the New York Rangers are without their vaunted goaltender Igor Sheshterkin, and as it turns out, the New York Rangers suck out loud. The Bruins were allowed gorgeous opportunities to score all night, and with Sheshterkin out, the Rangers defense was effectively bullied all night, forcing a goalie change and a historic night in Boston.
• Khusnutdinov and Pavel Zacha had hat tricks tonight; as I’m sure you’ve read this is the first time since 1964 since the Bruins have ever had two players record double hatties on home ice.
• In the middle of all this it can be easy to lose the guys who didn’t get hat tricks, but this was a phenomenal night for Fraser Minten, who got two goals, and Charlie McAvoy, who got his 2nd of the year. Good for both of them!
• David Pastrnak had the first 6 point game in almost 50 years for the Boston Bruins, joining Ken Hodge and Bobby Orr as the only players in team history to do such a thing. Just another moment on the pile for the legend. What a special player.
• I’m sure this game will produce some all-timer whining from JT Miller.
• Jeremy Swayman, now properly rested and to be clear, was not doing nothing all game, had a pretty good finish; .931 SV% on 29 shots is nothing to sneeze at. Now, let’s make absolutely sure Korpi starts today. Okay?
• The last time the Bruins scored 10 in a game was back in 1988, when they absolutely pasted the Blackhawks in a 10-3 contest. That game featured Cam Neely with a 7 point night, Craig Janney with a 3 assist night, Steve Kasper with two goals, and 5 other Bruins scoring in that contest. Tidy bit of work by the B’s tonight. Tidy bit indeed.

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The Bruins continue things on today against the Pens! That game is at 5pm EST.

See you there!

Source: https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/bruins-gameday/57786/bruins-recap-bruins-drop-10-on-rangers

 

[Boston Bruins]

Morning Skate: Double

Welcome to a new week, folks!

Hopefully you had yourselves a productive, post-holiday-haze week last week, as now we just have…January. Always a nice time to live in this part of the world.

The Bruins had themselves about as good a weekend as you could hope for, beating the New York Rangers on Saturday and the Pittsburgh Penguins a little more than 24 hours later.

The Rangers game was a 10-2 beating on national TV, while the Penguins win was a satisfying 1-0 shutout for Joonas Korpisalo.

For many local sports fans, Sunday’s game was little more than an appetizer for that night’s Patriots game, but for Korpisalo and the Bruins, a 27-save shutout could go a long way toward rebuilding confidence — both for Korpisalo himself and for the team’s confidence in him.

(As an aside, I can understand those who appreciate the artistry of a defensive showdown in football, but that Patriots-Chargers game was a pretty bad game to watch.)

The B’s were given today completely off after the busy back-to-back weekend. They’ll be back in action tomorrow night, hosting the Detroit Red Wings for an Original 6/Atlantic Division showdown.

Those same Red Wings are in action on Monday night, hosting the Carolina Hurricanes, so the schedule may do the Bruins a bit of a favor in that regard.

Tuesday’s game will be a TNT/HBO Max game.

The Red Wings, as of Monday morning, remain atop the Atlantic Division, continuing an impressive run of play for them.

Things remain very tight in the division, with just seven points separating the top six teams.

Even the Leafs have played their way out of the basement to within a point of the second wild card spot, so things are getting interesting.

It still feels like it’ll be “Tampa, Florida, someone else” at the end, but I guess time will tell.

What’s on tap for today?

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