Boston Bruins Game Recap: Tough Loss to Oilers Amid Controversial Calls | Snap Shot 68

0:00 Speaker 1: The circus was in town last night at ted Garden,

0:03 Speaker 1: with the referees serving as the head clowns. A couple

0:06 Speaker 1: of egregious missed calls and outright terrible calls certainly put

0:11 Speaker 1: a damper on the night as Boston continues to struggle

0:14 Speaker 1: to stay out of the box. On a positive note,

0:17 Speaker 1: Zaka not only got a shot on net, he scored

0:20 Speaker 1: a goal and we love that for him unsarcastically, Time

0:24 Speaker 1: for the Bruins to get back down to business with

0:26 Speaker 1: the hobbling Vancouver Canucks coming to town. Do we think

0:30 Speaker 1: they will stay out of the box for this one?

0:32 Speaker 1: This is a Bruins tape to tape snapshot.

0:38 Speaker 2: The Boston Bruins hosted the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night

0:42 Speaker 2: at the Ted Garden and lost that game by a

0:45 Speaker 2: score of three to one. All in all, the Bruins

0:50 Speaker 2: played a solid five on five game against the Oilers. Unfortunately,

0:55 Speaker 2: they weren't able to capitalize on scoring opportunity, nor were

1:00 Speaker 2: they able to capitalize on the fact that Tristan Jari

1:04 Speaker 2: left the game for the Oilers in the second period

1:07 Speaker 2: and was replaced in net by the Oilers back up Picard.

1:11 Speaker 2: The scoring was started by Ryan Nugent Hopkins in the

1:15 Speaker 2: first period on a power play goal. And if there

1:19 Speaker 2: was one thing that the Bruins couldn't let happen too often,

1:23 Speaker 2: it was allowing the Oilers to get on the power play,

1:27 Speaker 2: because they are one of the most dangerous teams in

1:31 Speaker 2: the league on the power play. Pavel Zaka answered back

1:35 Speaker 2: in due time with a powerplay goal of his own,

1:40 Speaker 2: and so the Bruins headed into the first period. The

1:44 Speaker 2: end of the first period with a score of one

1:47 Speaker 2: to one. Unfortunately, in the second period, the Bruins lost

1:52 Speaker 2: a five on five battle along the wall and it

1:56 Speaker 2: sprung Quinn Hudson to score his first goal as an

2:01 Speaker 2: NHL player. And then in the third period we saw

2:05 Speaker 2: the magic and the beauty of Connor McDavid. He scored

2:11 Speaker 2: a shorthanded goal and there was no one on the

2:14 Speaker 2: planet that was going to be able to catch Cornor

2:18 Speaker 2: McDavid as he skated in looking like he was flying,

2:24 Speaker 2: which likely he was, and the rest of the Bruins

2:27 Speaker 2: were standing around. Now, I know that this is a

2:31 Speaker 2: Bruins snapshot, but folks, as a hockey fan, you can't

2:36 Speaker 2: deny the fact that Connor McDavid is one of the

2:41 Speaker 2: best players, if not the best player on the planet,

2:45 Speaker 2: and watching him skate is a marvel. It is unbelievable

2:50 Speaker 2: what this player can do when he gets the opportunity,

2:54 Speaker 2: and sadly, the Bruins provided that opportunity on a play

3:00 Speaker 2: in allowing a shorthanded goal. Those two eras is what

3:06 Speaker 2: sunk the Bruins, losing a five on five battle to

3:10 Speaker 2: allow Quinn Hudson to score his first NHL goal, and

3:15 Speaker 2: then being unable to keep track of Connor McDavid and

3:20 Speaker 2: providing him with way too much ice. He is simply unstoppable, folks.

3:26 Speaker 2: Next up for the Bruins the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night.

3:30 Speaker 2: The Canucks have been in a bit of a free

3:33 Speaker 2: fall this season, particularly recently as they traded their star

3:39 Speaker 2: player Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild. The Bruins need

3:43 Speaker 2: to take advantage of a team like the Vancouver Canucks,

3:48 Speaker 2: who have been a bit of a disappointment yet again

3:52 Speaker 2: and are trying to find their way back into some

3:55 Speaker 2: semblance of competitive hockey. The Bruins have shown us that

4:00 Speaker 2: they do have the ability to take advantage of teams

4:04 Speaker 2: like the Vancouver Canucks, and I expect the Bruins to

4:09 Speaker 2: have a bounce back game on Saturday night.

4:12 Speaker 1: This entire season is weird. Besides the ridiculous number of

4:16 Speaker 1: injuries and the intense schedule, the entire Eastern Conference is

4:22 Speaker 1: just nuts. Case in point, not only can a single

4:25 Speaker 1: win or loss bump you up or down in the

4:27 Speaker 1: standings significantly. The Bruins currently have the second most wins

4:33 Speaker 1: in the East, but they only have forty points and

4:39 Speaker 1: they are seventh in the conference. Why. Because Boston is

4:44 Speaker 1: currently the only team in the league, only team without

4:49 Speaker 1: an overtime loss. They have no loser points. Five of

4:53 Speaker 1: the six teams ahead of Boston have fewer wins, ranging

4:57 Speaker 1: anywhere from seventeen to ninet teen wins, and all six

5:02 Speaker 1: teams have anywhere's from two to six overtime losses. That's bonkers.

5:09 Speaker 1: I don't know if this is a controversial hot take,

5:11 Speaker 1: but in my opinion, if an overtime win is considered

5:15 Speaker 1: just a win, then an overtime loss should be just

5:19 Speaker 1: a loss, no points. The Canucks are doing their Northeast

5:23 Speaker 1: tour right now, and they play Boston on the second

5:26 Speaker 1: night of a back to back. They hit up the

5:28 Speaker 1: Aisle on Friday, opting to play Thatcher Demco against Sorokin,

5:33 Speaker 1: and they're using their backup Lancanin against the Bees. As

5:36 Speaker 1: of this recording, a starter for the Bruins has yet

5:39 Speaker 1: to be named, but it wouldn't surprise me if we

5:41 Speaker 1: see Corpia net Lancanin has played seventeen games and has

5:44 Speaker 1: a fairly average GSAX a negative one, but his safe

5:49 Speaker 1: percentage and goals against average aren't all that good. An

5:53 Speaker 1: eight seventy eight save percentage and three point four to

5:55 Speaker 1: nine goals against. Not that Corpy has much of a

5:58 Speaker 1: leg to stand on when it comes to his stats.

6:00 Speaker 1: On paper, He's only played thirteen games, so his GSAX

6:05 Speaker 1: stats are still kind of in flux, with about a

6:07 Speaker 1: negative two, and he's got an eight eighty eight safe

6:10 Speaker 1: percentage and a three point three to five goals against average.

6:14 Speaker 1: But it's Corpi's timing that has really made him a

6:17 Speaker 1: valuable asset this season. We've said it time and time again.

6:20 Speaker 1: He comes up huge when the Bruins need him to,

6:23 Speaker 1: and that has given the Skaters the motivation to get

6:26 Speaker 1: that momentum back on Boston's side. Obviously, the Canucks are

6:30 Speaker 1: without their former captain and this team is quite literally

6:34 Speaker 1: at rock bottom in dead last place. Now we've seen

6:38 Speaker 1: how the Bees have a tendency to make any goalie,

6:41 Speaker 1: but especially a no name or a less than great

6:44 Speaker 1: goalie look like a Vesn't a candidate, but for the

6:47 Speaker 1: love of God, Boston don't do it on Saturday. Make

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