Bruins Get Even and Stay Hot | Snap Shots Episode 59

0:00 Speaker 1: The Bruins continue to play a relatively consistent, solid brand

0:03 Speaker 1: of hockey over the past ten days. They were able

0:06 Speaker 1: to successfully avenge their worst loss of the season against

0:10 Speaker 1: the Ottawa Senators with a strong defensive start even with

0:14 Speaker 1: that single goal against, holding the Sends to only two

0:18 Speaker 1: shots on goal in the first It seems that Boston

0:22 Speaker 1: is able to find a win under a variety of

0:24 Speaker 1: circumstances these days, a trait that will pay dividends through

0:28 Speaker 1: this compressed schedule. Can they keep the good times rolling

0:32 Speaker 1: against the hated Leafs. This is a Bruins tape to

0:36 Speaker 1: tape snapshot.

0:40 Speaker 2: Don't look now, folks, but the Boston Bruins are on

0:43 Speaker 2: a five game win streak after defeating the Ottawa Senators

0:48 Speaker 2: on Thursday night in overtime by a score of three

0:52 Speaker 2: to two. As we may all remember, the last time

0:56 Speaker 2: these two teams faced each other a few days ago,

1:00 Speaker 2: the Ottawa Senators kicked the crap out of the Bruins

1:04 Speaker 2: by a score of seven to two. And what a

1:07 Speaker 2: difference a few days makes and a few lineup changes make,

1:12 Speaker 2: because this was a tale of two very very different

1:16 Speaker 2: games between these two rivals. Marco Sturm continues to maintain

1:21 Speaker 2: a steady course by keeping together a lineup that has

1:25 Speaker 2: worked in this five game winning streak, which means Mason

1:29 Speaker 2: Lorii continues to be the odd man out. The game

1:33 Speaker 2: itself did not start off well in that Ottawa was

1:37 Speaker 2: able to score on its first shot on goal against

1:41 Speaker 2: Jonas Corposalo, but the Bruins proved to be resilient and

1:47 Speaker 2: fight back and claw their way back into this game.

1:51 Speaker 2: Andrew Peak showed his toughness and resiliency by taking a hit,

1:57 Speaker 2: leaving the game and then coming back to some how

2:00 Speaker 2: block a shot. I believe in the overtime period and

2:04 Speaker 2: talking about the overtime period, Charlie McAvoy was in beast

2:09 Speaker 2: mode during that overtime period while he passed up an

2:14 Speaker 2: opportunity early on during the overtime to take a shot

2:19 Speaker 2: on goal, and the Bruins themselves seemed to be a

2:22 Speaker 2: little too slow and deliberate in approaching the overtime period.

2:27 Speaker 2: Once Charlie got back on the ice, he was not

2:31 Speaker 2: to be denied and he nearly set up Pavolzaka for

2:35 Speaker 2: a game winner before Pavlzaka actually scored the game winning

2:40 Speaker 2: goal with six seconds left in overtime off of a

2:43 Speaker 2: sweet pass from Charlie McAvoy. Fraser Minton, and Marat Ustadinov

2:49 Speaker 2: continued to impress. They had a killer shift in that

2:53 Speaker 2: overtime defensively. After not playing well in the game against

2:58 Speaker 2: the New York Islanders and being short at ice time

3:02 Speaker 2: in the third period of that game, Sean Corally and

3:05 Speaker 2: Tanner Janeau were bound and determined to play better, and

3:09 Speaker 2: play better they did in that Sean Corally scored a

3:13 Speaker 2: goal in the game that gave the Bruins a two

3:16 Speaker 2: to one lead, and we saw his patented jumping into

3:20 Speaker 2: the glass celebration. All in all, this was a solid

3:25 Speaker 2: win for the Boston Bruins and now we are on

3:29 Speaker 2: to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

3:31 Speaker 1: Toronto is hot on Boston's heels in the standings, but

3:34 Speaker 1: that might not necessarily mean they are all that good.

3:37 Speaker 1: Their eight and five record hides the tumultuous start to

3:40 Speaker 1: their season two. They are finally moving into the black

3:43 Speaker 1: and goal differential at two, which they have reached by

3:47 Speaker 1: steadily improving since their season worst of negative four around Halloween.

3:51 Speaker 1: They are also coming off of a three game win

3:53 Speaker 1: streak that saw pretty decent scoring. Matthews, Tavares, Kneelander, and

3:59 Speaker 1: Nice lead the two team in goals with eight, seven,

4:01 Speaker 1: six and five apiece. Boston is going to have to

4:05 Speaker 1: be disciplined in this tilt as Tavares, Nys and Matthews

4:08 Speaker 1: continue to be dangerous on the man advantage. The Leafs

4:12 Speaker 1: quote unquote good but boring and steady game will still

4:16 Speaker 1: be a good test for Boston, especially considering how tight

4:20 Speaker 1: the conference and division both are. Anthony Stollars should be

4:24 Speaker 1: a decent matchup against Jeremy Swayman. Both goalies have nearly

4:28 Speaker 1: identical stats, with Swayman getting the slight edge in his

4:31 Speaker 1: safe percentage of eight ninety seven to Stollars's eight ninety

4:34 Speaker 1: five and with his goals against average of three point

4:38 Speaker 1: one zero to Stollar's's three point one point one. Stollars

4:41 Speaker 1: has started the last three games and Toronto just put

4:44 Speaker 1: their backup goalie Caden Primo on waivers, so its possible

4:48 Speaker 1: Wall is back to play. Regardless, Boston is going to

4:51 Speaker 1: have their new defensive structure thoroughly tested by the remnants

4:56 Speaker 1: of the old Core four. Make sure you rate and

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