Bruins Resume the Rivalry vs Habs, Fight for First Place | Snap Shot 62

0:00 Speaker 1: Charlie McAvoy might not have any teeth, but this Bruins

0:03 Speaker 1: team sure does. Boston took us back in time to

0:06 Speaker 1: the peak of their rivalry with the Hams in a

0:09 Speaker 1: game filled with fisticuffs and passion. This kind of statement

0:13 Speaker 1: win was the perfect response to their loss to the

0:16 Speaker 1: Sins earlier in the week, and they head home to

0:18 Speaker 1: play the Canes in Boston for the second time and

0:21 Speaker 1: all signs point to a great game. Even if there

0:24 Speaker 1: are new guys in the lineup. Can Boston maintain this

0:28 Speaker 1: momentum as injuries begin to pile up. This is a

0:31 Speaker 1: Bruins tape to tape snapshot.

0:36 Speaker 2: The Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadians reintroduced themselves on

0:41 Speaker 2: Saturday night at the Bell's Center, and it didn't take

0:44 Speaker 2: long for these long standing rivals to get the party

0:49 Speaker 2: started right off the bat, with Nikita Zadorov and Tanner

0:54 Speaker 2: Jeanneau dropping the gloves with two members of the Montreal

0:58 Speaker 2: Canadians within four minutes of each other, and frankly, I

1:03 Speaker 2: am here for this rivalry to be reborn again. It's

1:07 Speaker 2: great for business and it's great for hockey. The Bruins

1:11 Speaker 2: came out ahead in this game by a score of

1:14 Speaker 2: three to two. Marret Ustadinov got the scoring started for

1:18 Speaker 2: the Bruins. Mason Lauri added a goal. Victor Arvidson added

1:24 Speaker 2: a the third goal, which was a power play goal

1:26 Speaker 2: for his two hundredth career goal. Unfortunately, the Montreal Canadians

1:32 Speaker 2: scored a shorthanded goal off the stick of Jake Evans

1:36 Speaker 2: and Cole Kawfield made the game somewhat interesting from the

1:41 Speaker 2: Canadian side of things late in the third period, but

1:44 Speaker 2: Jeremy Swayman was excellent throughout the game, but particularly in

1:50 Speaker 2: the last couple of minutes when the Canadians pulled Montemblau.

1:54 Speaker 2: The Bruins just played an excellent team game from start

1:59 Speaker 2: to finish, laying out their bodies. Mason Laurai blocked a shot.

2:04 Speaker 2: Charlie McAvoy unfortunately blocked a shot with his face. More

2:08 Speaker 2: about that later in this snapshot. The Bruins were perfect

2:12 Speaker 2: on the power play, leaving the Montreal Canadians zero for seven.

2:18 Speaker 2: While it's not ideal that you took seven penalties in

2:22 Speaker 2: a game, I will say that once again the officials

2:26 Speaker 2: allowed themselves to be duped by not only the diving

2:31 Speaker 2: of the Montreal Canadians, but also the noise that was

2:35 Speaker 2: coming from the fans and allowing them to make some

2:38 Speaker 2: of the tiki tak calls that were levied on the Bruins.

2:42 Speaker 2: Be that as it may, the Bruins came away with

2:45 Speaker 2: not only a solid two points and a bounce back

2:49 Speaker 2: victory after losing to Ottawa on Thursday night. The Boston

2:53 Speaker 2: Bruins are now as we find ourselves on Sunday morning,

2:57 Speaker 2: in first place in the Atlantic Division. The negatives from

3:01 Speaker 2: this game, unfortunately, was the loss of Charlie McAvoy too

3:06 Speaker 2: an injury and it clearly looked like he took a

3:08 Speaker 2: puck to the face. There hasn't been any more information

3:12 Speaker 2: on this injury, but we do know that according to

3:15 Speaker 2: Elliott Friedman, Charlie did fly back with the team. The

3:19 Speaker 2: other loss in this game was Victor Arbusen leaving in

3:23 Speaker 2: the third period with an injury and he is deemed

3:27 Speaker 2: to be day to day. I believe this was by

3:31 Speaker 2: far the most entertaining game that the Bruins have played

3:34 Speaker 2: this season, and no surprise that it came at the

3:38 Speaker 2: expense of the Montreal Canadians. Next up on the Bruins docket,

3:43 Speaker 2: is the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday Night.

3:47 Speaker 1: The Canes have their own troubles to worry about, as

3:49 Speaker 1: teams like Pittsburgh and the Islanders keep creeping up to

3:52 Speaker 1: catch them. They still have four players currently out with injury,

3:57 Speaker 1: including Yesperry Kokayemi, Jacob Slavin, and Jalen Chatfield. The last

4:01 Speaker 1: time the Canes and Bruins played, Boston was not only

4:04 Speaker 1: able to keep this shooting powerhouse down to under thirty

4:08 Speaker 1: shots on goal, that was Carolina's fastest game to date,

4:12 Speaker 1: lasting only two hours and fourteen minutes, which is a

4:15 Speaker 1: relief as Carolina plays a fairly boring brand of hockey.

4:19 Speaker 1: In my opinion, Carolina still leads the league by the

4:22 Speaker 1: way in shot attempts with almost a sixty percent Coursey,

4:26 Speaker 1: and it's no surprise then to see Eric Robinson with

4:29 Speaker 1: two point three nine goals per sixty minutes and Seth

4:33 Speaker 1: Jarvis with one point eight per sixty In all situations,

4:37 Speaker 1: Boston needs to continue to stay out of the box

4:40 Speaker 1: two so they can avoid the sniping aim of Andre

4:44 Speaker 1: Svechnikov's three point eight two goals per sixty on the

4:48 Speaker 1: power play. Jarvis, Ajo and svetch will continue to be

4:51 Speaker 1: a challenge for the Bruins d and goaltending as their

4:54 Speaker 1: team's leading goal scorers with ten, seven and six goals apiece,

4:59 Speaker 1: goaltending is all. It's been a bit of a revolving

5:01 Speaker 1: door for Carolina over the last few games. They've had

5:04 Speaker 1: all three goalies in net since November ninth, with Anderson

5:08 Speaker 1: playing most recently in their OT loss to Edmonton. Based

5:12 Speaker 1: on playing time, Anderson is clearly the designated starting goalie,

5:16 Speaker 1: but it is curious that Bussy and Kochekkov have also

5:20 Speaker 1: had playing time in the last two weeks. Then again,

5:24 Speaker 1: with a compressed schedule, maybe the coaching staff is being

5:27 Speaker 1: extra cautious as Anderson is known to be easily sidelined.

5:31 Speaker 1: Assuming Anderson is in net, he is in the back

5:34 Speaker 1: third of the pack for goalies with a minimum of

5:36 Speaker 1: ten games played, holding on to a three point one

5:39 Speaker 1: to zero goals againstdverage and an eight eighty six save percentage.

5:43 Speaker 1: But if you've read this weekend's check this data post

5:46 Speaker 1: on goals saved above expected, Anderson is a plus one

5:50 Speaker 1: point six GSAX rating, meaning that his goals against average

5:55 Speaker 1: and safe percentage might have more to do with the

5:58 Speaker 1: game that's happening in front of him, rather than his

6:01 Speaker 1: own performance in those games. Make sure you rate and

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