Bruins Stay Perfect — But the Lightning Are Coming | Snap Shots Episode 51

0:00 Speaker 1: Your Boston Bruins are one of five teams still undefeated

0:04 Speaker 1: at the start of the twenty five to twenty sixth

0:06 Speaker 1: season as of noon on October twelfth, twenty twenty five.

0:11 Speaker 1: But how long will it last? The Bruins sailed through

0:15 Speaker 1: most of their game against the Sabers on Saturday night,

0:19 Speaker 1: But with the Tampa Bay Lightning coming into town on Monday,

0:22 Speaker 1: can the Bruins continue to show the same grit and

0:25 Speaker 1: determination against a team that is favored to win the Cup?

0:29 Speaker 1: This is a Bruins tape to tape snapshot.

0:35 Speaker 2: The Boston Bruins came away with another two points after

0:38 Speaker 2: their win on Saturday night against the laboring Buffalo Sabers.

0:44 Speaker 2: Were it not for the outstanding goaltending by Alex Lyon

0:49 Speaker 2: of the Sabers in the first two periods, that game

0:54 Speaker 2: would have been over very quickly for the Buffalo Sabers.

0:58 Speaker 2: As a matter of fact, it appeared that the Sabers

1:01 Speaker 2: were disinterested in playing that game until the third period

1:06 Speaker 2: of the game. But be that as it may, the

1:09 Speaker 2: Bruins came away with a three to one win. You

1:13 Speaker 2: had offensive contributions from Pavel Zaka, Mark Castilik, and Sean

1:18 Speaker 2: Corallly getting an empty netter. Jordan Harris made his Boston

1:22 Speaker 2: Bruins' debut and he seemed to fit in seamlessly and flawlessly,

1:29 Speaker 2: So kudos to him and the coaching staff forgetting that

1:33 Speaker 2: young man ready, ready to go in a role that

1:37 Speaker 2: is very crucial to the Boston Bruins, which is their

1:42 Speaker 2: defensive structure. It wasn't a pretty game, folks, but you

1:46 Speaker 2: don't get style points in the NHL, so a win

1:50 Speaker 2: is a win is a win, and the Bruins are

1:53 Speaker 2: three to zero to start the season. Jeremy Swayman was

1:58 Speaker 2: once again on point when he needed to be. Didn't

2:01 Speaker 2: get a lot of action in the first period as

2:05 Speaker 2: Buffalo could only manage one shot on goal after a

2:10 Speaker 2: sixteen shot barrage that the Bruins laid on Alex Lyon.

2:15 Speaker 2: The Bruins are winning these games with perseverance and maintaining

2:22 Speaker 2: a good structure, which is what we heard about throughout

2:26 Speaker 2: the off season. They are going to need that stability

2:29 Speaker 2: and structure with the Tampa Bay Lightning coming into town

2:33 Speaker 2: on Monday. Although the Tampa Bay Lightning are coming in

2:37 Speaker 2: at zero to two to start the season, they have

2:40 Speaker 2: been picked as one of the darlings to at least

2:43 Speaker 2: make the Stanley Cup Finals. So let's not underestimate the

2:48 Speaker 2: Tampa Bay Lightning because we are all well aware of

2:52 Speaker 2: the firepower they have on that team.

2:55 Speaker 1: It's true, the perennial playoff favorite Tampa Bay Lightning are

2:59 Speaker 1: starting the season off on the struggle bus. They've lost

3:03 Speaker 1: both games at home by allowing five goals in each,

3:06 Speaker 1: and the trip to Boston is the start of a

3:09 Speaker 1: four game road trip for them. Vassilevski has been in

3:13 Speaker 1: between the pipes in both of those losses, making this

3:16 Speaker 1: likely one of his worst starts to the season ever.

3:20 Speaker 1: He's allowed nine goals, which has resulted in a shocking

3:24 Speaker 1: zero point eighty five to five save percentage and a

3:27 Speaker 1: four point sixty seven goals against average. Yes, it's early

3:31 Speaker 1: and we won't have to wait long to see if

3:33 Speaker 1: his numbers will even out to what we usually expect,

3:36 Speaker 1: but hopefully the Bruins can capitalize on this unusual start

3:40 Speaker 1: for him. Jeremy Swayman continues to be excellent with a

3:43 Speaker 1: point nine to sixty six save percentage and one goal

3:46 Speaker 1: against average. Expect him to be in the net for

3:49 Speaker 1: the Monday Holiday matinee. I'd also expect a highly spirited

3:54 Speaker 1: in Division game. If the first three Bruins games have

3:57 Speaker 1: shown us anything, the Bruins defensive structure will be tested

4:01 Speaker 1: with the likes of Kucharov, Byorgstrand, Gord and Radish out

4:04 Speaker 1: on the ice. They've not really experienced the same sluggish

4:07 Speaker 1: start that their goaltender has, and while the Bruins defense

4:10 Speaker 1: in PK has been excellent and the constant shot attempts

4:14 Speaker 1: has been admirable, the Bruins are still going to need

4:18 Speaker 1: to figure out how to actually get the puck into

4:21 Speaker 1: the back of the net. In this case, I will

4:24 Speaker 1: trust the process and hope that the continued team building

4:28 Speaker 1: and bonding will turn into goalscoring. Personally, I'd rather they

4:32 Speaker 1: continue to prioritize defense over offense for right now, but

4:37 Speaker 1: that's just me. Make sure you rate and review the

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