Bruins' Ugly Win is Still a Win | Snap Shot Episode 56

0:00 Speaker 1: The Bruins managed to pull off and overtime win on

0:03 Speaker 1: Thursday night against the Sabers, with Corpus Sollo a net

0:06 Speaker 1: for his first ever back to back with the team.

0:10 Speaker 1: The Bees have been eking out wins at home this week,

0:13 Speaker 1: but they face another big challenge on Saturday. Will it

0:17 Speaker 1: be another positive game or a bloodbath? This is a

0:21 Speaker 1: Bruins tape to tape snapshot.

0:26 Speaker 2: The Boston Bruins have won two games in a row

0:29 Speaker 2: after beating the Buffalo Sabers at the TD Garden on

0:33 Speaker 2: Thursday night by a score of four to three. It

0:37 Speaker 2: took overtime to get the win, but the Bruins secured

0:42 Speaker 2: a much needed two points. The game started a little

0:46 Speaker 2: bit on the interesting side in that Hampus lind home

0:50 Speaker 2: and his girlfriend welcomed in a new baby just that day,

0:54 Speaker 2: so there was speculation about whether or not Hampus would play.

0:59 Speaker 2: He did play, Congratulations to the new dad, and interestingly,

1:04 Speaker 2: Jonis Corposalo got the start in net against the Sabers,

1:09 Speaker 2: which had him playing back to back game and that

1:13 Speaker 2: to me begs the question of was Marco sending a

1:17 Speaker 2: passive aggressive message of some sort to Jeremy Swayman and

1:22 Speaker 2: others on this team. I e. That message being you

1:26 Speaker 2: perform well and you're going to stay and be in

1:30 Speaker 2: this lineup. If so, I'm here for that because I

1:34 Speaker 2: think it's time to start sending messages of that kind.

1:39 Speaker 2: Mason Lauri also sat out another game, and I want

1:44 Speaker 2: to give Marco Sturm credit for sticking with a lineup

1:49 Speaker 2: that is performing well and that is getting you much

1:53 Speaker 2: needed wins and points. The game itself was not pretty,

1:58 Speaker 2: but I think we don't don't particularly care about pretty

2:01 Speaker 2: at this point. We care about use. And the Buffalo

2:05 Speaker 2: Sabers are a team that weren't going to go away.

2:09 Speaker 2: Even though the Bruins took a three to one lead

2:13 Speaker 2: and going into the third period, Buffalo battled back to

2:17 Speaker 2: tie the game at three three and the overtime winner

2:22 Speaker 2: came off the stick of Maret Ustadinov, who scored his

2:27 Speaker 2: first goal as a Boston Bruin. And he couldn't have

2:31 Speaker 2: picked a better time to for that goal, and he

2:35 Speaker 2: was thinking shoot all the way and it was a

2:38 Speaker 2: beautiful snapshot. The goal was assisted by Fraser Mitten. So

2:43 Speaker 2: what does this tell us, Folks that in the overtime period,

2:47 Speaker 2: Merritt and Fraser were on the ice with Hampis lind

2:51 Speaker 2: Home in a three on three situation. So again credit

2:55 Speaker 2: to Marco Sturm for taking a flyer on the young

3:00 Speaker 2: Stirs in that overtime period. As I said, the game

3:04 Speaker 2: wasn't pretty. The Bruins managed only five shots on goal

3:09 Speaker 2: in the first period. The total shots on goal were

3:12 Speaker 2: totally skewed. Buffalo had forty, Boston had twenty two and

3:17 Speaker 2: Jonnis Corporsalo was once again excellent in net. And I

3:22 Speaker 2: will be curious to see how Marco Stern makes a

3:26 Speaker 2: decision on who will take the net against the Carolina

3:30 Speaker 2: Hurricanes on Saturday afternoon. While I would say be bold

3:35 Speaker 2: and go with Jonas, I have a sneaky suspicion that

3:39 Speaker 2: the net will go to Jeremy Swayman on Saturday afternoon. Look,

3:44 Speaker 2: as much as you know, I want to give credit

3:47 Speaker 2: to the Bruins for the win, and I will give

3:49 Speaker 2: credit for the win. There are still lots of areas

3:52 Speaker 2: that need to be cleaned up. The Bruins are still

3:55 Speaker 2: taking way too many penalties during the course of a game.

3:59 Speaker 2: The penalty kill was good on Thursday night, keeping Buffalo

4:03 Speaker 2: to one of five. The power play is still not clicking.

4:09 Speaker 2: The Bruins went one for four on the power play

4:12 Speaker 2: all and all, though it was a victory, marcos Strom

4:17 Speaker 2: was forced to make some adjustments in the lineup when

4:20 Speaker 2: Elias lind Hoome went down with an injury of some sort.

4:24 Speaker 2: We don't know what the actual injury is at this point,

4:29 Speaker 2: or whether or not it's going to keep him out

4:32 Speaker 2: of the lineup for any period of time, but that

4:35 Speaker 2: is something to look out for going into the game

4:39 Speaker 2: against the Carolina Hurricanes. Hopefully the Bruins will have an

4:43 Speaker 2: update on Elias lind Home sometime on Friday.

4:47 Speaker 1: The Sabers had a ridiculous forty shots on goal game,

4:51 Speaker 1: and for other teams, I might blame that on a

4:54 Speaker 1: very leaky Bruins defense, but the Sabers haven't had fewer

4:58 Speaker 1: than thirty shots on goal per game since October fifteenth.

5:02 Speaker 1: The Canes come to town, and this is another team that

5:06 Speaker 1: has averaged thirty three shots on goal over the course

5:09 Speaker 1: of ten games. The Bruins better be ready for this,

5:12 Speaker 1: especially if their defense is still on shaky legs. Like Boston.

5:17 Speaker 1: The Canes had a key player exit the game due

5:20 Speaker 1: to injury in their game last night against the Islanders,

5:23 Speaker 1: Seth Jarvis, a formidable foe to say the least, took

5:27 Speaker 1: a blocked shot to the foot and exited the game.

5:30 Speaker 1: Early details are still unclear about his prognosis, but it

5:34 Speaker 1: wouldn't be a surprise if he misses Saturday's matinee in Boston.

5:38 Speaker 1: The other significant concern for Boston when it comes to

5:41 Speaker 1: this Carolina team is the fact that Carolina is still

5:45 Speaker 1: one of the top teams in the league, especially in

5:49 Speaker 1: terms of goal differential. They took a dip with their

5:52 Speaker 1: two straight losses over the last week, but they are

5:56 Speaker 1: back up to a nine goal differential in all situations

6:00 Speaker 1: compared to Boston's negative four. In fact, Boston hasn't had

6:05 Speaker 1: a positive goal differential since October sixteenth, a stat that

6:09 Speaker 1: apparently Morgan Geeky seems to take personal offense to. With

6:13 Speaker 1: Jarvis likely out, Stan covin Ajo and Blake are going

6:17 Speaker 1: to have to step up and fill in for their

6:20 Speaker 1: up and coming sniper. In fact, there could be a

6:22 Speaker 1: significant hole to fill, as Jarvis is not only highly

6:27 Speaker 1: skilled in scoring, he is prolific. He's got seven goals

6:31 Speaker 1: already this season so far, compared to only three apiece

6:34 Speaker 1: for both stan Coven and Aho. In addition to a

6:37 Speaker 1: key offensive piece missing, Carolina is also down to big

6:42 Speaker 1: defencemen in Shing Gostis Bear and care miller. Jacob Slavin

6:47 Speaker 1: could be back on the ice for this game against

6:49 Speaker 1: Boston based on his ir injury date, but who knows.

6:54 Speaker 1: I'm curious as to who the Canes will also put

6:56 Speaker 1: in net. With kochek Kov out for the foreseeable future,

7:00 Speaker 1: it's down to Freddie Anderson and former Bruins prospect Brandon

7:04 Speaker 1: Bussey to man the net. Bussy got the win on

7:06 Speaker 1: Long Island yesterday, but he's also been playing almost an

7:10 Speaker 1: even number of games compared to Anderson, and he's got

7:13 Speaker 1: better stat lines. For now, Bussy has a nine to

7:16 Speaker 1: sixteen safe percentage and two point twenty five goals against average,

7:20 Speaker 1: while Anderson holds an eight ninety two safe percentage and

7:23 Speaker 1: three point one to one goals against average. And speaking

7:26 Speaker 1: of backups coming for your job, Corposalo showed that he

7:30 Speaker 1: has what it takes to be a reliable goalie who

7:32 Speaker 1: can give the team in front of him a chance

7:34 Speaker 1: at winning. His stats are not adequately reflective of the

7:38 Speaker 1: importance that he's played in games so far this season

7:41 Speaker 1: with timely saves, he has shown a great deal of

7:45 Speaker 1: value to this team. In spite of his frightening e

7:49 Speaker 1: eighty two save percentage and three point four nine goals

7:53 Speaker 1: against average. Swayman's outing in Ottawa really did a number

7:56 Speaker 1: on his stats, putting him at eight eighty six for

8:00 Speaker 1: a safe percentage and three point four y five for

8:03 Speaker 1: goals against average. Talk about a spooky Halloween. I'm honestly

8:07 Speaker 1: not sure who's going to be in goal on Saturday

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