Bruins Win Seventh Straight as Pastrnak Scores 400th Goal | Snap Shot 61

0:00 Speaker 1: The divisional ball keeps on rolling, and so does this

0:03 Speaker 1: Bruins team. Seven straight wins and back at it against

0:07 Speaker 1: the Ottawa Senators. This game should be a tough competition.

0:11 Speaker 1: With both teams having taken one neither side will want

0:15 Speaker 1: to give an inch at least, I hope. The question

0:19 Speaker 1: is who will be a net for this matchup and

0:23 Speaker 1: how will the Bruins fare against the new look Montreal

0:26 Speaker 1: Canadians team this weekend. This is a Bruins tape to

0:29 Speaker 1: tape snapshot.

0:33 Speaker 2: The Boston Bruins played the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night,

0:38 Speaker 2: just four days after playing them in Toronto on Saturday

0:43 Speaker 2: and beating them by a score of five to three.

0:45 Speaker 2: As you may recall, Anthony Stolars was pulled in the

0:49 Speaker 2: game on Saturday night and the Toronto Maple Leafs faced

0:53 Speaker 2: the same result on Tuesday night against the Bruins, another

0:57 Speaker 2: five to three lost by the Leafs win by the Bruins.

1:01 Speaker 2: Anthony Stolars was pulled yet again.

1:04 Speaker 1: Now.

1:04 Speaker 2: The game started with Toronto being extremely undisciplined in the

1:09 Speaker 2: first period and taking a good number of penalties, and

1:13 Speaker 2: the Bruins capitalized and took a three to one lead

1:17 Speaker 2: into the locker room at the end of the first period.

1:20 Speaker 2: I will say, however, that there was an egregious, egregious

1:24 Speaker 2: turnover on one of the power plays by Charlie McAvoy

1:28 Speaker 2: that led to a shorthanded goal by the Maple Leafs

1:32 Speaker 2: in that first period, and I would have loved to

1:35 Speaker 2: have Jeremy Swayman make a save on that goal. But

1:39 Speaker 2: be that as it may, the Bruins pretty much dominated

1:43 Speaker 2: the play again against the Maple Leafs for most of

1:47 Speaker 2: the game. The Maple Leafs showed a little bit of

1:50 Speaker 2: push in the third period, where they did end up

1:54 Speaker 2: getting the score too, four to three. However, the game

1:58 Speaker 2: was not only a lot in the win lose column.

2:02 Speaker 2: The Maple Leafs also lost their star Austin Matthews to

2:07 Speaker 2: a crushing hit from Nikita's Adorov, and it seems like

2:11 Speaker 2: Nikita's Adorov is on a mission to single handedly let

2:16 Speaker 2: the league know that the Bruins are ready to play

2:21 Speaker 2: whatever game the opposing team wants to play. You want

2:25 Speaker 2: to play a physical game, we'll play a physical game.

2:28 Speaker 2: Just understand that we're coming at you. And I absolutely

2:34 Speaker 2: love that brand of hockey, and of course David Pastronach

2:39 Speaker 2: cemented his name further in the history books of the

2:43 Speaker 2: Boston Bruins franchise by scoring goals four hundred and four

2:48 Speaker 2: hundred and one, and there was a lot of praise

2:51 Speaker 2: being levied at David pastronach across the league. I believe

2:55 Speaker 2: that Wayne Gretzky compared him to Gee lafleur In someone

3:00 Speaker 2: else whose name is escaping me compared Pasta to Alex Ovechkin.

3:06 Speaker 2: Either way, we are damn lucky to have a player

3:09 Speaker 2: of this caliber as a member of the Boston Bruins

3:13 Speaker 2: franchise for the foreseeable future. As I said, the Maple

3:18 Speaker 2: Leafs tried to make the game interesting in the third period,

3:21 Speaker 2: and I'm not quite sure what tig Domi was thinking

3:25 Speaker 2: trying to challenge or offering a fight with Nikita Zadorov.

3:30 Speaker 2: But good on Nikita Zadorov for not taking the bait,

3:33 Speaker 2: and that shows me that he is growing into a

3:38 Speaker 2: leadership role by leaps and bounds this season. So all

3:42 Speaker 2: in all, another crucial two points for the Boston Bruins

3:46 Speaker 2: as they get ready to once again face the Ottawa

3:49 Speaker 2: Senators on Thursday night.

3:51 Speaker 1: All Right, look, we've already talked about the Senators twice

3:54 Speaker 1: within the last two weeks, So let's skip that conversation

3:57 Speaker 1: for now. All you need to know is that Almark

4:00 Speaker 1: continues to struggle among starting goaltenders. The question here is

4:04 Speaker 1: which goalie is going to be a net After the Sens,

4:07 Speaker 1: it's onto the Habs, the Bruins most hated of rivals

4:11 Speaker 1: of the twentieth century, but less so in the twenty first.

4:15 Speaker 1: Much of that has been attributed to the fact that

4:17 Speaker 1: the Habs have not had a competitive team in quite

4:21 Speaker 1: some time. But if you caught the last podcast, you

4:24 Speaker 1: will have heard that things are finally going the right

4:28 Speaker 1: way for this young franchise. Now you may think, for

4:31 Speaker 1: a moment, Caroline, why on earth are you sounding glad

4:35 Speaker 1: for the Habs That flies in the face of tradition. Yes,

4:39 Speaker 1: but hear me out. There is nothing better than seeing

4:44 Speaker 1: a deeply rooted rivalry brought back to life. Look how

4:48 Speaker 1: exciting the Leaf's game was. Look how amazing it's been,

4:53 Speaker 1: and how it's felt when we beat them in overtime.

4:57 Speaker 1: Competitive rivals are what makes good hot, And if this

5:01 Speaker 1: means hoping, the Habs finally have a decent team that

5:04 Speaker 1: can sustain it for the next couple of years then

5:07 Speaker 1: by all means, So what's the deal with the Habs

5:11 Speaker 1: thus far? Well, Patrick Lney is still out for the Habs,

5:15 Speaker 1: and he has been since October eighteenth, but in terms

5:18 Speaker 1: of offensive power it doesn't seem to matter. The Habs

5:22 Speaker 1: have been in the black for goal differentials all season

5:26 Speaker 1: and they currently hold a plus seven, down from a

5:30 Speaker 1: recent season high of plus eleven. Cole Caulfield, Oliver Kapnan

5:34 Speaker 1: and Kirby Dock all continue to be snipers in all situations.

5:39 Speaker 1: Alex Newhook is particularly dangerous on the power play and

5:43 Speaker 1: he has the team's second highest goals count with six. Callfield,

5:47 Speaker 1: no surprise, is first with twelve. This is important because

5:51 Speaker 1: the Bruins continue to struggle with staying out of the

5:54 Speaker 1: penalty box. The Habs also have an interesting goalie situation

5:59 Speaker 1: going on. As of November twelfth, Jakubdobash has played seven games,

6:04 Speaker 1: while Sam Montembau has played nine games. Monty was seen

6:08 Speaker 1: as the future for this Canadians team, but Dobosh is

6:12 Speaker 1: really giving him a run for his money. In nine games,

6:15 Speaker 1: Monty has found himself second to last among all starting

6:19 Speaker 1: goalies who have played at least seven games In goals

6:23 Speaker 1: save above expected, meaning he is seriously underperforming. Now indulge

6:29 Speaker 1: me a moment, just so you can truly appreciate how

6:32 Speaker 1: bad of a season he's having. Goals saved above expected

6:36 Speaker 1: measures how many goals a goalie prevented compared to what

6:39 Speaker 1: an average goalie would have allowed based on the quality

6:42 Speaker 1: of shots that they faced. Think of it this way.

6:45 Speaker 1: Every shot a goalie faces has an expected chance of

6:49 Speaker 1: going in. Some are higher and some are lower, thank

6:53 Speaker 1: backdoor one timer versus weak rister from the point. So

6:57 Speaker 1: what does this mean? One the goalie has struggled for

7:00 Speaker 1: a long stretch because the gsa X accumulates over time. Two,

7:07 Speaker 1: the team's defense is not the culprit. Since GSAX already

7:11 Speaker 1: accounts for shot quality, it means the goalie is stopping

7:15 Speaker 1: fewer pucks than the average goalie should given the same chances.

7:20 Speaker 1: And Three, if it's early in the season, it's still concerning.

7:24 Speaker 1: Even ten to fifteen games in a negative seven is

7:28 Speaker 1: pretty rough. Yes, you heard me right. Sam Montembau currently

7:33 Speaker 1: holds a negative seven GSAX. Meanwhile, Dobash is a plus

7:39 Speaker 1: six point four in his seven games. Monty has had

7:43 Speaker 1: the start for the last two games, and if he's

7:45 Speaker 1: in net for their game against Dallas before they face

7:48 Speaker 1: the Bruins, expect a much better do Bush in net

7:51 Speaker 1: and if you like old fashioned stats, he has a

7:54 Speaker 1: nine to twenty safe percentage and two point twenty five

7:56 Speaker 1: goals against average. Bruins fans better hope it's Manty and

8:00 Speaker 1: not do Bush in the net on Saturday. You know what.

8:03 Speaker 1: Head to the substack this weekend to learn more about

8:06 Speaker 1: these goalie stats. It's fun over there. No snapshot after

8:09 Speaker 1: the Senns game, so we'll see you all after Saturday's game.

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