BOSTON — The Boston Bruins misplaced a 2-0 determination to the Flyers regardless of out-shooting Philadelphia, 24-19, because the photographs on objective didn’t inform the entire story of the sport.
The Bruins had loads of alternatives to place the Flyers away.
The Black and Gold had 4 energy play alternatives within the recreation, together with 1:37 of two-man benefit within the opening interval. Sadly for Jim Montgomery’s Bruins, they mustered solely two photographs on Flyers goalie Samuel Ersson, and neither had been high-danger possibilities.
“It’s not ok,” Montgomery mentioned of the workforce’s offensive output. “We’re not making performs, we’re not doing sufficient to generate high-danger scoring possibilities. Whether or not that’s a will to go to these areas or not the appropriate recreation plan. We’re all culpable for not popping out with a victory tonight.”
The Bruins have star energy of their lineup, however they aren’t producing offensively for Boston by means of the primary 10 video games of the season.
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“I feel on each workforce, your greatest gamers, your star gamers have to hold the load offensively,” Montgomery added. “These are the gamers which are out on the facility play. Proper now, the offense isn’t materializing for us.”
Montgomery added: “There’s areas the place we have to be higher,” Montgomery mentioned. “Whether or not it’s capturing the puck into the online when there’s folks there, faster. Not passing up shits, or constructing our workforce offense, which at instances we’re doing and at instances we’re not. It’s a mix of it. It actually comes all the way down to decision-making proper now.”
To the Flyers’ credit score, they blocked 28 Bruins’ shot makes an attempt to maintain the puck away from Ersson. It was the most blocks towards the Bruins for the reason that Ottawa Senators blocked 29 in 2019, per 98.5 The Sports activities Hub’s Ty Anderson.
“Possibly we have to be a bit bit extra direct,” Bruins captain Brad Marchand mentioned. “They’re a bit perimetry that workforce, they play very tight on the within. It’s essential get on the within of them and get pucks to the online.
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“We had some alternatives within the second. We didn’t do a ok job of it within the third. However, you’ll be able to’t play a fringe towards a workforce like that. We simply must get inside a bit bit extra.”
Listed below are extra notes from Tuesday’s Bruins-Flyers recreation:
— Joonas Korpisalo had an impressive evening in web for Boston. He made 17 saves between the pipes for the Bruins and gave the workforce the chance to win.
“He didn’t face very many photographs, however he confronted some high-quality photographs,” Montgomery mentioned. “I can consider not less than three nice saves that gave us the chance earlier than it went 1-0.”
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— The Bruins performed one in every of their most disciplined hockey video games this season. They had been penalized for simply three infractions, one in every of which was matching. Boston killed off two Philadelphia energy performs within the recreation.
— The Flyers seemed to be taking it to Bruins ahead Matthew Poirtas for almost all of the sport. Poitras was rocked by Flyers ahead Joel Farabee with below a minute left to play within the first interval and was sucker punched by Philadelphia defenseman Emil Andrae after the 2 battled for a free puck.
“There was a bit type of skirmish, simply making an attempt to play the puck,” Poitras mentioned. “Clearly, I didn’t just like the sucker punch.”
— The Bruins will look to get again within the win column once they journey to Carolina to tackle the Hurricanes on Thursday evening. Puck drop from Lenovo Heart is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET, and you’ll watch all of the motion, following an hour of pregame protection, on NESN.
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