BOSTON — The Bruins blanked the Seattle Kraken 2-0 at TD Backyard on Sunday night time after shutting out the Philadelphia Flyers by the identical rating the day earlier than on the highway.
The video games had similarities to which Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery wasn’t precisely happy with however noticed his crew play extra to their identification throughout the 2 video games.
“I cherished our first interval, disliked our second, similar to the Flyers sport,” he mentioned. “I really like the hassle on blocking pictures. I really like us sticking collectively, (Trent Frederic) tonight defending (Matthew) Poitras. Final night time, how we caught collectively on the finish of the sport towards the Flyers.
“You would see us coming collectively. We’re defending the slot. We’re sacrificing for one another, which is a begin. Our execution nonetheless must develop. Our maturity as a crew so far as sport administration, nonetheless must develop. We’re in a profitable sport zone now. You don’t surrender objectives, and your goaltenders pay in addition to we did. It’s step. We’re on course. November’s been a lot better than October.”
Charlie Coyle, specifically, had an impressive sport for the Bruins, and Montgomery shortly praised the ahead’s efforts all through the weekend.
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“I simply assume the final two nights, Charlie Coyle’s been transferring his toes. When he strikes his toes, he creates turnovers, he takes pucks to the online,” Montgomery mentioned. “Like that play in a penalty kill the place he ended up on a partial breakaway. He went by two individuals, and it was like he had a silverback gorilla on his again, and he simply saved going. That’s the hassle and the form of persistence that we would like in our group.”
Coyle had an completely lovely aim on the ability play to present the Bruins a 2-0 lead within the first interval for his second tally of the season.
“It was a fantastic look by (Brad Marchand). Me and (David Pastrnak) form of switched,” Coyle defined. “(When Pastranak’s) within the center he’s gonna carry plenty of guys (to him). I don’t assume they’re too nervous about me and Marchy discovered me. … It was a fantastic look by Marchy, the motion of the ability play, Pasta, who in all probability doesn’t get some extent on that however he takes two or three guys with him as a result of they’re all centered on him and he’s a giant a part of that play.”
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Listed here are extra notes from Sunday’s Bruins-Kraken sport:
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— David Pastrnak didn’t play a single shift within the third interval of the Black and Gold’s win over the Kraken.
“Coach’s choice, third interval,” Montgomery mentioned after the sport. “That’s all I’m going to touch upon it.”
— Boston posted shutouts in two straight common season video games for the primary time since 2011 once they blanked the New York Islanders and Montreal Canadiens consecutively. It was the primary time the Bruins posted shutouts in back-to-back video games since 2008 towards the Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks.
— The Bruins penalty kill was an ideal 3-for-3 within the sport, whereas the ability play was solely in a position to capitalize on one in all Seattle’s 5 infractions.
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— Boston outshot Seattle 33-23 within the contest and blocked a further 27 Kraken pictures earlier than they made their approach on to Jeremy Swayma, who earned his first shutout of the season.
— The Bruins and NESN honored longtime voice of the franchise Jack Edwards in a pregame ceremony, which revealed a sales space dedication that includes Edwards’ signature line, “From excessive above the ice … .”
— Boston will look to increase its win streak to 3 video games when the membership heads north of the border to Toronto in an Authentic Six matchup with the Leafs on Tuesday night time. Puck drop from Scotiabank Area is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET. You’ll be able to watch the sport, plus an hour of pregame protection on NESN.
