BOSTON — Jake DeBrusk grew to become a confirmed aim scorer and a succesful NHL product throughout his seven seasons with the Bruins.
That’s what sparked curiosity from the Vancouver Canucks, who signed DeBrusk to a seven-year deal value $38.5 million this offseason. The Canucks additionally inked one other former Bruin in Danton Heinen as properly.
The duo returned to Boston on Tuesday evening to battle the Bruins in what turned out to be a defensive stalemate. The second interval supplied DeBrusk the prospect to steal the present, which he did with a power-play aim off a deflection to place the Canucks on the board first.
“I believed it was excessive, however I wasn’t gonna not put it in,” DeBrusk mentioned within the visiting locker room. “It was only a fortunate bounce. I used to be saying this a bit of earlier, in years previous right here, I’ve gotten these disallowed. It’s humorous how issues work out generally.”
DeBrusk’s sixth aim of the season, all of which have come on the highway, marked the distinction and Vancouver’s Conor Garland netted an empty-net aim to safe a 2-0 win over the Bruins.
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“It’s at all times good to return again to the place you’ve been traded from or signed (from) as a free agent,” Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet mentioned. “He’s had a whole lot of good years. He loves Boston. He loves the followers. It was good to see him rating.”
Vancouver earned the win with simply 14 pictures on aim towards Boston netminder Jeremy Swayman. The Bruins by no means discovered the again of the online regardless of sending 32 pictures towards Canucks goaltender Kevin Lankinen.
“I believed (the Bruins) performed the higher recreation,” DeBrusk mentioned. “They have been taking pictures pucks from in all places. I’ve watched and saved updated a bit and talked to some guys. We held on. We bought the 2 (factors) and bought the job completed. … When you get on the market on that ice, it was fairly intense. Not gonna lie.”
Making a unique flip down the halls introduced up a smile from DeBrusk as he entered the constructing for the primary time with out heading straight to the Bruins’ locker room. He did verify he had time to meet up with former teammates because the group arrived in Boston.
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“Yeah, I’ve been misplaced right here a pair occasions, particularly once I was youthful,” DeBrusk mentioned with amusing. “I do know my lane now. You form of look and peek over there. I noticed among the guys. We had a pair days right here.”
DeBrusk made essentially the most of an eventful and fan-appreciated return to down the Bruins.
“Clearly, I’ve had highs and lows and many various things,” DeBrusk mentioned. “It was a reasonably cool second, however the entire day was form of bizarre right now.”
