The Boston Bruins had been buried by a second-period scoring onslaught, falling to the Columbus Blue Jackets, 6-2, at Nationwide Enviornment on Friday night time.
The Black and Gold may’ve used the three-day vacation layoff as an excuse, however Bruins ahead Charlie Coyle instantly shut that notion down when he spoke with reporters in Columbus following the loss.
“We weren’t successful many battles. They had been faster to the puck,” Coyle mentioned, as seen on NESN’s postgame protection. “They out-battled us. You’ll be able to’t win many video games once you’re being outworked like that. Thats embarrassing.
Coyle added: “It’s the identical layoff for everybody. They had been able to play. We weren’t. And it’s simply unacceptable.”
After permitting only one power-play aim in opposition to the Washington Capitals earlier than the break, the Bruins surrendered three to the Blue Jackets within the loss.
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“When your particular groups are good, and you are taking accountability of that, you give yourselves a superb likelihood to win,” Coyle mentioned. “We noticed it final sport (in opposition to the Capitals), killing off a five-minute (main), and we see what that does for our group and what it could do to form of dampen their spirits, too. So, once you form of give them these (objectives), that solely feeds into their sport extra and takes away from us. That’s positively an space that we need to clear up.”
Boston doesn’t have lengthy for the loss to linger. The Bruins and Blue Jackets full their season collection within the second half of the home-and-home on Saturday at TD Backyard. Within the first two video games between the golf equipment, the Bruins had been outscored by the Blue Jackets 11-3.
“Silver lining right here is we play them once more tomorrow night time,” Coyle mentioned. “So, we get one other crack at it to play at house and be the higher house group like they had been tonight. We owe that to ourselves.”
Listed here are extra notes from Friday’s Bruins-Blue Jackets sport:
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–The Bruins have allowed 5 or extra objectives in a sport eight occasions this season. The Dallas Stars and Blue Jackets every scored 5 or extra objectives twice in opposition to Boston, and the opposite 4 occasions had been by the hands of the Florida Panthers, Carolina Hurricanes, Winnipeg Jets and Seattle Kraken.
— With an help on Coyle’s third-period aim, Brad Marchand prolonged his level streak to 11 video games. The Bruins captain has tallied seven objectives and 7 assists and has registered 30 pictures on aim throughout that span.
— The Bruins have received 5 straight video games at TD Backyard and look to increase that streak in opposition to the Blue Jackets on Saturday. Columbus has been a strong group on its house ice with an total report of 11-4-3 at Nationwide Enviornment, nonetheless, the Blue Jackets are simply 4-11-3 after they play outdoors of Ohio.
— Boston allowed three power-play objectives in a single sport for the sixth time this season. The Jets, Hurricanes, Stars, Blue Jackets, Toronto Maple Leafs and Colorado Avalanche have all lit the lamp thrice whereas on the person benefit in opposition to the Bruins within the 2024-25 marketing campaign.
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— The Bruins will look to salvage not less than one sport from the common season collection in opposition to the Blue Jackets after they full their home-and-home in opposition to Columbus on Saturday night time. Puck drop from TD Backyard is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET, and you’ll catch all of the motion, plus an hour of pregame protection, reside on NESN.
