The Bruins could not get something going within the offensive zone, which led to a 4-1 loss of their penultimate preseason sport towards the Los Angeles Kings at Videotron Centre in Quebec Metropolis.
The Kings held the Bruins to simply two photographs within the opening 20 minutes of the sport, and issues did not get a lot better for the Black and Gold, who mustered solely 14 photographs via 60 minutes and gave up even-strength, power-play and shorthanded objectives within the loss.
“I simply thought that their monitoring and their (defensive) gaps have been actually good,” Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery instructed reporters after the loss, per team-provided video. “And, we refused to place pucks in behind them and go in and verify on the forecheck.”
The truth that opening evening is simply 5 days away might have contributed to the Bruins’ disinterest at instances through the sport.
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“I do suppose guys are beginning to stay up for Tuesday evening,” Montgomery added. “A few final practices earlier than, and for lots of fellows this was their final exhibition sport. It is extra about timing for veterans and for the blokes which are attempting to make the group, it is extra about impressing.”
Final season, the Bruins had a difficulty with not beginning video games on time, and that unhealthy behavior appeared to rear its head on this matchup.
“I believed within the first we have been asleep. We weren’t transferring our legs,” Montgomery stated. “One level, the defensemen aren’t transferring their ft, and the forwards aren’t skating away from them to create any type of pace, so it wasn’t an excellent sport by us in that sense.
“We’re taking a look at how we’re progressing, and never this sport, however how we’re progressing all through camp to prepare for Recreation 1. Typically, really feel okay. Do not like tonight. I did not like the sport in New York, too.”
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Listed here are extra notes from Thursday’s Bruins-Kings preseason sport:
— Joonas Korpisalo made his third look for the Bruins towards his former group. He made 22 saves on 26 photographs for his second lack of the preseason. He was an ideal 11-for-11 within the first interval with a variety of level photographs, however he dealt with some high-danger appears to be like late within the interval. Korpisalo stated he wanted to have higher actions throughout the crease.
“Simply side-to-side to be prepared for any possibility, not simply the shot,” Korpisalo instructed reporters, per group video. “(I) really feel sharp. I wasn’t pleased with a few objectives myself, however that is just about what (the preseason’s) for. You gotta get higher and study issues and transfer on.”
— Patrick Brown scored the lone Bruins objective within the sport within the second interval on a lovely go from Nikita Zadorov. Brown shot the puck in stride to beat David Rittich’s glove facet.
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— Patrice Bergeron joined his former group on the journey to his hometown and was greeted by a rousing ovation when he was honored on the ice earlier than the sport. The six-time Selke winner additionally dropped the ceremonial puck between David Pastrnak and Phillip Danault.
— Kings heart Quinton Byfield recorded a hat trick within the sport with two objectives 25 seconds aside within the second interval and his third within the last body to safe the 4-1 victory for Los Angeles.
— The Bruins have one last preseason sport towards the Washington Capitals on Saturday. Puck drop from Capital One Area is slated for five p.m. ET, and you may watch the sport after an hour of pregame protection on NESN.
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