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I think you have to get the first couple [of playoff games] under your belt. Get a goal out of Charlie Coyle, third line.”In the first period, Ritchie gave up on a play along the boards and drifted away from Warren Foegele as the entire unit of Bruins defenders puck-watched rather than working to get the puck out of the zone. But he wasn’t nearly a big enough physical presence, and even worse played a key role in a pair of goals against for the Bruins while making both mental and physical mistakes at crucial moments.Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy wasn’t going to hammer anybody for it after a playoff win, but Ritchie’s subpar performance certainly didn’t go unnoticed either.“I think [the young guys] were looking after their own game. Overtime is them. Secondary scoring. The Bruins finished the shortened regular season with the best record in the NHL (44-14-12).For the first time in nearly five months, the Bruins will be playing a hockey game on Thursday night. Bruins vs. Capitals Highlights: B's go 0-3 in round robin as struggles continue Yahoo! WATCH | Highlights of Flyers' win over Bruins in round-robin opener: It took just 8 seconds for Philippe Myers to strike back after a Bruin goal to help Philadelphia to a 4-1 win over Boston.

Xander Bogaerts news scores standings social roster stats videos. Where is your game at?” said Bruce Cassidy. Obviously, you want things to go well all the time, that’s a perfect scenario. Keep playing your game. So that is something that we talked about. The Bruins finished the shortened regular season with the best record in the NHL (44-14-12). And if Ritchie isn’t even going to win the board battles, what is the point of his size and strength that’s bringing to the table?Wednesday’s game was physical to be sure as a playoff opener, but it wasn’t overly nasty to the point where you need Ritchie for intimidation purposes.

Now you’re coming into a part of the season that is high stakes.“We knew there would be a little bit of… I don’t know if rust is the right word. The Hurricanes challenged the call for a "missed stoppage" but lost, and as a result they were given a delay of game penalty.Carolina responded with the tying goal just 21 seconds into the B's power play when Brock McGinn scored on a shorthanded breakaway.This shorthanded breakaway goal from Brock McGinn: Smooth. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a Page. The B's held leads of 2-1 and 3-2 but the Hurricanes did well to bounce back and force overtime. That left both Slavin and Dougie Hamilton as a minus-2 for the game, and Slavin is now a minus-5 in five playoff games against the Bruins over the last two postseasons.It really doesn’t bode well for the Hurricanes if their best shutdown players can’t effectively slow down Boston’s best offensive players in the least.After it was over, Bruce Cassidy didn’t exactly say “I told you so,” but stressed that he wasn’t worried about his best forwards showing up now that the Stanley Cup Playoff bell has really been rung.“These guys are battle tested.

Capitals beat Bruins to earn East 3 seed, face Isles next ESPN.co.uk 19:59 9-Aug-20. No one is tearing anybody down here. Put those two things together, those two factors together and we knew they’d be there and competing, and competing at a high level. Certainly Bergy [Patrice Bergeron] and Marchy [Brad Marchand], and Pasta [David Pastrnak] has been through it — not as much as those guys. And the top power play unit featuring all three forwards was once again a train wreck and is now But Boston’s three amigos also once again demonstrated pretty clearly that the Carolina defense isn’t going to be able to do much to stop them.Carolina’s best shutdown D-man Jaccob Slavin was on ice for both of the top line's goals and Slavin made a crucial mistake turning his back to the face-off play that Pastrnak finished off at the net right in front of his face. The Bruins would be much better off going with the speedy, two-way play of Karson Kuhlman in Game 2 on the third line while also sliding Anders Bjork to his natural left wing spot on the third line. Patrice Bergeron won the offensive zone faceoff and Brad Marchand made a pretty pass to Pastrnak for the goal.The Bruins took their first lead in the Toronto bubble when Charlie Coyle pounced on a loose puck in front of the net.