If you watched game three between the Bruins and Canadiens you know the Bruins didn't play very well. At times it looked like they were either shorthanded, oblivious to their surroundings, completely lethargic, or all of the above.
If you don't believe me just watch the replays of the Canadiens goals and you'll surely see what I mean. New dad, Tuukka Rask said that he didn't think the team played bad, but just made stupid mistakes. Sorry Tuukka, you played bad and made stupid mistakes. One of those stupid mistakes (not alerting his teammates that the Subban penalty was over) you've supposedly admitted to. That mistake was followed immediately by Subban's breakaway out of the box.
Besides making stupid mistakes, the Bruins as a group were also guilty of lacking hustle throughout the game. On Dale Weise's breakaway, Johnny Boychuk is barely breaking a sweat trying to get back. Another example was in (I believe) the third period where Montreal avoided an icing call because Zdeno Chara was out-hustled.
Now, I know we've all pretty much begged the Bruins to not get drawn into taking stupid penalties during this series, but not taking dumb penalties is not the same as not playing hockey. Yes, the Bruins needed to go into Montreal and play a relatively clean game, but the game to be played was hockey.
Although the Bruins outshot the Canadiens 28-26, it certainly didn't feel like it. The statistics that did feel like their tallies were hits, takeaways and blocked shots. As I'm sure you've figure out, the Canadiens edged out the Bruins with hits 36-31. They had 7 takeaways to the Bruins 1 and 29 blocked shots to the Bruins 20.
While I hope the Bruins don't get dragged into any dumb penalties on Thursday, I hope they are more physical and aggressive. In my opinion Marchand and Krug were two of the players who showed up tonight.
Wrong Call
Not that we would have scored on it, but according to the rules the Bruins should have been awarded a penalty shot when Subban intentionally dislodged the net with 10 seconds remaining. Reason being is that it should have been a minor penalty for delay of game, but basically upgraded since there was less than 2 minutes left in the game.
Now, I know we've all pretty much begged the Bruins to not get drawn into taking stupid penalties during this series, but not taking dumb penalties is not the same as not playing hockey. Yes, the Bruins needed to go into Montreal and play a relatively clean game, but the game to be played was hockey.
Although the Bruins outshot the Canadiens 28-26, it certainly didn't feel like it. The statistics that did feel like their tallies were hits, takeaways and blocked shots. As I'm sure you've figure out, the Canadiens edged out the Bruins with hits 36-31. They had 7 takeaways to the Bruins 1 and 29 blocked shots to the Bruins 20.
While I hope the Bruins don't get dragged into any dumb penalties on Thursday, I hope they are more physical and aggressive. In my opinion Marchand and Krug were two of the players who showed up tonight.
Wrong Call
Not that we would have scored on it, but according to the rules the Bruins should have been awarded a penalty shot when Subban intentionally dislodged the net with 10 seconds remaining. Reason being is that it should have been a minor penalty for delay of game, but basically upgraded since there was less than 2 minutes left in the game.
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