On Tuesday evening, Boston continued to wrestle in entrance of purpose, struggling a 4-0 shutout loss to the Predators at Bridgestone Enviornment in the course of the “Frozen Frenzy.”
Bruins proceed to wrestle
The NHL placed on a present Tuesday evening, with all 32 groups taking part in in the course of the season’s first “Frozen Frenzy,” with all 16 video games being televised.
The Bruins opened this season with some questionable performances within the NHL, and that theme continued Tuesday evening with a shutout by the Predators within the “Frozen Frenzy.”
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Tuesday’s loss was Boston’s fourth of the season and the third recreation this 12 months by which the workforce didn’t maintain a lead for all the recreation.
To make issues worse for the Bruins, the Predators had but to win a recreation this season earlier than shutting out Boston 4-0 this week.
The Bruins as soon as once more continued to wrestle offensively, with simply eight makes an attempt on purpose in opposition to the Predators, highlighting their continued scoring issues.
One other space the place Boston struggled was penalties, one thing head coach Jim Montgomery hopes to tighten up shifting ahead. “It is self-discipline,” Montgomery mentioned.
“We’re getting too many stick penalties. If you wish to stop a scoring likelihood and take a correct penalty, you normally find yourself crushing them. We had too many individuals within the offensive zone. , it must be strengthened.
Coach Jim Montgomery had this to say about tonight’s loss:
“A part of the method is to be disciplined and never take as many penalties as we did, and a part of the method is to stay to that.”#NHLB Bruins pic.twitter.com/v4X2AXNs7p
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“I already tried to kill three individuals within the first recreation and I solely managed to kill one, so I’ve to kill a four-minute penalty,” he mentioned. “It is placing an excessive amount of stress on sure gamers, sure gamers are taking part in an excessive amount of time. Different gamers are sitting on the bench an excessive amount of.”
The Bruins now look to finish their dropping streak at two once they play the Dallas Stars at TD Backyard of their subsequent recreation Thursday evening.
All outcomes for “Frozen Frenzy”
- Flyer 1-4 Capital
- Panthers 1-5 Wild
- Devils 5-8 Lightning
- Sabers Stars 4-2
- Canadiens 2-7 Rangers
- Blue Jackets 6-2 Maple Leafs
- Islanders 0-1 Crimson Wings
- Blues 2-3 Jets
- Blackhawks 3-6 Canucks
- Kraken 2-3 Avalanche
- Predators 4-0 Bruins
- Oilers 2-3 Hurricanes*
- Utah State 0-4 Senators
- Flame 4-3 Penguin
- Geese 3-1 Sharks
- Golden Knights 6-1 Kings
*Time beyond regulation victory
