With a half-dozen consecutive losses of their again pocket and the Colorado Avalanche coming to city, you can forgive Bruins followers for having low expectations for this afternoon’s recreation.
Instead, the Bruins bought a stellar efficiency from Jeremy Swayman, a greater team-wide effort, and a little bit of luck to go their means in what ended up a 3-2 regulation win over the Avalanche.
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Swayman made 31 saves within the win, whereas his teammates blocked 34 pictures in entrance of him, supplying you with an honest thought of which workforce managed possession.
The Bruins bought two objectives in underneath a minute in the course of the second interval, with Viktor Arvidsson breaking his drought first and Mikey Eyssimont cashing in subsequent.
Morgan Geekie scored what would arise because the game-winning aim late within the second interval.
To the highlights!
Colorado bought the scoring began early within the first interval when Artturi Lehkonen discovered himself in roughly 42 sq. miles of open house and buried an important move from Nathan MacKinnon to make it 1-0 Avalanche.
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Arvidsson would get his first round ten minutes later, exhibiting an important willingness to stay with the play earlier than finally banking the puck in off of Scott Wedgewood, making it a 1-1 recreation.
Speaking of good passing performs, Eyssimont had himself a tap-in after an important move from Tanner Jeannot, making it 2-1 Bruins.
Geekie’s aim would show to be the large one for the B’s, as he confirmed some hustle and caught Wedgewood napping to make it 3-1 Bruins with simply 5 seconds left within the second interval.
Lehkonen would get his second on a fantastic net-front tip with 20 seconds left within the third, making it 3-2 Bruins — however that was as shut as they bought.
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The Bruins managed to kill the remainder of the clock, bought in a pleasant post-whistle scrum, and skated off the TD Garden ice with their first win in shut to 2 weeks.
Game notes
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Sometimes you simply want a bounce or two or 5 to go your means, proper? The Arvidsson aim got here off of a flubbed Mason Lohrei shot, then was banked in. The Geekie required a mind fart and a little bit of luck. Hey, you’ll definitely take it, however these had been the sorts of bounces that weren’t going the B’s means throughout their dropping streak.
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It’d be a little bit of an exaggeration to say Swayman stole this recreation, however he was glorious all through and was a significant purpose the Bruins earned two factors.
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If we level out the unhealthy video games, we additionally need to level out the great: Lohrei assisted on all three Bruins objectives in the present day.
The Bruins can be off on Sunday, apart from touring to Ottawa. Enjoy the weekend!