1/3 on the road but coming back to Boston with a big win

The Boston Bruins needed a win to finish off their road trip and they did it big with a 5-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes. The scoring started early with Brad Marchand getting his seventh goal of the season, scoring 0:58 seconds into the game. The assists came from Reilly Smith and Dougie Hamilton on their first shift of the game. Soon after in the first period at 5:58 minutes into the game, Kevin Miller (unassisted) got his first goal of the season. Zbynek Michalek for the Coyotes scored in the first period making the score 2-1 Bruins.

The Boston Bruins took the game away in the second period with goals from Simon Gagne (3), Brad Marchand (8), and Loui Eriksson (4) on the power play going into the third period leading 5-1. There were assists from Daniel Paille, Reilly Smith, Dougie Hamilton, Patrice Bergeron and Torey Krug. In the third period The Arizona Coyotes Mikkel Bodeker scored in the third period making the final score 5-2 with the Bruins taking home the win.

Stats:

Total Shots-
Bruins-33
Coyotes-26

PIM:
Bruins-8
Coyotes-4

Hits:
Bruins-33
Coyotes-36

Giveaways:
Bruins-1
Coyotes-5

Takeaways:
Bruins-6
Coyotes-6

Faceoffs Won:
Bruins-25
Coyotes-31

Brad Marchand helps the Boston Bruins to a win with 2 goals

Tough western road trip coming to an end

The Boston Bruins have had a tough last couple of games losing to the Anaheim Ducks, the Los Angeles Kings and last night they lost 4-7 to the San Jose Sharks. This was an extremely hard road trip out west with minor injuries to Brad Marchand, David Krejci, Chris Kelly and more significant injuries to Captain Zdeno Chara and Adam McQuaid. They finish their final game out west with the Arizona Coyotes Saturday, November 6th, who are 10-14-3 on the year. After this long time away from home, the Boston Bruins will head home for a Stanley Cup rematch at the T.D. Garden in Boston. The Chicago Blackhawks come to town hungry for some more wins as they sit third in their division at 16-8-1.

Bruins vs. Sharks recap

Box Score

A Long West Coast Trip

The Boston Bruins began their west coast trip last night with the Anaheim Ducks and tonight on December 2 head to LA to face the defending Stanley Cup Champions the Los Angeles Kings. This will be a great battle tonight as two of the best teams in the league last year face off. The Boston Bruins are starting to gain back some of their injured players including Captain Zdeno Chara who has been skating at practice (knee). It will be a huge relief to have their leader and big man of defense back in the line up.

Zdeno Chara World Record Slap Shot
108.8 MPH slap shot


Slava Voynov, a defenseman on the Kings is being charged with domestic violence, and the team is being fined $100,000 for violating the terms of his suspension. Voynov is not  allowed to participate in any team related functions or activities but was allowed to use facilities and work with the team personnel. The LA Kings coach Darrly Sutter said that it was an optional team skate and he was suppose to come out after with the injured players but many members of the media did not agree. Voynov pleaded not guilty on corporal injury to his spouse but will appear in court on December 15, for his preliminary hearing.


                                         

Slava Voynov still not helping the Kings

Rising of a Rookie

The Boston Bruins lost to the Anaheim Ducks 2-3 on Monday December, 1. This brought their record to 14-10-1 with 29 points in the Atlantic division. Brad Marchand scored his 6th goal of the season with assists from Pastrnak and Trotman. Simon Gagne scored his second goal of the season with assists coming from Paille and Hamilton. The Bruins outshot the Ducks 34-28 but still could not get another goal past Anderson.

There was some good that came out this game though as David Pastrnak scored his first NHL point as he assisted Brad Marchand in the middle of the second period. He is from Havirov, Czech Republic and at 18 years old was the youngest AHL player in the league until he was brought up on November 24. There is a bright future ahead for the young Pastrnak and the Bruins knew that when they picked him in the 1st round (25th overall). On November 28th against the Winnipeg Jets, Pastrnak had a team leading 7 shots.




Rookies first NHL point.