In Boston, the Bruins improved to 14-0-0 at on Saturday in a 5-1 thumping of the Colorado Avalanche.
The Bruins improved to 20-3-0 on the season.
“I think we keep playing the right way and we’re getting rewarded for it,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. “Colorado’s very depleted, but still, that’s a championship team and they know how to win.”
David Pastrnak and Trent Frederic each hit for doubles in the win.
“We work for each other,” Bruins forward David Pastrnak said. “We obviously started [the] season without some key players to the team, and some other guys had to step up, and they did. And sometimes that builds up the confidence [individually], and then obviously that translates to the team.”
The Bruins took a 3-0 lead before the Andrew Cogliano s scored to get the Avs on the board at 3-1.
“[Facing Colorado] definitely makes you be more prepared,” Boston’s Brad Marchand said. “You have to be dialed [in] if you’re playing against that team.[Nathan MacKinnon‘s] line, every single shift they can break out and take over a game in one shift. I thought we did a good job. They’re really tough to play against.”
Pastrnak and Frederic scored in the first period to get the Bruins going with a 2-0 lead.
“The guys I play with help me a lot,” Frederic said. “‘Hallsy’ [Taylor Hall] and ‘CC’ [Charlie Coyle] have been great putting confidence in me, and then also ‘Monty’ [Montgomery] has been great about it, so I kind of give credit to them, and it’s been fun.”
Pastrnak scored in the second frame for a 3-0 lead.
Frederic added his second strike in the third period for a 4-1 lead.
“We’re missing good players,” Colorado forward Mikko Rantanen said. “One plus one is two, right? If you have good players, like big, important players back, it’s different. But like I said, no excuses. Injuries happen in sports, and we’re just in a little bit of a slide in that part.”
Jake DeBrusk added a single marker 10 seconds later for the 5-1 final
“It was just nice to score a goal,” DeBrusk said of scoring his 100th goal. “I felt like I hadn’t beaten a goalie in a while. I’m really happy to contribute obviously, I think every line did tonight, and [this was] just a little sweetener.”
Colorado dropped to 13-8-1.
Pavel Francouz made 35 saves in the Avs loss.
“Their whole team is just a really complete team,” Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar said. “Every single guy on that team plays their role to perfection, and we knew it was going to be like that. Especially their [defensemen] obviously, they go full press.”
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