Whatever is in the water in Boston needs to be identified and bottled. Fast!
The Boston Bruins are charging up the Atlantic ladder and mowing down anyone in their path as they extended their point streak to 14 games with a 4-1 dismantling of the Montreal Canadiens Wednesday night.
David Pastrnak replied to early Habs goal to tie the game in Boston’s 4-1 win Wednesday night – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
Tuukka Rask, maligned earlier in the season as having lost his edge, made 21 saves to pick up the win.
Rask is an astounding 13-0-2 in his last 15 starts.
“We feel so good about our game that we know over the course of 60 minutes that we’ll get our chances if we’re working hard and stick to our layers and stick to our defensive posture that will turn into offense for us,” Boston’s Torey Krug said. “So you know it’s just confidence in our system and the way that we’re rolling right now and guys stepping up.”
This seemed over from the opening puck drop as the Habs offered little resistance to the Bruins throughout the match, that despite the fact they took a 1-0 lead just 31 seconds into the game on a strike from Jakub Jerabek.
David Pastrnak, Ryan Spooner, Brad Marchand and David Krejci scored for Boston.
“Especially that early in a game, it’s not that big of a deal being down by a goal,” Marchand said. “But yeah, we have a lot of character in here, we’ve shown that plenty of times throughout the year. We knew that there was still almost 60 minutes left in the game, we could battle back and we did. It ended up being a good game for us.”
The Bruins improved to 25-10-8 with the win.
“It was a bad game, we’re not happy about it,” Montreal’s Max Pacioretty said. “It seemed like nobody really wanted the puck, and obviously … you play against a team like that, that offensive line is probably one of the best in the League, and you give them opportunities to feel good about their game, and they made us pay.”
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Carey Price made 28 saves in taking the loss as the Habs dropped to 18-21-6.
“Tonight we just laid an egg. Not good enough. So obviously it’s a disappointing loss for us, especially in the situation we’re in. But we didn’t play well, as simple as that. You hope you can bounce back next game and resemble more the team you did in the last four or five [games],” Canadiens head coach Claude Julien said after losing in his return to Boston.
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