PHILADELPHIA – The Boston Bruins got a late goal from Brett Connolly with less than two minutes left in regulation to edge the Philadelphia Flyers, 3-2, Monday night.
Connolly has not been on the scoresheet very much for the Bruins and had only three goals in the last 36 games.
Wayne Simmonds
“Obviously it’s been a frustrating little while,” Connolly said. “Been getting lots of chances, getting some good opportunities. To see that one go in, in such a big game, right before the All-Star break, it’s obviously good to see it go in. … It’s just a matter of sticking with it. I’ve said that for a while, got to stick with it. Things change in a hurry in this League. When you’re confident you’re a different player. When you see a puck go in the net it’s a good feeling. I was obviously very happy with that.”
Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand scored for the Bruins in the first period, both on the power play.
Wayne Simmonds scored both goals for the Flyers who seemed on the verge of repeating history with a late rally against Boston; they won two weeks ago over the Bruins with a late goal.
“That definitely creeps into your mind a little bit,” Marchand said. “I thought we showed a lot of character bouncing back and getting that third goal.”
Tuukka Rask made 34 saves for the win.
“We need to finish strong,” Boston coach Claude Julien said. “We have one more game [Tuesday] and our goal is to leave [for the break] on a winning note.”
Loui Eriksson screens Michal Neuvirth
Michal Neuvirth took the loss on 28 saves.
“We just have to be mentally better,” Simmonds said. “I think it’s not physical. If you can come out second and third and play the way we did then I don’t think it’s physical at all. So I just think we have to make sure we’re getting ourselves up for the first periods and it starts with the first shift and it snowballs from there.”
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