The Boston Bruins had been outplayed in each method in an ugly, blowout loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday evening.
The Black and Gold not solely misplaced 8-2 to the ‘Canes however they had been additionally outshot 37-15 within the contest, managing simply 5 pictures on purpose in every interval.
Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery tried to spice up the offense by juggling all 4 ahead traces, however Carolina’s puck stress and tempo had been an excessive amount of for Boston and the workforce couldn’t maintain any kind of cohesiveness all through the sport.
“We knew they’d come onerous,” Montgomery instructed Andy Brickley on NESN’s postgame protection. “Sadly, we didn’t transfer pucks quick sufficient.”
David Pastrnak mentioned the Bruins’ struggles are extra than simply line mixtures not working.
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“Proper now, it’s not in regards to the mixtures,” he instructed reporters, as seen on NESN’s postgame protection. “We aren’t adequate as a workforce, and that’s the place it begins.”
Boston completed the primary month of the season successful one sport out of its final six, however Montgomery believes the workforce can flip it round within the upcoming month.
“We had a variety of success the final two years,” he mentioned, per team-provided video. “We had been first place within the league the final two years. We by no means achieved something we needed to.
“Proper now, we’re not joyful. No one’s proud of what’s occurring. However we are going to get out of it. We shall be higher and hopefully create some higher outcomes come playoff time. It begins by sticking collectively and dealing. There’s no substitute for second and third effort.”
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The Bruins aren’t prepared to level the finger at anybody participant on the roster and are taking accountability for the way the workforce is enjoying on the ice.
“All you are able to do is hold working onerous,” Trent Frederic instructed reporters, as seen on NESN’s postgame protection. “I believe all people is doing that and making an attempt their greatest. I believe everybody wants to return collectively. A whole lot of people, together with myself, aren’t doing effectively.
“I believe everybody simply wants to fret in regards to the workforce and be workforce first. I’m not saying that’s the case, however the person stuff will come and form of all mix in collectively. We’ve performed it for what number of years now? It’s a recipe, we simply acquired to get to it.”
Extra Bruins
Listed below are extra notes from Thursday’s Bruins-Hurricanes sport:
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— The Bruins’ 8-2 thrashing to Carolina is the worst loss for Boston since a 6-0 blowout defeat to the Hurricanes on Feb. 10, 2022, in response to 98.5 The Sports activities Hub’s Ty Anderson.
— Boston surrendered three power-play targets for the third time this season within the first 11 video games. The Bruins had allowed three power-play targets in a single sport simply thrice within the earlier 437 video games, per Anderson.
— Brad Marchand tallied his second purpose of the season and have become the ninth participant in franchise historical past to attain 80 profession power-play targets. The Bruins captain additionally moved into the fourth spot, forward of Rick Middleton, in workforce historical past in targets scored (403).
— Jeremy Swayman was pulled halfway by means of the second interval after the Boston goaltender gave up six targets on 22 pictures by means of half-hour.
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— The Bruins journey to Philadelphia to tackle the Flyers in a matinee matchup Saturday. Puck drop from Wells Fargo Middle is slated for 1 p.m. ET. You possibly can watch the sport, plus an hour of pregame protection, on NESN.
