The Boston Bruins Friday night game was filled with twist and turns. Things just seem to never go the B’s way.
The game of hockey has changed. This was evident in the Boston Bruins Friday night overtime loss to the Dallas Stars.
It was one hell of a game especially for a 1-0 loss. There was never a dull moment. The Bruins looked like they were going to overcome all the obstacles that were laid before them and walk away with the victory, but one wrong bounce changed all of that.
It seems like the Bruins have absolutely zero puck luck. They are always on the receiving end of a bad bounce or a bad call. Boston just seems incapable of winning games.
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This isn’t a criticism of the Bruins. They actually played a great game and in my eyes deserved the win. With Zdeno Chara out the Bruins didn’t look half bad.
Now there is one player I want to mention before I get into my takeaways. I really like this Connor Clifton kid. He got some serious playing time and even got in his first fight.
Jason Spezza was giving it to the rookie and Clifton wasn’t having any of it. He beat Spezza to the ground and had me and many other Bruins fans ready to run through a brick wall.
With all the things that the Bruins had to overcome I am rather pleased Boston was able to get a point.
So here are my 3 takeaways from a deflating loss on Friday night.
1. Hockey is soft
I never thought I would ever say those words, but the game of hockey is getting soft. Brad Marchand was once again on the receiving end of a horrible call.
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Marchand lightly and I mean LIGHTLY tapped Dallas Stars goaltender Ben Bishop on the pads and you would have thought that Marchand hit Bishop with a pipe.
Bishop did his best acting job and Marchand headed to the box. As you could expect Marchy wasn’t happy so he ended up getting a slashing penalty along with a 10-minute misconduct. I was stunned to see Bishop in between the pipes in the 3rd period. It was a heroic effort by him.
This may go down as the worst call in the history of sports. Hockey is softer than soccer at this point.
The only positive of this is that we got to see Marchand chirp the Dallas fans and continually ask them ” how much did you pay to watch me?”
Never change Brad Marchand. Please never change.
2. The Hockey gods hate us
Why do bad things happen to good people like Patrice Bergeron?
The Boston Bruins look like an emergency room so far this season. Everyone seems to be getting hurt. That didn’t stop on Friday night.
Patrice Bergeron was the victim of a brutal hit that drove his shoulder into the boards. Bergeron was clearly rattled and tried to play through the pain, but he was clearly shaken up.
If Bergeron has to miss serious time it would be brutal. I really don’t know how the Boston Bruins will survive all these injuries.
Hopefully Bergeron will miraculous be okay, but it looks like he will miss some time. Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy will really have to work some magic with Boston’s lines.
When will the tide turn? When will the Boston Bruins be able to survive a game without a player suffering an injury? It seems like that day will never come.
3. Tuukka Rask is back
Tuukka Rask looked great on Friday night. It looks like the great goaltender has returned.
Rask needed to have a good game. He was coming off of his leave of absence and needed to establish that he is the Bruins starting goaltender.
Tuukka had a phenomenal game stopping 36 shots. Rask looked great and made some major saves. It’s hard to hate on Rask after such a great game.
This is the type of Rask that the Bruins need. If Rask continues to play as he did on Friday the Bruins will have great chances to win games night in and night out.
The Bruins don’t get a break as they face off against the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday night. Hopefully, the Bruins will walk away with the win in the desert. They need to turn things around before they build out a hole that is too big to climb out of.