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Bruins Notes: Boston Didn't Come Close To Meeting 'Standard' Vs. Capitals
BOSTON — The Boston Bruins have lost two of the last three games following the 3-0 shutout against the Washington Capitals at TD Garden on Saturday.
In the first 40 minutes of the game, the Bruins only managed eight shots on goal as the Capitals controlled the tempo of the game.
“It just shouldn’t happen,” Bruins center Charlie Coyle said after the game. “There’s no excuse for it. I really have nothing to say to change that. It shouldn’t be a thing. And, we’ve seen it twice in three games.”
Coyle added: “It’s just a mindset thing really. It’s coming in, getting ready and focus for the game. No matter what time it’s at … day, night, whatever. We have a standard here, and we weren’t even close to meeting it tonight.”
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When asked how the Bruins can bounce back and remedy playing below their standard, Coyle struggled for the answer.
“Honestly, not sure,” he said. “There’s no excuse for it. I hate to even try to talk about it because it just shouldn’t happen and we need to address that and be better next game. (…) It’s a work ethic thing. It’s a mindset thing. We got to bring that. That’s what we expect from ourselves. That’s what the fans expect. That’s just unacceptable.”
Coyle expressed the difference between not getting bounces and having the work ethic to battle for the puck and space.
“You gotta work for it,” Coyle said. “It’s one thing if you’re not getting the bounces, but you just can’t mosey through a game and expect to get bounces. That’s not how it works. You’re not going to win many, if any, games like that.”
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Here are more notes from Saturday’s Bruins-Capitals game:
— The Bruins registered just 18 shots on goal in the loss, which is the lowest since Mar. 12, 2013, when they recorded 16.
“We passed up a couple of chances,” Brad Marchand said after the game. “But, we didn’t even put ourselves in a position to get shots. We weren’t winning enough battles into areas where we could get shot opportunities. We did pass up a couple for sure, but we have to do a better job creating.”
— The 3-0 loss was the first time Boston had been shut out in the 2023-24 season.
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— With the Bruins being held off the board, Coyle’s 10-game point streak was snapped. Over the past 10 games, Coyle had lit the lamp four times and assisted on 11 other Boston goals for a total of 15 points.
— The Bruins continue their seven-game homestand when they host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night. Puck drop from TD Garden is slated for 7 p.m. ET, and you can catch all the action, plus an hour of pregame coverage on NESN.
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Sonny Gray once again led the way on the bump for Boston.
Are the Boston Red Sox back?
They’re certainly on the right track.
Boston won its seventh consecutive game Friday night, 6-2, in its series opener against the New York Mets. The victory improved its record to 44-48, which moved the club even closer to .500 on the year.
On top of that, the win was the Red Sox’ 12th in their last 14 games.
Immediately after the final out was recorded, Boston found itself 1.5 games back of the American League’s third wild-card spot.
The win was even sweeter considering the team’s severe issues they experienced in attempting to reach Citi Field.
After they were supposed to have departed Chicago at 9:45 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday night following their series sweep of the White Sox, the Red Sox’ team plane was grounded until 3 p.m. ET on Friday. Weather delays on Thursday kept them at their gate, and then mechanical problems on Friday prolonged their stay on the tarmac well into the afternoon.
Friday’s game with the Mets was originally scheduled to begin at 7:15 p.m., but was pushed back until 7:50 due to Boston not landing at LaGuardia Airport until shortly after 4:30 p.m.
Starting pitcher Sonny Gray did not travel to New York ahead of time, which some starters do to get settled before their outing.
Nevertheless, the Red Sox de facto ace continued his stretch of utterly dominant pitching.
Gray tossed six innings of one-run ball, struck out three, and walked one on 91 pitches (53 strikes). He added an 11th win to his personal record in what has been an excellent season for the veteran right-hander.
Boston’s bullpen was nails, too — Tyron Guerrero, Garrett Whitlock, and Greg Weissert finished the game off in the final three innings after Gray exited. Weissert allowed New York’s second and final run in the ninth on a solo home run, but that was all she wrote in the runs column.
Offensively, the Red Sox’ bats stayed hot in what has been an unprecedented turnaround by the entire team at the plate.
Masataka Yoshida got things going in the first inning with a two-run double, but Boston was quiet until the seventh when Anthony Seigler broke things open. He hit a two-run homer to extend the lead, his second of the year, and was fired up as he rounded the bases.
After the game, Apple TV’s Heidi Watney asked Seigler how he had so much energy following the travel issues the team encountered earlier in the day. He said the club simply knew they would have to persevere, and they did just that on the diamond.
“I think that’s just how we are. It’s this whole team. It doesn’t just start with one person. I think it’s just everybody in the locker room,” Seigler said. “We were dealt some adversity today, obviously. But it doesn’t matter. We knew we were gonna come out here and handle our business, and we did.”
He even said he felt like he could suit up for another game immediately after the win.
“I mean, I feel like we could go another nine (innings) if we needed to, honestly, with how we’re going,” Seigler said with a smile.
Seigler, who came to Boston in the Caleb Durbin trade in February, has been a total, albeit unlikely, spark plug since joining the team last month. Through 20 games, he’s slashing .292/.378/.477 with an .855 OPS, and has hit at the top of the order.
Wilyer Abreu joined in on the fun with a two-run shot of his own in the ninth to cap the Red Sox’ scoring. He finally got a hold of one after coming within feet of hitting a homer in the fifth inning.
Boston’s offensive surge couldn’t have come at a better time. The front office has yet to decide whether they will be buyers or sellers at next month’s trade deadline; the team’s hot streak could prevent chief baseball officer Craig Breslow from blowing the roster up entering the second half.
The Red Sox are still four games below .500, but capping off the first half of what was a tumultuous start to the season with a win streak and multiple series sweeps could be just what the doctor ordered with the dog days of summer looming.
“We’re just putting great at-bats together, the whole lineup from top to bottom,” Seigler said of what’s gone right lately. “Our starter, Sonny, all of them, they just speak for themselves. And then our bullpen does a great job coming in behind them.
“It’s just fun to be around everybody. We believe in each other. Everything’s contagious. We’re all bringing high energy every day.”
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The Red Sox weren’t able to leave Chicago until approximately 3 p.m. ET for their 7:15 p.m. ET game Friday.
No games have been played, but the Red Sox’s series against the New York Mets is already off to a rocky start.
That’s thanks to a series of travel issues that caused a 17-hour delay from the time Boston was supposed to depart Chicago to the time it actually took off. The Red Sox should have left Illinois at 9:45 p.m. Eastern Time Thursday night, landing in New York around midnight.
Instead, the team took off at approximately 3 p.m. ET on Friday. They’ll land around 5 p.m., making it to New York just barely in time for their 7:15 p.m. game against the Mets.
The Boston Globe‘s Tim Healey and Alex Speier reported the delay, and their sources didn’t give any specific reason for the issues, just that Boston “encountered multiple plane issues in trying to continue to New York.”
As of 4 p.m. ET, the Red Sox-Mets game will continue as scheduled at 7:15 p.m. Friday. Sonny Gray is set to take the bump for Boston, which enters Friday an undefeated 6-0 on its recent road trip.
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Police investigating shooting in Downtown Crossing – Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News
BOSTON (WHDH) – Police are investigating a shooting in Downtown Crossing that occurred Thursday night.
Officials said the shooting occurred around 10:30 p.m. near Tremont and Temple Streets.
When officers arrived on scene, they found a man with a gunshot wound; he is expected to survive.
Police have not said if any arrests have been made.
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