Talking Points: Boston Bruins With Impressive Win Vs. Florida

BOSTON – Listed here are the Speaking Factors from the Boston Bruins 4-2 win over the Florida Panthers at TD Backyard on Tuesday night time.

GOLD STAR: Taylor Corridor appeared like he had an additional gear all through the sport, so it’s no coincidence that he ended up as one of many offensive stars for the Boston Bruins. Corridor completed with a secondary help on Boston’s first purpose when he discovered an open David Pastrnak simply as he was slicing down the center of the Florida protection earlier than backhanding a dish off to Erik Haula for a one-timer. Then six seconds later Haula gained the faceoff to Pastrnak, who hit Corridor in stride heading down the slot for a buried wrist shot for his 19^th purpose of the season. In all Corridor completed with a purpose, two factors, a plus-2 in 17:47 of ice time to associate with 5 pictures on internet, successful and a takeaway in a strong night time’s work.

BLACK EYE: Jonathan Huberdeau was a possible Hart Trophy candidate for many of this season, however he was dreadful towards the Boston Bruins. He completed a minus-2 with one shot on internet, three giveaways and was a non-factor in 19:44 of ice time for the Panthers. He wasn’t alongside, clearly, as Patric Hornqvist was a no-show for the Panthers, and Aleksander Barkov was a minus-2 whereas dropping greater than he gained within the face-off circle. Even Joe Thornton couldn’t muster up a lot, in what’s possible his closing sport at TD Backyard, apart from a half-hearted shoving match with Tomas Nosek early within the sport. As Bruce Cassidy stated postgame, it didn’t appear like the Panthers had their standard soar on this night time.

TURNING POINT: The Bruins might have been rattled after they allowed one other last-minute purpose with actually lower than a second to go on the clock on the finish of the primary interval. The late purpose made it a 2-2 sport going into the primary intermission and issues actually might have taken a flip for the Black and Gold. As a substitute, they received again to work and struck for one more purpose within the first 5 minutes of the second interval when Brad Marchand fired a rocket on the Florida internet that Sergei Bobrovsky was capable of cease, however Jake DeBrusk crashed the web and snapped house the rebound. The play gave the Bruins a 3-2 lead within the sport and gave them again the momentum in a sport they honestly dominated from a 5-on-5 perspective.

HONORABLE MENTION: Brad Marchand has proven indicators he was popping out of his current struggles in the previous couple of video games, and actually snapped out of it on Tuesday by scoring an empty netter than snapped an 11-game goal-scoring drought. He additionally assisted on Boston’s game-winning purpose when he fired a long-distance rocket that handcuffed Sergei Bobrovsky into an enormous rebound with Jake DeBrusk bearing down on the web. Marchand completed with 20 minutes of ice time, a purpose, two factors, 5 pictures on internet and three huge hits in a sport the place he introduced power and offense to the desk. It’s reassuring to the Bruins to see Marchand and Patrice Bergeron taking part in with this type of power this late into the season. This hit on Patric Hornqvist was a magnificence.

BY THE NUMBERS: 11 – the variety of the goal-scoring drought that Brad Marchand lastly snapped when he scored on an empty netter within the closing seconds of Tuesday night time’s win.

QUOTE TO NOTE: “Particular groups, energy play…that’s undoubtedly an space we wish to get fastened. It’s been a wrestle level for us. The boldness simply isn’t there. We’d like a few practices to get issues so as.” –Taylor Corridor on a Boston Bruins energy play that’s now 0-for-36 and hasn’t scored for the reason that opening days of April.