Bruins 2 - Habs 1
Bruins goals: Seguin (2), Krejci (3)Canadiens goals: Subban PPG (1)
While we didn't get the pleasure of listening to Jack and Brick call the first B's/Habs game of the year, I actually thought NBC Sports did a nice job on the whole "Rivalry Wednesday" theme. If you tuned in at 7ish you got treated to some video montages of the rivalry through the decades and some sound bites taken from interviews with old players. If you don't like two teams that hate each other, then it wasn't for you. But for me, good stuff!
Every season divisional games obviously mean more than others. You win the division, you are a top 3 seed. In a shorten season they mean even more. It's still early in the year, but the B's had a chance to either put 3 points between them and the Habs (and remain on top of the East) or allow the Habs to leap frog them to the top of the division. The Habs are playing well this year, combined with the fact that it's never easy going to the Bell Centre (like the little Canadian flip of the "e" and the "r"...I'm so cultured), I wasn't too sure if the B's would pull off the double U.
Then the game started and I REALLY didn't think the B's were going to get a shot on goal, let alone a victory. They played just awful hockey in that first period. Luckily we have a good goaltender or it would've been a long night. It was also a surprisingly uneventful game in terms of fisticuffs/face washes/scrums. Not necessarily a bad thing, for while it was a fairly clean it was still entertaining. Maybe the B's are waiting for them to come to the Garden to rattle their cages a bit.
Anyhoo...
- TUUUuuuUUUUUUKKKAAA!!! Number 1 star of the game, hands down. He was the only player that showed up to play and if it wasn't for him, the B's would've been down a significant number of goals after the first few minutes. Timmy who?
- I thought the defense played a very poor game, especially Chara. This is one of the worst games I've seen Chara play. He's a machine, so I'm sure he'll just shut down for 30 seconds, reboot and be back to normal...not very worried. Dougie was easily the best out of the bunch last night. Maybe he can...ready... teach 'em how to play defense!! See what I did there...
- Claude Julien looked like a hockey Albert Einstein last night (minus the hair). The offense struggled mightily all night, so coming out of the 2nd intermission he flips Seguin and Horton and the first line scores two goals right out of the gate. Well played, Mr. Julien, well played.
- While they didn't get much playing time, I thought the rookie line (MacDermaid - Tardiff - Spooner) played pretty well. Basically, they didn't f-- up, which is impressive considering the type of game and the environment they were playing in.
- I hate Subban's flopping ways, but man does that guy have a rocket of a shot. Grrr why can't he just suck so I can trash on him some more?? And, after typing this I'll have to go throw up, Carey Price had a good game too. That's all the praise a Canadiens team can get right now without my B's card being revoked.
- And lastly, the power play BLOWS. What is going on here?!? I've tried to be patient, but this is just embarrassing. It has to be all mental. The players on the ice are very good players on a very good team and yet when they have an extra man on the ice they all fart in their brains. I'm not talking SBDs, I'm talking loud clear the room farts in the brains. I still feel if they can get a few in, they'll get on a roll and make it a dangerous part of their game. They are just too damn good.
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