After a slide in the standings due to their recent play, the Bruins find themselves 4th in the East. Thursday night, March 11th, the Bruins travel to the Big Apple to take on the Rangers at Madison Square Garden. The boys come out of the gate buzzing, aggressive play, good forechecking, leading to a Pastrnak goal from a Marchand feed to take the early 1-0 lead. Later on in the period, while on a Rangers power play, Bergeron scores his 19th career shorthanded goal on a lazer from Marchand. Goals in the second period by Krecji, his 1st of the season, and Debrusk, his 2nd, finish off the Rangers to complete Halak's 52nd career shutout. Marchand had 3 assists on the night, and the Bruins win 4-0.
The following Saturday, the Bruins embarked on a matinee rematch with the Rangers, which saw New York return the favor, handing the Bruins a frustrating 4-0 shutout loss. An uninspired, lackluster effort. The most concerning instance occurred when Branden Lemieux took liberties on Trent Frederic as he left the ice. Frederic, a player always standing up for his fellow teammates, Freddy not being shown the same courtesies by the team at this moment is glaring and makes me question certain compositions of this team.
Bruins next traveled a bit west to Pittsburgh, where they started a 2-game set with the Penguins at PPG Paints Arena. The game started well; we saw the team come out with good energy with smart decision making leading to Matt Gryzclyk's first goal of the season on the power play. After that, it became pretty evident Halak didn't have it tonight, giving up 4 unanswered goals, including 2 leaky, very savable goals, in my opinion. The Bruins lose 4-1.
The Bruins next looked for a bounce-back effort when they squared off against the Penguins again, in the second of back-to-back games. Rookie goaltender call-up Dan Vladar gets his first career regular-season start. In the first period, we see an aggressive forecheck to start, and the two teams trade goals by Pastrnak and Tanev, respectively. Tied at 1-1 in the 2nd period Tanev delivers a devastating neutral zone hit on the boards to Jarred Tinordi, resulting in a 5-minute major penalty that the Bruins promptly do nothing with. not letting missed opportunities slip through their fingers, the Bruins come through in the third period with an absolute snipe by Frederic for the game-winning goal 2-1, set up by Bergeron and Zorbil. Dan Vladar earned his first career victory in his first career regular-season start, where he was stellar, giving up only one goal on 35 shots.
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