In a good way.
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Vatrano had a couple backhand chances in the early stages of the second period, as he showed his desire to shoot the puck in any and every opportunity that he is garnered.
This was an especially poor showing by the Bruins, who have won only one of their first seven games at the Garden.
“It’s the same old I guess”. “We are making mistakes and its costing us games”.
“When you find it again, I thought in the third period it was more of one team a little bit more determined than the other”. We didn’t win enough battles, we didn’t win enough races.
Varlamov hurt his groin in Tuesday’s morning skate, so Berra started that night’s 4-0 win in Philadelphia after also shutting out Anaheim on October 16.
Soderberg beat old teammate Rask for a high glove-side goal make it 2-1 at 12:08 of the first and Avalanche defenseman Francois Beauchemin evened the score at 2-2 on his goal with 28.2 seconds left in the period.
And then came Spooner’s tally – his second in as many games – off a disastrous Carl Soderberg turnover behind the Colorado net.
After Colorado’s 3-2 win, Landeskog said there was no intent to injure Marchand on the play, which occurred at 5:46 of the second period at TD Garden. Marchand looked like he was injured for a brief moment, before skating over to Landeskog and punching him square in the face, which drew a roughing penalty.
Gabriel Landeskog is ejected for this hit on Brad Marchand.
Added Marchand: “Things happen quick. It is what it is”. “I’m happy he didn’t get hurt. I feel like the principle point of contact was shoulder, and like I said, I’m happy he didn’t get hurt”. “I think for me that was the right call”. Of course, the tempers were all over the place after the play, as they probably should have been.
“You have a two-nothing lead”. Marchand falls under the category of being a repeat-offender (he was suspended two games in January for slew-footing Rangers forward Derick Brassard last season), repeat-offender status only applies to punishment, not to whether a player is disciplined.
The Bruins broke a club record by losing to Colorado at home for the eighth straight time and haven’t beaten the Avalanche in Boston since 1998. A player like Jarome Iginla could be considered a prime trade candidate if the franchise goes shopping for blueline help, but Iginla indicated to Dater that he’s unwilling to waive his no-move clause in order to facilitate a trade this season.
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Colorado’s John Mitchell, who scored in the first meeting as part of a four-game goal streak to open the season, could return after missing four games with an oblique injury.
