With 15 video games left within the common season, the Boston Bruins sit in second place within the Jap Convention with 91 factors taking place the stretch.
Not dangerous for a workforce that was supposedly going to “fall off “in keeping with a number of unfavourable predictions coming into the 2023-24 season.
Regardless of dropping an off-kilter 5-1 resolution in opposition to the St. Louis Blues on Monday evening Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery isn’t involved with Boston’s total play.
“Watching the sport again, there’s components of our sport (we will be taught from),” Montgomery advised reporters after observe on Tuesday, per team-provided video. “The odd man rushes we didn’t like, however their first purpose goes off a linesman’s skate. We had a few open nets that we missed. Over the course of the season, that occurs.
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“Like a baseball participant. Typically, he hits fliers, they usually land between the shortstop and left fielder, after which typically, he hits the quilt off the ball, and it goes proper into the third baseman’s glove. It occurs over the course of the season. I’m not going to place a lot into (Monday’s) sport.”
With an total document of 38-14-15, the Bruins are 19-4-8 in opposition to groups slated to make the postseason and 19-10-7 in opposition to non-playoff groups.
Montgomery stated the Bruins must proceed to refine their sport and have the flexibility to seek out their sport constantly — whether or not they’re taking part in effectively or have began poorly in a matchup.
“I feel our workforce has proven the flexibility to examine. We’ve proven the flexibility to attain; we’ve proven the flexibility to play bodily,” Montgomery stated. “We simply obtained to constantly do it and worth being laborious to play in opposition to. That’s the primary factor. That’s laborious to do all 82 video games.”
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The Bruins are coming off a stretch the place they performed six video games in 10 days, and Montgomery acknowledges the membership’s resilience, particularly the “aggressive spirit,” “nice tradition and the good leaders” within the locker room.
“I’ve stated it since I’ve been right here since day one. I’m very lucky with the gamers I get to teach as a result of they wish to win,” Montgomery stated. “They wish to get higher in order that’s why I feel we get higher all year long.”
The Bruins will face an Unique Six rival after they head north of the border to tackle the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday evening on the Bell Centre. The Canadiens are 33 factors behind the Bruins within the standings however Boston holds the 2-0-1 document this season in opposition to Montreal. The time beyond regulation loss on Nov. 11 was the primary time the Canadiens defeated the Bruins for the primary time in 11 video games relationship again to the 2019-20 season.