BOSTON — Jake DeBrusk has 4 objectives and three assists within the six video games for the reason that NHL commerce deadline on March 8.
The 27-year-old ahead opened the scoring for the Boston Bruins of their matchup with the Rangers on Thursday night time, however New York was capable of full the regular-season collection sweep by defeating Boston 5-2.
“Clearly, it was a disappointing efficiency,” DeBrusk stated. “I feel that we had a great first interval, after which that they had the push within the second, and we simply didn’t actually reply.”
DeBrusk added: “I’ll give them full credit score. They gained nearly all of the battles, it felt like tonight, and so they deserved to win.”
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The Bruins outshot the Rangers, 14-9, within the first interval, however the Rangers took over the momentum of the sport within the second interval.
“I don’t assume feelings aren’t actually a query coming in,” DeBrusk stated. “I feel it’s only a matter of answering the push, which we didn’t do.”
Artemi Panarin recorded his seventh profession hat trick. His second objective was knocked into the Boston internet by DeBrusk, and his third was scored by way of an empty internet.
“There’s some fluky performs, (and) there’s some empty netters, however total the sport, I believed they actually managed us beneath our personal objective line,” DeBrusk stated. “I believed they (had been) controlling us as effectively from on the offensive aspect of the puck. It was a type of issues we simply felt we had been defending quite a bit.”
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Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery gave credit score to the Rangers as effectively for controlling the sport.
“They test very well,” Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery stated. “I don’t assume we checked effectively sufficient. I don’t assume we competed laborious sufficient on pucks.”
Montgomery stated he was “shocked” and “disenchanted” with how the Bruins performed towards the Rangers, however didn’t assume it was a perform of New York’s protection.
“I don’t assume it’s a mirrored image of their protection,” Montgomery stated. “We should always have the ability to achieve center ice quite a bit. We simply weren’t attacking.”
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Regardless of the loss, Montgomery stated he isn’t annoyed.
“I feel there’s been occasions within the different video games the place I didn’t prefer it,” Montgomery stated. “However total, I’ve been fairly blissful right here within the final two or three weeks. We have now 97 factors as a result of we’re a great hockey staff.”
Extra Bruins
Listed below are extra notes from Thursday’s Bruins-Rangers sport:
— The Bruins had been unable to capitalize on three power-play alternatives. Boston’s greatest likelihood got here simply as an Adam Fox hooking penalty on Charlie Coyle expired. With the second power-play unit nonetheless on the ice, DeBrusk beat Jonathan Fast 4 seconds later. Montgomery acknowledged the primary energy play unit wasn’t capable of generate any possibilities.
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“It’s not simply tonight, proper?” Montgomery stated of the primary energy play unit. “Our second unit has most likely scored eight of our final 10 power-play objectives. We’ll have a look at the movie and we’ll get again.”
— The Rangers outscored the Bruins, 14-7, within the three-game common season collection sweep.
— Justin Brazeau potted his fourth objective of the season within the third interval to knot the sport at two. The 6-foot-5, 220-pound Bruins ahead assisted on DeBrusk’s first objective for his second multi-point sport this season. Brazeau has performed in 14 video games since making his debut with Boston on Feb. 19. He’s registered 27 hits whereas averaging 11:19 minutes of ice time.
— With an total report of 41-15-15, the Bruins maintain the highest seed within the Japanese Convention, regardless of falling to 25-10-5 towards convention opponents and 9-7-2 towards the Metropolitan division.
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— The Bruins will look to get again into the win column after they head to Philadelphia to tackle the Flyers on Saturday afternoon. Puck drop from Wells Fargo Heart is slated for 1 p.m. ET. You’ll be able to catch all of the motion, plus an hour of pregame protection, on NESN.