The B's got a big 2-1 win over the Florida Panthers last night in their final game before the All-Star break, finishing a 4-game sweep of the season series with Florida. It didn't come without a scare, though. Just days after Marc Savard was re-concussed, David Krejci tumbled awkwardly into the end boards and immediately grabbed his wrist. Krejci injured his wrist last postseason in the Philadelphia series, and we all know how things turned out for the B's from there. Fortunately, this time, Krejci ended up returning to the ice. It didn't take him long to make an impact, winning an offensive zone faceoff cleanly back to Milan Lucic, who roped a wrist shot into the top corner for a 2-0 Boston lead. Their first goal had come a few minutes earlier when rookie Brad Marchand took a sweet feed from Patrice Bergeron, brought the puck all the way around the net, and wrapped it around on sprawling goaltender Thomas Vokoun for the rookie's 13th tally of the season.
The two-goal cushion was ultimately all the Bruins would need, because Tim Thomas is -- well, need I explain? He's been unreal this season, and he was spectacular once again last night. He made several highlight-reel saves, including an epic pad-stack, to preserve the lead and head to Raleigh on a high note. Thomas will be joined by teammates Zdeno Chara and Tyler Seguin for the festivities.
On one of the only negative notes these days for the Bruins, Nathan Horton continues to have struggles of epic proportions. He's gone scoreless in 10 straight games and has just 2 goals in his last 20. Still, coach Claude Julien noted that the effort has been there recently, and everyone hopes and believes that the fortunes will turn sooner than later. But just in case, Horton jokingly asked a favor of rookie Tyler Seguin as he packed his bags for all-star weekend.
"If you see anyone's stick that I may like, grab it," Horton said. Hey, whatever works.
The two-goal cushion was ultimately all the Bruins would need, because Tim Thomas is -- well, need I explain? He's been unreal this season, and he was spectacular once again last night. He made several highlight-reel saves, including an epic pad-stack, to preserve the lead and head to Raleigh on a high note. Thomas will be joined by teammates Zdeno Chara and Tyler Seguin for the festivities.
On one of the only negative notes these days for the Bruins, Nathan Horton continues to have struggles of epic proportions. He's gone scoreless in 10 straight games and has just 2 goals in his last 20. Still, coach Claude Julien noted that the effort has been there recently, and everyone hopes and believes that the fortunes will turn sooner than later. But just in case, Horton jokingly asked a favor of rookie Tyler Seguin as he packed his bags for all-star weekend.
"If you see anyone's stick that I may like, grab it," Horton said. Hey, whatever works.
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