If the Bruins win tonight they eliminate any chance of New jersey taking the top spot in the Eastern Conference. As I said in my last post they will once again have to do it without Kessel. May people are writing this game off as an automatic win, but many people don't notice how well Ottawa has been playing lately. They are currently on a little slide (losing 3 of 4), but before that they had won 9 of their last 10 games.
Ottawa has to be happy Kessel is not playing as he has destroyed them this year four goals and three assists against them in four games (all Bruins wins). Tonight's game I expect to be close, yet Boston will prove once again they are the much better team.
There are a lot of things I want to see from the Bruins tonight. One is that they keep dumping and chasing. They have gotten back to that recently and that has them playing better offensively and defensively. I would also like to the Bruins keep limiting other teams shots. This they have not been able to do consistently. Having Tim Thomas make 40 saves in a game is really asking a lot, and though he has been up for the task it is a big risk to be doing that every night. The last thing I want to see is the Bruins continue to be physical. Boston beat the shit out of Tampa Bay the other night, and they have the guys to do that every night.
Game is at 7pm on NESN.
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