Meh, it’s only preseason.
…not a whole lot! Boston came out with a couple more shots than Philly, but that was about it.
The Flyers broke the ice first with Noah Cates being the recipient of a slot pass while everyone on the Bruins was desperately trying to cover and also looking directly at Tyson Foerster, giving Cates all the options in the world as he popped home the first goal of the game. 1-0 Flyers.
Thankfully, the Bruins came back about three minutes later off the rush with David Pastrnak and Tanner Jeannot leading the charge, and a hard pass to the net gave Sean Kuraly the perfect position to redirect the puck straight past Dan Vladar! 1-1 Everybody!
And then, as the period expired…Oh Jeremy.
If we’re gonna be doing that, that’s gotta be happening with dudes in like the top 10 of scoring in the NHL. Your hatedom is a frenzied coalition not seen since the middle of the Rask era. You do not need to give them ammunition. 2-1 Flyers.
The Bruins decided that they would lay siege in this period. It was a bit of an awkward siege, not everything was especially covered well, but the Bruins finally got the shot they needed, with Elias Lindholm and Morgan Geekie able to cut through the Flyers’ Defense to give Geekie the chance to put a shot through Dan Vladar to tie things up. 2-2 Everybody!
Jeremy Swayman stood on his head, and the PK came up gigantic.
Other than that, not a whole lot of anything the Bruins were involved in that didn’t involve shotblocking or making stops. Onto the Skillz Comp.
The Bruins were spirited…but Bobby Brink was the difference maker.
Bruins fall 2-3 to the Flyers.
Bruins hit the road to go meet the Caps down in DC on Thursday night, that game starts at 7pm EST.