The Bruins\u2019 road narrative is starting to change as the schedule gets tougher.<\/p>\n
There are 10 games remaining in the season, with six on the road and seven against playoff teams.<\/p>\n
In their upcoming stretch, the Bruins have three sets of back-to-backs. Only three opponents (Florida, Philadelphia, and New Jersey) sit outside of the playoff picture.<\/p>\n
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This season has not been the best showing for the Bruins away from TD Garden. They are 14-14-7, and their 14 road wins are tied for the fewest of any team in the playoff picture.<\/p>\n
But the tide is turning. The Bruins have points in their last six road games (3-0-3), and that run began toward the end of a seven-game road losing streak.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, like, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s that much in our head,\u201d David Pastrnak said<\/a> about the struggles on the road. \u201cThe games [are] coming so much that obviously you just focus on game-by-game. You are not really looking at what happened in the past. Yes, we know early we were struggling, but the feeling in the locker room is that we have been playing much better hockey on the road and putting ourselves in a good spot.\u201d<\/p>\n Two of their most recent road wins came against divisional teams, both pushing for a playoff spot. The Bruins knocked the Red Wings<\/a> out of the playoff picture; they now sit as the tenth seed. Then they handed the Sabres just their 10th loss in the last 43 games.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n \u201cWe feel overall better than like a month ago when we were on the road,\u201d Marco Sturm added<\/a> after the Bruins\u2019 win on Wednesday. \u201cIt started already, the (New) Jersey, that trip. Even Detroit. I don\u2019t feel the difference now anymore, so that\u2019s good.\u201d<\/p>\n Five of their last six road games have needed overtime, and three of those ended in a loss.<\/p>\n However, Sturm has yet to get sour when picking up a point. Even when the rug gets pulled from underneath them, like in Pittsburgh<\/a>.<\/p>\n With the playoff push in full swing and the margin for error gone, flipping the narrative on the road could define the Bruins\u2019 final 10 games.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n BRUINS MAGIC NUMBER<\/p>\n The Boston Bruins have a 75.1% chance of making the playoffs, according to MoneyPuck<\/a>.<\/p>\n They currently hold the top wildcard spot with 88 points.<\/p>\n According to HockeyMagicNumbers.com<\/a>, the Bruins\u2019 magic number is 19. The tragic number is 24, but the playoff picture has changed every day, and with a 13-game slate on Thursday, it will likely change again.<\/p>\n The magic number represents how many points a team needs so that they rank ahead of the ninth-seed\u2019s best finish.<\/p>\n The Bruins are already playing playoff hockey. Charlie McAvoy said that \u201cevery game the rest of the way is the most important\u201d after the team lost to Nashville<\/a> on March 5, their last road regulation loss.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Since then, the Bruins have posted the third-best record in the NHL (6-2-3).<\/p>\n REMAINING SCHEDULE<\/p>\n vs. Minnesota \u2013 March 28, 5:00 PM<\/p>\n at Columbus \u2013 March 29, 5:00 PM<\/p>\n vs. Dallas \u2013 March 31, 7:00 PM<\/p>\n at Florida \u2013 April 2, 7:00 PM<\/p>\n at Tampa Bay \u2013 April 4, 5:00 PM<\/p>\n at Philadelphia \u2013 April 5, 3:30 PM<\/p>\n at Carolina \u2013 April 7, 7:00 PM<\/p>\n vs. Tampa Bay \u2013 April 11, 12:30 PM<\/p>\n at Columbus \u2013 April 12, 6:00 PM<\/p>\n vs. New Jersey \u2013 April 14, 7:00 PM<\/p>\n FOLLOW @JACKSTUDLEY13 ON \ud835\udd4f<\/a>\u00a0 | FOLLOW @BOSHockeyNow ON \ud835\udd4f<\/a><\/p>\n The post Bruins Road Narrative Changing at the Right Time<\/a> appeared first on Boston Hockey Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bruins\u2019 road narrative is starting to change as the schedule gets tougher. 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