The Bruins bounced back with a win vs. Utah in their first game since Jim Montgomery was fired. Now comes the challenge of keeping the momentum going.
after an 8-9-3 start to the season, and the players responded with a strong performance Thursday night against the Utah Hockey Club.The power play entered Thursday with a league-worst 11.7 percent success rate. That unit moved the puck better, consistently created scoring chances and found the back of the net when Elias Lindholm scored his first goal in 18 games. Boston's power-play went 1-for-7 overall, but it tallied 18 shots, 10 scoring chances and six high-danger chances.
While this win was certainly a step in the right direction, it won't matter much if the Bruins don't build on it and establish some consistency in terms of how they play and winning games. We've seen the Bruins bounce back from bad performance a couple times this season, only to see that momentum destroyed by more brutal defeats.
The one step forward, two steps back trend has to turn around for the Bruins if they're going to start climbing the standings and live up to their potential. The B's have a 2-4-1 record after a victory this season, and they have yet to win more than two games in a row."Just details and habits," Sacco said postgame."Make sure that tomorrow at practice we're ready to go. It's one game. We have a long way to go.
"Practice habits are where you develop all of your game habits," Marchand said postgame."It's such a cliché thing, but you practice how you play. When you practice bad, you play bad. When we compete in practice and have high tempo and are crisp and detailed, playing direct to the net and chipping pucks, that carries into the game. It's all momentum.
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