“McAvoy’s been a horse for us in the playoffs,” coach Jim Montgomery said Thursday. But Wednesday's Game 2 was not his game.
BEDFORD, Mass. — The issue was not the blood that had lost, courtesy of blasting him into the Amerant Bank Arena glass. The problem was that the violence of Okposo’s arrival separated McAvoy from his stick. Charlie McAvoy had to go to the dressing room after being cut from being hit into the glass. He has since returned. 😳 — Sportsnet So with blood leaking from his face and his stick nowhere in sight, McAvoy was like a gnat around . The captain had no issue swatting him aside.
Advertisement Game 3, then, sets up coach Jim Montgomery to give Swayman a break and start Ullmark. He can do no such thing with McAvoy. McAvoy is the No. 1 defenseman. His first job is to negate Florida’s top offensive players, be it Barkov and Reinhart on the No. 1 line or Tkachuk on the second line. No breathers are coming for the Bruins’ best all-around defender and power-play quarterback, even though the relentlessness of the postseason schedule has compromised his game.
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