The Bruins are slumping since beating the Colorado Avalanche, however a fourth-line heart stays a brilliant spot for the staff.
Boston suffered its third straight loss when it fell 5-2 in opposition to the Dallas Stars at TD Backyard. The Black and Gold have struggled to remain out of the field throughout their shedding streak, and the middle-six strains are nonetheless seeking to discover consistency.
Nonetheless, two Bruins gamers stood out throughout that stretch by way of physicality. Let’s look again at the most effective hits and fights from the previous week.
Welcomes To Utah
The Bruins performed their inaugural recreation in opposition to the Utah Hockey Membership at Delta Middle final Saturday. Boston solely got here away with some extent, and Mark Kastelic bought the B’s going within the second interval when he laid in a crushing hit on Logan Cooley on the boards. Robert Bortuzzo didn’t take too kindly to it, and the Utah defenseman and Kastelic ruffled one another onto the ice.
Complete Annihilation
Kastelic entered the preventing image once more when he dropped the gloves in opposition to Nashville Predators defenseman Luke Schenn. It was a complete one-sided encounter in favor of Kastelic, who’s been one of many high free-agent signings for Boston.
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Laying Out Stars
Nikita Zadorov must do a greater job staying out of the penalty field as a result of the Bruins want his bodily presence. The blueliner laid in two large photographs on Dallas skaters Thursday evening. He tagged Jamie Benn with a tough hit in entrance of Boston’s bench. And Zadorov dropped the hammer on Evgenii Dadonov.
