It could kill Bruins if Lightning power play’s allowed to thrive
“It’s not going to be any different than I think Montreal,” said Paille, who helped limit the Canadiens to just four 5-on-4 goals in the seven-game series. “I think they had a solid group and they scored some key goals for them. But usually the main thing for us is to keep it out of the net. They’ve got a lot of talent, they move the puck very well, they have great shots. We’ve just got to be aware of them and try to stop them as much as we can.”
The Bruins’ best bet would be to just stay out of the penalty box. Inevitably, however, there are going to be infractions, and the Bruins’ penalty-killers are going to have to play smart but aggressive to keep the Lightning’s shots to the perimeter. Some more all-world play from goaltender Tim Thomas will also come in handy.
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maybe the law of averages will take over for both of us?!?!? Bruins PP will be better and TB PP will be worse. MAYBE??…. yea your right prob not…
Love Campbell’s comments: “their players… they MOVE!!!! Yikes!
What a concept.
I think if the B’s play disciplined and stay out of the box they can win the series.
If they get pulled into committing a bunch of penalties then Tampa is likely going to come out ahead. Tampa has a PP that is absolutely beautiful. Our PP looks dreadful-especially in comparison.
Disciplined play is probably the biggest key to whether the Bruins succeed. I think the Bruins can deal 5 on 5 without Bergeron far better than they can deal with the PK without him. As a matter of fact I think every time Bergeron has been in the box the other team has scored no a PP-so that should be a pretty good indication of just how good on the PK Bergeron is.
Huge, huge part of this series right here. It’s a good PP going up against a good PK. Should be fun to watch, but hopefully we don’t see it too much.
cormac said it. luckily tampa ain’t montreal. should be a good contingent of bruins fans down there.
I see a big opportunity here for the B’s. Every team left thinks our specialty teams are garbage and it has lulled other teams into a false sense of security. But we bottomed out against Montreal and the little things have been improving. I say their’s more pressure on Tampa to score than the b’s cause we are the best 5 on 5 tema in the leauge. Lets not forget the Timmy factor he can really drive goal scores crazy.
B’s,.. no 5 on 3′s , please.
The last paragraph of this article says it all
No cheapys,lazy,undisciplined or whatever you want to call them. Especially early in games. You don’t want to get their skill guys warmed up and handling pucks for free. It’s impossible to stay out of the box but only if they are the “good” penalties.
This is the key to the series, other than TT continuing to stand on his head