Bruins couldn't solve Theodore/By D. Hickling
BOSTON — Jose Theodore dominated the Bruins in the playoffs a decade ago in a Montreal uniform.
For one night he was back into that form Thursday in a 2-0 victory over Boston at the TD Garden, as he made season-high 40 saves and Tomas Kopecky scored the go-ahead goal in the third period.
Here’s my game story from NHL.com.
The Bruins have now lost two in a row since going 14-0-1 in the previous 15 games. They have scored just one goal in those two games.
Boston played most of the game shorthanded, as winger Daniel Paille suffered an undisclosed injury on a hit by Krys Barch in the first period. He looked concussed as he struggled to get to his feet after the hit. After the game, head coach Claude Julien would only say that Paille was being examined and that the medical staff wanted to keep him out of the game as a precaution.
bruins can’t win because tim thomas is the biggest baby in the history of the nhl
Corvo’s effort has to be better in the defensive end. I know the game should be in the win column, for the B’s, but on both the first and second goals he has to be more willing to sacrifice his body. I know I’ve been a detractor of Pouliot, but he has played better the last three games than he ever did in Montreal. Good for him and good for Julien.
Probably one of the more frustrating losses I’ve seen all season. This was a big win waiting to happen. I thought we played very well again, as well as carried most of the game play. Unfortunately, a game that could have been on it’s way to a blowout, the hockey gods that own the pipes said “not happening tonight boys”…. There was no doubt in my mind we were a good step in front of them most of the game. Drove me nuts yelling out loud 1/2 way through the third, “Just waiting for the cheese to come in front of our net and slide in a scrum puck.” Hope we don’t get down from either of these loses as they could’ve easily been wins. Keep up the great play.
Hope you come back soon Paille. Go B’s!
David,
I think you are right. Barring a disaster, the panthers should be playoff bound.
Matt,
Theodore is 11-5 with a GAA of 2.17 and 9.29 save percentage.
He didn’t find that form for one night. The guy is having a great season.
I was wondering if Barch was thinking of his former teammate Sawada when he leveled Paille? Barch isn’t the best enforcer but he does hit.
David, Thornton would disagree with you…he believes 3 ‘L’s’ is a losing streak. Hopefully, the B’s play like they have the last 2 games and pot some goals Saturday against the Jackets.
Finally,
Hope Paille is all right. He’s been big for us this year and last, and the last thing we wanna see is another concussion. Get well soon!
We officially have a loosing streak, but we were in both games, and had we not hit the pipe 7+ times, we probably have a win instead. The Bruins may be loosing, but they still look good.
How about the Panthers too? They don’t have the best talent in the league (nor do the Bruins) but it looks like they have enough and a good coach who’s doing a good job implementing his system. The Cats showed a much better system than the teams we saw on our win streak. I bet they’ll actually make the playoffs this year!
Bad load of pucks put in the til last night. we hit enough pipe all night to rival a church organ. Keep the effort up there were enough chances to make it a blow out. Like winning the cup last year and the slow start forget November abd keep hammering away.
If you look at the numbers, this headline looks right. If you watched the game, you noticed the large number of soft shots on goal and posts. Granted, a post is a post, but SOG numbers do not tell the story here.