Takeaways vs. Red Wings & Centers Scoring Goals
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In today’s edition, we take a look at some takeaways vs. the Red Wings and the team getting production from their top two centers.
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Bruins Getting Unexpected Goal Production From Zacha and Coyle
November 25, 2023 by Brandon Share-Cohen
This season, Coyle and Zacha have risen to the occasion, excelling as top-six centers. Despite the stability and certainty, the Bruins have had in their top six for the better part of two decades, that all came crashing down this offseason when both Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci retired from professional hockey. With salary cap issues to consider, the Bruins opted to fill holes on their roster with inexpensive contracts and let Coyle and Zacha play larger roles on this team. While there was never going to be anybody who could step in and fully replace Bergeron and Krejci’s impact both on and off the ice, Coyle and Zacha have done an admiral job at filling the roles.
3 Takeaways From Bruins’ 5-2 Loss to the Red Wings
November 24, 2023 by Scott Roche
This season the Boston Bruins have lost two games in regulation. Both times, it has been at the hands of the up-and-coming Detroit Red Wings. On Nov. 4, Detroit scored three third-period goals for a 5-4 win to hand Boston their first regulation loss. Friday afternoon (Nov. 24), the Red Wings handed the Black and Gold their second regulation loss of the season and their first at the TD Garden.
Detroit used a dominating first period and made the Bruins pay for penalties and bad puck management on their way to an impressive 5-2 victory. This was a case of what could go wrong did go wrong for Boston. Here are three takeaways after Boston fell to 14-2-3.