Post-Game Talk: GAME 33 - If you turned it off after 2 periods - SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SURPRISE - BRUINS 4 Flames 3 FINAL / OT

[shelbysdad]

After a stressful week and so ready for a break, I thought last night Pasta (or another game this week), on the PP tried a one-timer and looked in massive pain. If upper body injury really manifests with issues taking slap shots, here's where Wahlstrom can come in and play that role and Pasta can snap wrist shots, which don't appear to impact him as much.

Better 3rd period. Brazz and Tfred seem to be weakest links lately so slot Wahstrom in for one of them.

I keep saying it, Oesterle is solid.

I got laughed at when I suggested oesterle would make the d preseason

 

[Terrier]

 

[bbfan419]

The past two games Pastrnak is showing why he is an elite offensive talent, looks like the old Pasta may be back. Let's hope he keeps it rolling the rest of the season and playoffs.

 

[DoubleBack]

I've noticed a trend. I go to bed early or don't watch entirely, the Bruins win. Is it me??

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

I've noticed a trend. I go to bed early or don't watch entirely, the Bruins win. Is it me??

Yes,

Drink this NyQu....I mean red punch.

 

[DaBroons]

I watch the next morning. No commercials or intermissions. Advancing 1 click on the remote advances the DVR 30 seconds, which is almost exactly the time taken to set up for a face off.

Really impressed that the team didn't fold when Calgary went up 3-1, b/c that's exactly what they did against Seattle. They ran Calgary off the ice in the 3rd and OT. Great timeout by Sacco.

Yes, Pasta and Marchy are back.

 

[ODAAT]

the McLovin goal was a coaches dream goal, keep driving to the net, get rewarded

 

[PaulD]

I checked out after second period.
Huge come back is the stuff of Bergerons Bruins.
Big win.

 

[Alan Ryan]

Too tired.

Worth watching a replay Wally. Good game for Boston.

 

[BMC]

Then you either sit him so he doesn't Ondrej Kase himself, or you move him.

IDK why the Bruins haven't sat him. Even if he cleared the medical protocol it doesn't mean he didn't suffer another concussion. He plays like he's in a fog. I would sit him.

 

[Gee Wally]

Worth watching a replay Wally. Good game for Boston.

Funny you say this, I just did.

Entirely different team in the second half.

 

[Gee Wally]

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/18/sports/bruins-overtime-brad-marchand-david-pastrnak/

CALGARY, Alberta — When the puck drops for overtime, it’s white-knuckle time for the fans as the NHL’s three-on-three format leads to lots of open ice and end-to-end action.

For Brad Marchand, however, it’s go time.

The Bruins’ captain is the franchise’s all-time leader in overtime goals with 21.

“Overtime is a blast and it’s a privilege to be on the ice and to want to make something happen with our group,” Marchand said moments after he had the best view in the Scotiabank Saddledome for David Pastrnak’s OT winner Tuesday night. “We seem to have a lot of confidence in those situations that we can capitalize on opportunities, but I don’t feel pressure in overtime. I feel like it’s exciting and the fans love it. We love it. We’re still fans of the game, so it’s exciting hockey to watch and be part of, but it’s just a great opportunity to have a big moment.”


Pastrnak’s big moment capped a night in which the Bruins twice fell behind by a pair of goals but refused to shrink in the moment. In fact, after coach Joe Sacco called a timeout following the Flames’ two-goal spurt to start the second, the ice was tilted in the Bruins’ favor for the majority of the final 30 minutes, including a torrid third period in which they outshot the hosts, 15-5.

“The goal was just simply just to get our guys to regroup,” Sacco said Wednesday at the team’s optional skate at WinSport Arena. “At that point, we didn’t like the way the game was going and I just felt it was the time to just kind of grab their attention and say, ‘Hey, there’s lots of time left in the game, but we have to start playing.’ And I love the response, obviously. I mean, we come out with a win, but I don’t know if it’s because of [the timeout], but the guys just started to play our game.”

Prior to Pastrnak’s winner, the Flames’ Nazem Kadri had bolted up the wing only to be denied by a Charlie McAvoy stick theft that set stage for the Bruins’ final rush.

“Chuckie made a hell of a play on the backcheck,” said Pastrnak, who now has 11 OT goals, second only to Marchand in franchise annals.

“Typically, we want that person that’s tracking back into our zone to try to take away the puck carrier and he did that,” said Sacco. “The other forward or defenseman or whoever was playing the two-on-one, his job is to make sure it doesn’t go back door. So, it was a really good read by Charlie.”

Sacco liked how his team handled the extra session, noting that there’s not a lot left to coach at that point.

“I think that’s where talent takes over in overtime,” he said. “There’s a couple of things that we try to tell our guys that maybe if it’s a neutral-zone forward check, I think something like that. Making sure that we don’t give the puck away. Three-on-three, you want to possess the puck as much as you can. You saw a couple of times last night where we didn’t have anything in the offensive zone, so we took it back outside, we regrouped, we were able to get some line changes, get some fresh bodies out there.”