{"id":88094,"date":"2018-11-12T19:24:05","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T19:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?p=88094"},"modified":"2021-10-11T12:16:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T12:16:51","slug":"takeaways-from-bruins-big-weekend-pastrnak-halak-up-backes-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?p=88094","title":{"rendered":"Takeaways From Bruins Big Weekend; Pastrnak &amp; Halak Up, Backes Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What a weekend for the Boston Bruins.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the Bruins met up with their Atlantic Division rivals, the Toronto Maple Leafs, and crushed them 5-1. The following night saw them best the Vegas Golden Knights 4-1. Both teams proved big tests for the Bruins as the Leafs took them to seven games in the first round of last year&#8217;s playoffs and the Golden Knights made it all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals.<\/p>\n<p>With those two wins, the negativity stemming from Thursday&#8217;s 8-5 loss to the Vancouver Canucks was swept under the rug and for that reason, there is a lot to takeaway from the weekend that was for the Bruins.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Jaroslav Halak proved he can\/should be the starter at least for the near future\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>To say Jaroslav Halak had a good weekend would be an understatement.<\/p>\n<p>Halak stopped 40 of Toronto&#8217;s 41 shots on Saturday night and followed that up by saving 37 of Vegas&#8217; 38 shots the next night. That&#8217;s 77 saves on 79 shots.<\/p>\n<p>*Cue your eyebrows to raise*<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, we&#8217;ve seen it from day one,&#8221; said Head Coach Bruce Cassidy on Halak&#8217;s weekend. &#8220;We knew he was a good goaltender. I couldn&#8217;t sit here and say he&#8217;d be leading the league in save percentage, goals against, or whatever he is, first or second. We knew he&#8217;d be solid. He&#8217;s certainly exceeded expectations, and it&#8217;s whats required right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Among goalies with at least 10 games played, Halak leads the league in save-percentage (.945) and goals-against average (1.77).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NHLBruins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NHLBruins<\/a> Jaroslav Halak with the BIG SAVE on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VegasBorn?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VegasBorn<\/a> Jonathan Marchessault <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g7KPQj7NNd\">pic.twitter.com\/g7KPQj7NNd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Boston Bruins on CLNS (@BruinsCLNS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BruinsCLNS\/status\/1061802820259725312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Halak had his best stretch of hockey this past weekend when he stopped 20 Maple Leafs shots in the first period alone. Many of those shots came on the Leafs&#8217; first power play.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We just wanted to kill the first one and be 0-0,&#8221; said Halak on Saturday night. &#8220;We were able to do that and I think after that we started playing our game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With Tuukka Rask on a temporary leave of absence, it&#8217;s tough not to think Cassidy would pencil Rask in as the starter to boost his low confidence. But let&#8217;s face it: Rask hasn&#8217;t been good this year. His 4-4 record with a .901 save percentage and 3.05 GAA have been mediocre at best.<\/p>\n<p>Halak has been flat-out better and this weekend proved that he should be the starter going forward.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m happy for him,&#8221; said Cassidy of Halak. &#8220;He&#8217;s a hard-working guy, and he&#8217;s had good success in this league and it&#8217;s required for him right now, and he&#8217;s giving it to us. Just keep on going, Jaro.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>David Pastrnak is on another level\u00a0<\/strong><b>offensively<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been saying this since the start of the seasons but it bears repeating. Pastrnak and his fellow first line-mates (Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand) continue to dominate.<\/p>\n<p>All three musketeers of the line lead the Bruins in points: Patrice Bergeron (25), Pastrnak (23) and Brad Marchand (20). After last year, that&#8217;s become the norm around here.<\/p>\n<p>But the real standout his been Pastrnak and his uncanny goal scoring ability. After a four goal weekend (3 against Toronto, one against Vegas.) He now leads the league with 16 goals on the season. Next closest as 12.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ekt5PRcvPKo<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He gets open that&#8217;s the thing, and he finds that soft area,&#8221; said Bergeron of his Czech linemate. &#8220;He works hard to get the puck back and being good on the forecheck to make sure that we can go and stay on the attack. Those are details that go a long way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As things currently stand, Pasta is on pace for 70+ goals. That probably won&#8217;t happen. 50 seems a lot more realistic.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">?GOAL!?<\/p>\n<p>David Pastrnak SNIPES one home to give the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NHLBruins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NHLBruins<\/a> a 2-goal lead <\/p>\n<p>Pastrnak \u2014 Bergeron, Grzelcyk (5:46) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LeafsForever?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LeafsForever<\/a> 0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NHLBruins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NHLBruins<\/a> 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3vu0pK0XDV\">pic.twitter.com\/3vu0pK0XDV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Boston Bruins on CLNS (@BruinsCLNS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BruinsCLNS\/status\/1061428834833219584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite the gaudy numbers, Cassidy looks at other things to show how Pastrnak&#8217;s game has grown since the end of last season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think just, honestly, stronger on the puck,&#8221; said Cassidy. &#8220;Before he&#8217;d try his one-on-one moves and he&#8217;d get pushed off, and I don&#8217;t think he had the strength to battle like Marchy does, for example. I think it&#8217;s just physical maturity, to be honest with you. A little more willing to hang in front of the net. That&#8217;s the Bergy effect.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BURwiJFE2cI<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s those two things. A little more net presence and physically stronger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His other linemate has loved watching his development into what he&#8217;s become to start this season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s had years where he&#8217;s come out really hot and kind of tapered off,&#8221; said Marchand. &#8220;But the confidence level he has now, the way he&#8217;s shooting the puck, I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s going to. He&#8217;s an incredible player, he has a ton of talent and he&#8217;s figuring the game out now which is making him even more dangerous. It&#8217;s been a lot of fun to watch him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If Pastrnak can continue to put the puck in the back of the net at even half the pace he&#8217;s doing it at now, he will be the B&#8217;s top offensive weapon.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The new third line of Heinen-Forsbacka Karlsson-Bjork is a keeper<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>It&#8217;s only been two games but the young, fast line of Danton Heinen, Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson and Anders Bjork paid real dividends in both games this past weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Their impact was felt the most in Sunday&#8217;s tilt with Vegas when Bjork connected with Heinen for the first goal of the game. Heinen gave Bjork a perfect area pass that let Bjork gain speed getting to it, leading to his pass out front and the tip-in from Heinen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a good goal,&#8221; said Cassidy. &#8220;They did it the right way, started in the d-zone, they played it, they won a puck, got behind their d, won a foot race and got it to the front of the net, so it wasn&#8217;t lucky. It wasn&#8217;t a fluke. It was the right way to do things, and they got rewarded for it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">?GOAL!?<\/p>\n<p>The third line puts the Bruins on the board first! <\/p>\n<p>Heinen \u2014 Bjork (2:54) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VegasBorn?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VegasBorn<\/a> 0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NHLBruins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NHLBruins<\/a> 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DrIUPpWNPM\">pic.twitter.com\/DrIUPpWNPM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Boston Bruins on CLNS (@BruinsCLNS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BruinsCLNS\/status\/1061774633849024512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Heinen, the most experienced NHL player on the line with a <em>year<\/em> of service, felt like his new line could be a jumpstart for the B&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, I think we need to be a line like that, that can, you know, chip in offensively when needed,&#8221; said Heinen. &#8220;Obviously that top line is the majority of our scoring, and they&#8217;ve been great and they were great tonight again, but you know, when they&#8217;re not there we need to be reliable and chip in every once in a while.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite some running around in the defensive zone in both games, Bjork feels something brewing with this crew.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it starts with us playing hard,&#8221; said Bjork. &#8220;Especially attacking on the forecheck. I think JFK plays so well defensively and so does Heino too. I think we have been solid there and, obviously we can improve a little bit but that&#8217;s helped our transition game which has helped us get in on the forecheck and that&#8217;s where we&#8217;ve created opportunity just by attacking and screening hard. Hopefully we can continue that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NHLBruins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NHLBruins<\/a> Anders Bjork takes time to give <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VegasBorn?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VegasBorn<\/a> a skating lesson ?\u200d\u2642\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ix6WbZEGJX\">pic.twitter.com\/ix6WbZEGJX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Boston Bruins on CLNS (@BruinsCLNS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BruinsCLNS\/status\/1061775444914159621?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>JFK replaced the slow and slumping David Backes who was demoted to the fourth line. Forsbacka Karlsson&#8217;s speed was a noticeable factor in making that 3rd line go.<\/p>\n<p>So why is JFK winning the third-line center spot now instead of at the beginning of the season?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maybe just time,&#8221; said the coach. &#8220;Maybe just expectations for us were high. I would guess that six weeks or whatever it is that he&#8217;s been down there after a full year, I would guess he&#8217;s hungry to be here and stay. He had a quick indoctrination here against Washington a couple years ago, one game, and then goes down there and doesn&#8217;t play a lot with the big club and then preseason doesn&#8217;t work out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think at some point the switch has to go off, okay this is what I need to do, and I think he&#8217;s doing what we&#8217;re asking him to do, and he&#8217;s playing to his strengths.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a weekend for the Boston Bruins. 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