Boston Bruins: 3 Stars of the Week

It was an up and down week for the Boston Bruins. On Monday, they were frustrated by New York Islanders’ goalie Semyon Varlamov who turned back all 26 Boston shots in a 1-0 Isles victory.

Thursday night in the Bruins home opener that the TD Garden, the Bruins entered the third period still searching for their first 5-on-5 goal of the season after failing to find the back of the net in their 11 periods of the seasons.

Boston unleashed 11 periods of frustration on the Philadelphia Flyers and goalie Carter Hart by blitzing the visitors with 22 shots on net in the final 20 minutes and scoring four goals in what turned out to a be 5-4 shootout victory of their East Division foes.

Saturday night, the Bruins completed the two-game sweep over the Flyers with a convincing 6-1 victory as they scored early and often against Hart. As the Bruins turn the page to a new week, let’s see who are the three stars of the week for the Black and Gold.

1. Patrice Bergeron

The new captain is settling nicely into his new role. It was a frustrating first three games, but Bergy has found the confines of the TD Garden to his liking after being away for 10 months.

After recording an assist in Thursday’s 5-4 shootout win over the Flyers, Bergy opened the scoring in Saturday’s 6-1 victory over Philly with a power play goal in the first period. In the third period, he set up Brad Marchand for a goal and then capped the scoring with 6:27 left in the game with his second power play goal of the night.

In the first two games at home, Bergeron has been was a shooting machine on the net and Hart. In the first game, Bergeron had eight shots on goal, and then Saturday night, he fired five more on the net, with two finding the back of the net.