Boston Bruins: 3 Studs & 3 Duds Against the Flyers

No. 3 Stud

Sean Kuraly

Kuraly does a lot of the dirty work for the Bruins, but Friday night, he scored what turned out to be the game-winning goal.

Twenty-seven seconds after the Bruins tied the game, Kuraly broke down the left side into the Flyers end and his wrist shot from the circle hit the inside of the far post behind Philadelphia goalie Brian Elliott and into the net.

Aside from his goal, it was a very Sean Kuraly night. He spent time killing penalties and was strong on the forecheck. He had two shots on net, but he did what most coaches tell their players to do, get the puck to the net and good things will happen. Something good did happen in the third period and he was a big reason why the Bruins left Philly with two points in regulation.

No. 2 Stud

Brad Marchand

Marchand’s strong start to the season contained Friday night. With Boston trailing 1-0 with less than eight minutes left the game, the Bruins won an offensive zone faceoff and worked the puck to the front of the net.

A David Pastrnak shot from the point was blocked by Elliott, but Marchand led a charge of players that crashed the crease and Marchy was able to push the puck into the net to tie the game. As usual, Marchand was all over the ice for the entire game.

He had a team-high six shots on net, but he had another strong night killing penalties as well. The goal gave Marchand the team led in lamplighters with seven, one ahead of Bergeron.