Boston Bruins: 3 Studs & 3 Duds Against the Flyers

No. 1 Stud

Tuukka Rask

Coming into the game, the Flyers were averaging 23 shots on net a night. Friday night, they fired 24 at Rask, and the Bruins No. 1 netminder turned back 23 of them. His biggest save of the night occurred in the second period when he stopped the Flyers Joel Farabee on a penalty shot.

The only shot to find its way behind Rask was van Riemsdyk’s tip 27 seconds into the third period. After that, Rask stopped the final 12 shots Philadelphia had on the net in the final 19:33 including being under fire in the final five minutes.

Craig Smith was called for a penalty with just under four minutes left and Rask was able to make three saves, including one through a screen on the power play.

Rask made seven first period saves and then four in the second before coming up big in the third. Some of the opportunities the Flyers had early in the game was because of turnovers by the Bruins in their own end.

Rask has had another strong start to the season and got his second consecutive start by Cassidy most likely because of the two Sabres games being canceled this weekend.

With the win, Rask improved to 4-1-1 this season with a 2.57 goals-against average (GAA) and a .888 save percentage (SV%). He has won all three starts against the Flyers in 2021 and allowed eight goals on 75 shots.