Boston Bruins: The Good, Bad & Ugly From a 1-0 Win Over the Rangers

The Bad

• A pair of Bruins had personal point streaks snapped in the victory. Marchand had a nine-game point streak of seven goals and six assists broken, while McAvoy had an eight-game point streak of one goal and 10 assists snapped.
• Early in the season, the Bruins were a dominant team in the first period. The last two games against the Rangers have left a lot to be desired in the opening 20 minutes. After playing a dismal first period Wednesday night with just six shots on net, Friday night was not much better. Boston was outshot 10-6 and once again outplayed. Thanks to Halak, the game was scoreless heading into the first intermission.

The Ugly

• For the third straight game, the Bruins power play went scoreless. New York killed all four opportunities for the Black and Gold and now have killed 21 straight chances against their opponents. The Rangers did a good job of taking David Pastrnak and his famed slap shot away and they also took away Patrice Bergeron in the bumper. The Bruins can’t get frustrated as they have way too much talent to be kept down for a long time.
• While the Bruins penalty kill was outstanding, they were put into some bad positions with some self-inflicted penalties. McAvoy and Connor Clifton each were called for delay of game for sending the puck out of play. McAvoy, one of the Bruins’ better penalty killers, took two third period penalties. Aside from his delay of game minor in the final minute, he was whistled for a tripping penalty earlier in the period.

All in all, the Bruins found enough offense thanks to Ritchie, and their penalty killing was on top of its game to survive the struggling Rangers for the second time in two games to leave Manhattan with four points.