Boston Bruins: 3 Stars of the Past Week

VANCOUVER, BC - FEBRUARY 22: Goalie Jaroslav Halak #41 of the Boston Bruins during NHL action against the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena on February 22, 2020 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images)
VANCOUVER, BC - FEBRUARY 22: Goalie Jaroslav Halak #41 of the Boston Bruins during NHL action against the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena on February 22, 2020 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images)
1 of 2
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 12: Nick Ritchie #21 of the Boston Bruins celebrates his goal with teammates on the bench in the second period against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on February 12, 2021 in New York City.Due to COVID-19 restrictions games are played without fans in attendance. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 12: Nick Ritchie #21 of the Boston Bruins celebrates his goal with teammates on the bench in the second period against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on February 12, 2021 in New York City.Due to COVID-19 restrictions games are played without fans in attendance. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Over the last four days, the Boston Bruins won two of their three games in New York against the Rangers and Islanders. They beat the Rangers 3-2 in overtime Wednesday night before sweeping the two games with a 1-0 shutout win Friday night at Madison Square Garden.

Saturday night at the Nassau Coliseum, for the second time this season, the Islanders got the best of the Black and Gold again with a 4-2 victory, handing the Bruins just their second regulation loss.

The Bruins had some good performances, but these three stood out the most. Here is the weekly edition of the Bruins Three Stars of the Week.

No. 3 – Nick Ritchie

Aside from the power play in the first 10 games, Ritchie has not really given the Bruins much in the way of a presence or production. That change this past week.

Friday night against the Rangers, he scored his fifth goal of the season, first at even strength, midway through the second period. He brought the puck in the Blue Shirts zone, flipped backhander that New York goalie Igor Shesterkin stopped. The rebound came right back to Ritchie and he was able to bank the puck from behind the goal line and into the goal off of Shesterkin’s back.

That was one of Ritchie’s strongest offensive games of the season. He had six shots on net and was causing havoc in front of the Rangers net on the power play.

Saturday night against the Islanders, Ritchie was again a shooting machine. He attempted eight shots, four on the net, he delivered three hits and played nearly 20 minutes. He had a breakaway in the second period, but was stopped by Semyon Varlamov, and his bound hit the post. The last two games were two of his better performances with the Bruins.