No. 2 – Brad Marchand
There were some questions as to whether or not Marchand was going to begin the season with the Bruins as he had sports hernia surgery in September and had a mid-January recovery time frame, which was when Boston was to open the season against the New Jersey Devils.
Marchand made it back in time for opening night and how lucky have the Bruins been that he did? He scored a power play goal and the game-winning goal in the shootout as Boston won the opener, 3-2. Since then Marchy has been a big part of the offense.
He leads the Bruins in goals with nine and also has nine assists. He has seven of his points on the power play with two goals and also has a shorthanded goal. Playing just over 20 minutes a night, he is a big part of the Bruins’ top penalty-killing unit.
It’s scary to think that if Marchand missed any amount of time to begin the season like David Pastrnak did, where the Bruins might be 14 games into the 56-game shortened season.