Bruins takeaways: Pastrnak, Geekie heating up is very encouraging for
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Bruins takeaways: Pastrnak, Geekie heating up is very encouraging for B’s originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The Boston Bruins haven’t been able to put back-to-back wins together very often this season, and through the first 40 minutes of Tuesday night’s game against the Calgary Flames, it looked like the Original Six club would fail to win back-to-back matchups.
The Flames led 2-0 early in the second period and 3-1 entering the third period. But the Bruins battled back, controlling the pace of play, creating lots of scoring chances and ultimately tying the game with goals from Morgan Geekie and Marc McLaughlin to force overtime. And then in OT, David Pastrnak played the role of hero with the game-winning tally.
“I was real proud of our effort in the third period. I thought the guys showed a lot of determination, never-say-die attitude, and good on them,” Bruins head coach Joe Sacco told reporters postgame.
“They worked hard in the third period. We did it the right way. We generated a lot of quality chances. When you play that way, the result and the process usually takes care of itself.”
The Bruins have quietly won six of their last eight games and now own a 17-13-3 record in third place in the Atlantic Division. They are 2-2-0 through four games of this five-game road trip, with the finale set for Thursday night against the Edmonton Oilers.
Here are three takeaways from Boston’s comeback overtime win over the Flames.
David Pastrnak is heating up offensively
There’s an enormous amount of pressure on Pastrnak to be elite offensively on a nightly basis, and it’s mostly warranted given his all-world skill set, his salary and previous production. But he’s the only top-tier offensive player up front, so the Bruins need him to be a factor consistently, simply because there aren’t any other forwards on the roster who strike a ton of fear into the opponent.
After a slow start to the season — by his standards — Pastrnak appears to be heating up. His best game of the…
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