Toronto. The Boston Bruins are unstoppable – especially at TD Garden.
Last night, they secured their ninth consecutive home win by beating Vancouver 5-2, thus cementing their position as the league’s leaders.
We are a very good hockey team, says Swedish defender Hambus Lindholm, who is responsible for three new passes
They’ve been, in some rivalries with Vegas, the strongest and most consistent since the season began just over a month ago, the Boston Bears – and they’ve shown absolutely no signs of slowing down.
On the contrary, they were on fire again as they broke a new club record at the start of the season with their ninth consecutive home win against the slightly shaky Canucks last night.
– We’re a very good team with excellent ingredients, he says Humpus Lindholm When he meets the media afterwards.
– But I’m so proud of how we reacted to the loss in Buffalo yesterday. We learn firsthand what went wrong and adapt. It’s a long season and we have to be able to deal with setbacks. We definitely did.
The defender from Skåne himself was responsible for three new passes and appears to be on his way to his best NHL season to date.
And goalkeeper Linus Olmark responded with a great new effort, stopping 29 of his 31 shots.
It’s starting to look like coach David Quinn may have been right when he said after Friday’s deserved win against the Dallas that the San Jose Sharks learned how to win hockey games.
Away from Minnesota last night, they were 2-0 down in the third inning, but equalized with two quick goals and then won on penalties.
– We had a meeting about it, we can’t win a game and then relax and lose three or four in a row. Now we’ve shown we can compete with teams like Wilde, says top scorer Nico Storm.
Eric Carlson counted another assist and extended his lead in scoring for defenders.
The New York Rangers didn’t have big issues with the Arizona Coyotes at home at Madison Square Garden, but they comfortably won 4-1. Mika Zibanijad contributed a assist – and it was an unforgettable performance. In the play of power, he basically shot his friend Chris Kreider’s wand and from there bounced off the disc.
Tampa beat Washington 6-3 at the Amalie Arena (Marcus Johansson made one of the away goals), while Winnipeg beat Seattle 3-2 after an extra goal scored by Mark Shevely. Andrei Burakovsky got help there.