New York. They are forced to start the season without two of their biggest stars, but that didn’t happen to the Boston Bruins on opening night.
They have clearly won over Washington – far from home.
It’s always good to start with a win, top scorer Humbus Lindholm told Sportbladet after winning 5-2.
Brads Marchand and young backcourt giant Charlie McAvoy are both injured and will be out at least until the end of November, so there were fears the Bruins could have a rough start to the series.
But it started off very well at Capital One Arena in the US capital last night.
They dominated the capitals for most of the opening game and won fairly 5-2.
– Yes, yes, I think he was absolutely fine. It was a bit of a jerky match without a lot of structured play, and it was mostly about chopping pucks and we won primarily thanks to our check for pawns. But there is a lot of positivity to build on, says the Swedish full-back Humpus Lindholm When we get to it after the final whistle.
However, it is always good to start with victory, that was the important thing.
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David Pasternak outperformed everyone else on the ice with a goal and three assists, but even Lindholm himself put a ball – in an empty basket at the end.
– Yes, you are dangerous, when there is no goalkeeper, joking.
– It felt perfectly fine to me, but there is other equipment to put in.
In the box, Linus Ullmark was really stable and stopped a total of 33 shots.
– Yes, Linus was good, but he always praised his fellow countryman Lindholm.
Strålman is not ready to play
Anton Strelman, who signed a one-year contract with the club on Wednesday, has not played because he has not yet received his visa, but he will be on the ice in the opening game at home against Arizona on Saturday.
– It’s great fun that he got hold of. I think it would be a great strength for us, Hampus rejoices.
Eric Gustafson’s help for Washington has gotten rather lackluster.