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All Games | 0-3-0 | -3.3 | 0-3 | -3.3 | 3-0 | 2.3 | 27.3 | 5.3 | 31.0 | Team Stats (Road Games) | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Last 5 Games | 0-3-0 | -3.3 | 0-3 | -3.3 | 3-0 | 2.3 | 27.3 | 5.3 | 31.0 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 8.5% | 10 | 4 | 40.0% | 12 | Team Stats (Road Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 8.5% | 10 | 4 | 40.0% | 12 | Stats Against (All Games) | | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 93 | 17.2% | 10 | 3 | 30.0% | 26 | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 93 | 17.2% | 10 | 3 | 30.0% | 26 |
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JONAS GUSTAVSSON (All Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | JONAS GUSTAVSSON (Road Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | JONAS GUSTAVSSON(vs. Non-Conference) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | TUUKKA RASK (All Games) | 3 | 3 | 91 | 77 | 84.6% | 0 | 0-3 | -3.3 | 0-3-0 | -3 | 3-0 | TUUKKA RASK (Road Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | TUUKKA RASK(vs. Non-Conference) | 1 | 1 | 31 | 26 | 83.9% | 0 | 0-1 | -1.2 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 1-0 | TUUKKA RASK (Last 4 Games) | 3 | 3 | 91 | 77 | 84.6% | 0 | 0-3 | -3.3 | 0-3-0 | -3 | 3-0 |
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All Games | 1-1-0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 2-0 | 5.0 | 25.5 | 4.0 | 31.5 | Team Stats (Home Games) | 1-1-0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 2-0 | 5.0 | 25.5 | 4.0 | 31.5 | Last 5 Games | 1-1-0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 2-0 | 5.0 | 25.5 | 4.0 | 31.5 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 19.6% | 6 | 4 | 66.7% | 20 | Team Stats (Home Games) | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 19.6% | 6 | 4 | 66.7% | 20 | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 19.6% | 6 | 4 | 66.7% | 20 | Stats Against (All Games) | | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 12.7% | 6 | 2 | 33.3% | 15 | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 12.7% | 6 | 2 | 33.3% | 15 | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 12.7% | 6 | 2 | 33.3% | 15 |
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RETO BERRA (All Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | RETO BERRA (Home Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | RETO BERRA(vs. Non-Conference) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | SEMYON VARLAMOV (All Games) | 2 | 2 | 63 | 55 | 87.3% | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 1-1-0 | 0 | 2-0 | SEMYON VARLAMOV (Home Games) | 2 | 2 | 63 | 55 | 87.3% | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 1-1-0 | 0 | 2-0 | SEMYON VARLAMOV(vs. Non-Conference) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | SEMYON VARLAMOV (Last 4 Games) | 2 | 2 | 63 | 55 | 87.3% | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 1-1-0 | 0 | 2-0 |
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10/8/2015 | WINNIPEG | 2-6 | L | 0, -125 | L | 5 ev | O | 10/10/2015 | MONTREAL | 2-4 | L | 0, -105 | L | 5 un | O | 10/12/2015 | TAMPA BAY | 3-6 | L | 0, +125 | L | 5 ev | O | 10/14/2015 | at COLORADO | | 10/17/2015 | at ARIZONA | | 10/21/2015 | PHILADELPHIA | | 10/23/2015 | at NY ISLANDERS | |
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10/8/2015 | MINNESOTA | 4-5 | L | 0, +115 | L | 5 ov | O | 10/10/2015 | DALLAS | 6-3 | W | 0, -110 | W | 5.5 un | O | 10/14/2015 | BOSTON | | 10/16/2015 | at ANAHEIM | | 10/18/2015 | at LOS ANGELES | | 10/21/2015 | CAROLINA | | 10/24/2015 | COLUMBUS | |
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| | | BOSTON: LAST SEASON: 41-27-14, 96 points. Fifth in Atlantic Division.
Missed playoffs for first time since 2007.
COACH: Claude Julien (ninth season, 13th NHL season).
ADDED: F Jimmy Hayes, D Matt Irwin, F Matt Beleskey
LOST: D Dougie Hamilton, F Milan Lucic, F Daniel Paille, F Carl
Soderberg, GM Peter Chiarelli.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Zdeno Chara. The 38-year-old defenseman is
coming off his worst season since 2002-03 with eight goals and
12 assists - an average of less than one point every three
games. The 2009 Norris Trophy winner sustained a knee injury
early last season and wasn't his dominating self after that. He
picked up an undisclosed upper body injury this preseason and is
day-to-day heading into the opener. The Bruins will need him to
recover, with No. 2 defenseman Dennis Seidenberg also out for
the start of the season.
OUTLOOK: Chiarelli was fired after deals that put the team in
salary cap purgatory and forced him to deal talent to make more
space. His former assistant and Harvard teammate Don Sweeney
took over and kept Julien on board. Sweeney dealt Lucic and
Hamilton to clear space. But with Chara, G Tuukka Rask and F
Patrice Bergeron remaining as the spine of the team that went to
the Stanley Cup Finals in 2013 and won the Presidents' Trophy
the following season, the Bruins shouldn't miss the playoffs
again. | | COLORADO: LAST SEASON: 39-31-12, didn't make the playoffs.
COACH: Patrick Roy (third season, third NHL season).
ADDED: F Blake Comeau, F Mikko Rantanen, F Carl Soderberg, D
Francois Beauchemin, D Nikita Zadorov, D Brandon Gormley.
LOST: D Jan Hejda, F Daniel Briere, F Ryan O'Reilly.
PLAYER TO WATCH: F Nathan MacKinnon. Spent the offseason working
out with his buddy, Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby. MacKinnon
added some weight and actually got taller by nearly an inch. The
20-year-old was the rookie of the year in 2013-14, but had an
up-and-down season last year before breaking his foot and
sitting out the final 18 games. Roy expects big things from the
speedy forward.
OUTLOOK: The Avalanche couldn't make up ground after a slow
start last season and missed the playoffs. So all training camp,
the team preached a faster start. But they've struggled scoring
goals in the preseason, shut out in their last three games. With
a lineup that includes Matt Duchene, Jarome Iginla, MacKinnon
and captain Gabriel Landeskog, Roy is confident the offense will
turn around. Until it does, the Avs can rely on goalie Semyon
Varlamov to keep things close. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (BOSTON-COLORADO) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Bruins-Avalanche Preview* ==========================
By JEFF BARTL STATS Senior Writer
Boston (0-3-0) at Colorado (1-1-0), 10:00 p.m. EDT
Veteran defenseman Zdeno Chara and coach Claude Julien have celebrated some of the proudest moments in Boston Bruins history and for the time being remain with the club as it experiences a sudden and surprising fall.
Their days in Boston could be numbered if they can't help lead a quick turnaround.
The Bruins look to avoid dropping their first four games for the first time in 51 years when they visit the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night.
It was only a little over two years ago that Boston came within two victories of its second Stanley Cup in three seasons after Chara became the club's first captain to raise the trophy in 39 years in 2011.
The Bruins missed the playoffs for the first time in eight seasons in 2014-15, though, leading to the firing of general manager Peter Chiarelli and Don Sweeney being named as his replacement. Julien survived the change, but he's still squarely on the hot seat with Boston on the verge of starting 0-4 for the first time since 1964-65.
Chara sat out the first two games with an undisclosed upper-body injury before returning for Monday's 6-3 loss to Tampa Bay. He didn't have a point and finished at a minus-2. For now, he's part of a defense that has allowed 16 goals as it struggles to adjust after trading promising young defenseman Dougie Hamilton to Calgary in the offseason.
The Bruins also dealt physical forward Milan Lucic to Los Angeles, and more changes could be coming. Reports have surfaced that Boston will listen to offers for Chara and forward Brad Marchand, who is out indefinitely after suffering a concussion Saturday against Montreal.
"The amount of goals we're giving up is uncharacteristic of this group," center Chris Kelly said. "Regardless of how many new faces there (are), Boston has always been a good defending team. But right now, that doesn't seem to be the case."
Tuukka Rask has a 4.72 goals-against average while starting each of the Bruins' first three games. The 2013-14 Vezina Trophy winner had a 2.30 mark last season, when Boston allowed 2.45 goals per game to rank fourth in the Eastern Conference.
"You have to make good saves at the right times," Rask said. "And then you can't afford mistakes. So I just have to get better than that, and we'll be fine."
Boston has lost four of the last five meetings with Colorado, which also is trying to put a disappointing season in the past after finishing last in the Central Division.
The Avalanche allowed four third-period goals in a 5-4 loss to Minnesota in Thursday's season opener, but they bounced back Saturday by overcoming a two-goal deficit to beat Dallas 6-3.
Gabriel Landeskog scored twice, Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and two assists and former Bruin Jarome Iginla also scored.
"You look at what happened in the third period against Minnesota, any team would be affected at the start of the (next) game," coach Patrick Roy said. "But at the end, you get to see if you have character."
Semyon Varlamov made 30 saves in a solid performance after the collapse against the Wild and could be in net again for this contest. Varlamov stopped 22 shots and MacKinnon scored the only goal in the shootout as the Avalanche beat the Bruins 3-2 in the most recent meeting Jan. 21.
Rask made 34 saves in that matchup. He's 0-3-1 in his career against Colorado despite posting a 1.98 GAA, but it's unclear if he'll be in net Wednesday.
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| Last Updated: 5/4/2024 10:45:26 AM EST. |
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