The National Hockey League will pause its season for three days during the Christmas Break, returning to action Tuesday—the Bruins doing so in Ottawa.
Behind a 4-3 victory over the Devils in New Jersey Friday night, the Bruins enter the break winners of four straight and with a league high 56 points. That’s six more than the Carolina Hurricanes who are second in the NHL.
27-4-2 through 33 games, the Bruins have been mighty impressive.
A 37-year old Patrice Bergeron looks like he did at 27, tied for second on the team in goals with 13 and second on the team in points with 27.
Even wilder than that? This stat:
With 10 goals and 26 points through 28 games, David Krejci looks just as he did when he left Boston to play a season in the Czech, once again providing the Bruins with a dynamic one-two punch down the middle.
Bounced between the top and second line, Jake DeBrusk has elevated his game to a whole new level with 13 goals and 13 assists.
Nick Foligno has found the fountain of youth, already chipping in with six goals. But his game has been so much more than what you read in a box score.
Depth players like Pavel Zacha, Trent Frederic and Tomas Nosek have been excellent.
Then there’s David Pastrnak who is playing by far the best hockey of his career.
Let’s not forget Charlie Coyle, Pavel Zacha, Brad Marchand and Taylor Hall who all have been big pieces to the puzzle.
On the back end, Charlie McAvoy has not shown any issues after off-season surgery. Hampus Lindholm is an absolute stud and providing the Bruins with so much more than they expected.
While it’s been an up and down season for Jeremy Swayman, Linus Ullmark has put the team on his back and absolutely ran away with the starting gig. At this pace, a Vezina trophy is very much in his future.
19-1-0 through 20 games, his 1.94 goals-against average and .926 save percentage leading the league.
All of this coming under the watch of new head coach Jim Montgomery whose system has fit the Bruins perfectly. His willingness to allow his defenseman to be more aggressive with the puck, jumping into the offensive side of things has helped push the Bruins offense in all three zones.
A lot of hockey is left to be played. But with the Bruins start to date, it’s happy holidays indeed.
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