© 2107 Jordan Long Sports-Scoop.com | Sports with Attitude! The Boston Bruins are one month into the hockey season.    Their record is 4-3-3 for a total of 11 points.    They have 72 games left in the season. The Bruins are doing a decent job scoring goals.    They average 3 goals per game.    The Bruins are able to spend time in the offensive zone and are creating scoring chances; more times than not those end in goals. The Bruins are playing well on special teams, taking advantage of opponents’ penalties, scoring on 28.9% of those opportunities.    The Bruins are not allowing rival teams to take the puck away from them.    Boston is setting up the power play and is able to shoot pucks on net.    Those become rebounds that can end up in the back of the net.    On the power play kill, they are not allowing teams to set up in their defensive zone.    When they do, the Bruins block the...

© 2107 Jordan Long Sports-Scoop.com | Sports with Attitude! The Boston Bruins look to go above .500 for the first time this year.    They host the San Jose Sharks tomorrow night.    The Bruins have a goaltender controversy early in this young season between Tuukka Rask and Anton Khudobin. Rask may start in net for the Bruins.    He missed the last 2 games with a concussion.    Rask’s year has been poor to this point.    His record is 1-3 with an unimpressive goals against average of 3.30.    His save percentage is .882. Rask can make some saves, but he has allowed too many goals.    When opponents shoot the puck, Rask can stop the puck but gives up rebound chances for the opponents.    Those rebounds come to an open skater who puts it in the back of the net for goals.    It hasn’t been all his fault since his defense isn’t playing well in front of him but he still must cover the puck...

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The Boston Bruins are off to a tough 2-3-0 start for 4 points, 6th in the Atlantic Division.  Boston won’t play again until Thursday when they host the Vancouver Canucks. 
There are many reasons for the slow start.  Boston isn’t able to stop opponents from scoring.  They allow them to spend time in their defensive zone creating scoring opportunities that frequently end in goals.  They give up a far too many 29.2 shots per game giving opponents an average 3.60 goals per game.   
The Bruins are having difficulty on the power play kill, squandering 80% of their penalties.  They don’t shoot the puck to the other end to kill time off the penalty.  When they do, opponents block the attempt and set up their power play.  Teams will screen in front of goaltender Anton Khudobin and Tuukka Rask for tip-ins ending in g...